The Whitehall Ledger - Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana

Carl Oscar Halvorson passed away reading peacefully and was found on June 25, 2021. He entered the world in Whitehall, MT on October 3, 1934, the first son to Harold and Ruth (Haxby) Halvorson. He excelled in schools, as had his hero, his Norwegian dad Harold. After the death of his Dad when he was 10, he took over as the man of the family, working to care for his mother, younger brothers, and sister. As a teen, Carl installed the first lights in Morrison Caverns and worked on farms. Carl joined the Marines at the age of 17 and spent 3 years as a Marine before realizing he didn't enjoy...