Meredith-----Karl F. Bohl, 75, of 185 Pease Road, died at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon on Sunday, June 26, 2011.
Karl was born May 30, 1936 in Laconia, N.H., the son of Fritz F. and Bertha (Griesser) Bohl. He served in the U. S. Army from 1957-1959. He resided in Loudon, NH for fourteen years before moving to New Jersey where he lived for nineteen years. For the last seventeen years, he resided in Meredith and had been employed at the Laconia Middle School for nine years, working until June 14, 2011.
Karl was a communicant of St. Joseph Church, Laconia. His hobbies included model airplanes, building furniture, fishing, telling stories to his grandchildren, outside work and gardening. He mostly loved playing with and teaching his grandkids everything.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara V. Bohl, of Meredith; a daughter, Barbara R. Bohl, of Meredith; five sons, Karl F. Bohl, Jr. of Franklin, Robert C. Bohl, of North Carolina, Richard A. Bohl of Ohio, Kristopher S. Bohl, of New Jersey and Brendan D. Bohl, of Michigan; fifteen grandchildren, Mike Bohl, Spencer Bohl, Charles Bohl, Derek, Kiefer, Emma, Minna, Kaitlyn, Joshua, Anya, Amelia, Nicholas, Michael, Ian and Sophia; one great granddaughter, Aislynn Elaine Bohl, and a brother, Max Bohl, of New Jersey.
Calling hours will be held from 6:00-8:00PM on Thursday, June 30, 2011 in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 10:00AM at St. Andre Bessette Parish, St. Joseph Church, 30 Church Street, Laconia,N.H.
Burial will follow in the family lot in St. Lambert Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Christian Foundation for Children & Aging, 1 Elmwood Ave. Kansas City, Kansas 66103 or to St. Joseph Church, 30 Church Street, Laconia, N. H. 03246.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.