This obituary was from the Fargo Forum, September 12, 1944. Alfred was the fourth child born to Lewis Benton and Martha Meiser Carvell.
Immediate relatives surviving, besides Mrs. Carvell, are five children, two of whom have just arrived in ths country from overseas duty. First Lt. Robert A. Carvell, of the marines has spent 14 months in the South Pacific and arrived in Fargo today, while a brother, Lt. (j.g.) Paul Vincent Carvell, who has had 20 months of duty in the Pacific is expected later in the day A third son, James Raymond Carvell, seaman 1st class, stationed at Moffet Field, Calif., has been notified through Red Cross channels and is en route home. The other children are two daughters, Mary Jo, 12, and Patricia Ann, 9, at home.
The body is at the Boulger and Hughes funeral home.
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