Carl was born August 12, 1918 at Rantoul, Kansas to Rudolph G and Ethel L. (Scott) Yungeberg. He attended Williamsburg high School near Rantoul and also worked alongside his father farming, haying, and trucking. Later the family moved to Waterville where Carl met his wife, Betty Sturgeon. On April 14, 1941 they eloped to Abilene and were married. She passed away in 2001.
Shortly after their marriage Carl and Betty moved to Oregon to find better work for Carl. He began work for the REA building power lines then in a ship yard as a welder. In 1943 Carl was inducted into the US Army and served in New Guinea and the Philippines as a Sargent with the combat engineers logging and building roads including the "Million Dollar Road" constructed out of mahogany. After the war was over the family returned to Oregon where he went to work as a carbon setter for Reynolds Metal Company in Troutdale. He worked there for over thirty years retiring in 1980. Three years later they returned to Kansas and lived in Barnes so Carl could watch over his mother Ethel. Carl returned to Oregon in 2003 to be near his sons.
Carl had been a member of John Doerr Post 145 of the American Legion and Lions Club in Barnes, as well as serving on the Barnes City Council. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, and owned several hunting dogs. His enjoyment of woodworking continued into his later years when he began doing Matchitecture. He built 3Dimensional structures with match size pieces of wood including a two foot square Taj Mahal that won first place at the Oregon State Fair.
Carl is survived by his three children, sons; Gerald and Robert (wife Barbara), both of Boring, Oregon and a daughter Carla Jean (husband Ron) of Beatrice, Nebraska and by 7 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and one great-great granddaughter. His wife Betty, granddaughter Lydia, and daughter-in-law Georgia preceded him in death.
A funeral service will be held at 1:00 pm on Thursday September 27, at Sandy Funeral Home in Sandy. Burial will be held at the Prospect Hill Cemetery in Blue Rapids, Kansas.
The family suggest in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to Mt. Hood Hospice.