Person:Ethel Carl (1)

Ethel worked as a secretary for a heating and cooling company, and an assistant in a doctor's office. She also worked as a saleswoman for the Haley Co. While her daughter and husband (Dorothy and Ed Reisland) and their children (Cindy and Sally) were living with her (from 1947 - 1959) she lived "upstairs" at 17305 E. Lakewood Hts. Blvd. Later in life she sold that house, and moved for a short while to Arizona with Dot and Ed, but soon decided to move back to Ohio and get an apartment. She died of a heart attack in 1964. Ethel is buried at Glendale Cemetery, 150 Glendale Ave., Akron, OH 44302. Cemetery records list cause of death as "coronary thrombosis".

Granddaughter Donna remembers that everytime her family would come and visit Ethel from PA she always had to send something home with the kids. She would often send a little brown bag of things for Janice, Dave, and Donna. On one visit, as the kids were anticipating what would be sent home with them, Gramma Ethel wasn't prepared and couldn't think of anything to send with them. Janice said, "Well, what about an egg." No one can remember if an egg actually made the trip back to PA.

Gramma Ethel taught Donna how to knit, and Donna taught her mother, Irene Paulsen.

Jan remembers sitting in the bedroom at the top of the stairs on Lakewood Hts. Blvd. and looking at pictures with grandma Ethel of Victor Paulsen.

Ethel and the boys moved back to Akron for a while. This was probably before Dorothy was born. Dorothy said that they moved in with Ethel's mother after her father died to keep Gramma Carl company. She thought that they stayed about 1 year.

Jan remembers Ethel rented the upstairs alcove bedroom and the upstairs living room area out during the war. Dorothy stayed upstairs at the bedroom at the top of the stairs during that time. This could have been to bring a little extra money, but probably was to help out people due to a shortage of housing during the war.

Her middle name has been documented as being spelled Meriam and Miriam.

              LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
                   OF
              ETHEL CARL PAULSEN

    I, Ethel Carl Paulsen, of the City of Lakewood, County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, being of full age and of sound and disposing mind and memory, l do make, publish, and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all wills by my heretofore made.
    ITEM I.  I direct that all my just debts and funeral expenses be paid out of my estate as soon as practicable after my decease.
    ITEM II.  Accompanying this wil is a written memorandum, bearing the same date as this will and signed by me, in which I make disposition of a number of articles. I direct my executor to see that the articles mentioned are given to the persons named therin and siad memorandum is hereby adopted by reference and made a part of my will. In the event that any of the persons named in said memorandum shall be deceased at my decease, and no provision otherwise is made for disposition of the articles directed to be given to them, then such direction as to that person shall be void and the items referred to shall become a part of my residuary estate.
    ITEM III.  All of the rest and residue of my property of every kind and description and wheresoever the same may be situated, which I may own or have the right to dispose of at the time of my decease, I give, devise and bequeath as follows:
    (1)  One-third to my daughter, Dorothy Reisland, if she be living, but if not living,
         then to her children share and share alike;
    (2)  One-third to my son, Carol, if he be living, but if not, then to his children share
         and share alike;
    (3)  One-third to my son, Richard, if he be living, but if not, then to his children
         share and shar alike.
    Further, the survivor or survivors of any deceased grandchild referred to above shall
    take the share of such deceased grandchild share and share alike, wheather such
    deceased grandchild be the child of either my daughter or my sons referred to above.
    ITEM IV.  I hereby nominate and appoint my son, Carl Paulsen, and my attormey, Robert G. Morrison, to be the joint executors of this my Last Will and Testament, to serve without bond, hereby authorizing my said executors to compound, compromise, settle and adjust all claims and demands in favor of or against my estate, and to sell at public or private sale, at such prices and upon such terms of credit or otherwise as they ay deem best, the whole or any part of my real or personal property, and to execute and acknowledge deeds or other proper instruments of conveyance to the purchaser or purchasers. In the event that either of my executors is deceased or is unwilling or unable to act as such executor at the time of y death, the other remaining shall serve alone as my executor without the appointment of a successor.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have herunto set my hand this 30th day of April, 1961.

                        ______________________
                        (Ethel Carl Paulsen)
    The foregoing instrument was signed by the said Ethel Carl Paulsen and by her acknowledged to be her Last Will and Testament before us in our presence, and by us subscribed as attesting witnesses, in her presence and at her request and in the presence of each other, this 30th day of April, 1961
    Margaret Ferlin          residing at 17305 Lakewood Hts. Blvd.
    Frank Ferlin Jr.         residing at 17305 Lakewood Hts. Blvd.
    Robert G. Morrison       residing at 15710 Lakewood Hts. Blvd.
                             Lakewood OH

                   CODICIL TO
              LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
                   OF
              ETHEL CARL PAULSEN
    I, Ethel Carl Paulsenk, of the City of Lakewood, County of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, being of full age and of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this to be a Codicil to My Last Will and Testament, heretofore executed by me on April 30, 1961.
    ITEM I.  Before any distribution is made under ITEM III of my said Will, I direct my executors to determine whether all or part of the sum of Twenty-two Hundred Dollard ($2200.00) loaned by me to my son, Carl, has been paid, and if not, then such remaining part of said sum of money as has not been paid shall be deducted from the share of my estate which he would otherwise take under said ITEM III.
    ITEM II.  I hereby amend ITEM IV of my said Will by nominating my two sons, Carl Paulsen and Richard Paulsen, as joint executors, and by appointing my attorney, Robert G. Morrison, as successor to either one of my sos I have named who may be unable or unwilling to act as such executors.
    In all other respects I hereby ratify and affirm my aforsaid Will of April 30, 1961.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of May, 1962.

                             _______________________
                             (Ethel Carl Paulsen)
    The foregoing instrument was signed by the said Ethel Carl Paulsen and her acknowledged to be a Codicil to her Last Will and Testament heretofore executed by her on April 30, 1961, before us and in our presence, and by us subscribed as attesting witnesses in her presence and at her request and in the presence of each otherk this 31st day of May, 1962.

Jeanne Evans residing at 1236 Hathaway Maurice C. Evans residing at 1236 Hathaway Robert G. Morrison residing at 15710 Lkwd Hts Blvd.

                        Lkwd. O.

Cleveland Public Library Necology File: Id#0666925 Name: Paulsen, Ethel C. Date: Sep 28, 1964 Source: Plain Dealer; Clevland Necrology File, Reel #143. Notes: Paulsen, Ethel C. Paulse, beloved wife of the late Victor H., mother of Carl D. Of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Richard B., Mrs. Dorothy Reisland of Phoenix, Ariz., granmother of seven. late residence, 15010 Madison Ave. Friends may call at the Daniels Funeral Home, 15800 Detroit Ave., where services will be held Monday, Sept. 18, at 1 p.m. Interment Glendale Cemetery, Okron. Memorials to the Lakewood Christian Church suggested.

1. ↑ Dick Paulsen & Grace Paulsen & family oral histories. Paulsen Family History.
2. ↑ Tombstone Inscription.