Carl C. Wampler was born October 6, 1957, at Philip, South Dakota, the son of Carl C. and Marjorie A. (Schmidt) Wampler.

He grew up in the Philip area and graduated from Philip High School in 1975.  As a young man he attended the Vo-Tech School in Rapid City, to study carpentry for two years.  He graduated from the University of South Dakota at Vermillion with a business degree.

Carl returned to Philip where he worked with his mother at Wampler Lumber Yard, a position he held until the time of his death.

Carl was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Philip.

Grateful for having shared his life are his mother and step-father Marjorie and Jim Ingram of Philip; two sisters, Annette Tulenko and her husband, Al, of Chicago, Illinois; and Dr. Mary Ann Wampler and her husband, Dr. Phil Bierman, of Omaha, Nebraska; two nieces, Marianne and Jennifer Wray of Chicago, Illinois, and a host of other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his father, Carl Wampler, on January 17, 1981.

A memorial is established.

Mass of Christian Burial
Tuesday, December 19, 1995
10:00 a.m.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Philip, South Dakota

Celebrant
Father Arnold Kari

Music
Marianne Frein - Organist
Keith Emerson - Vocalist

Ushers
Eddie Baye - Bernard Herber

Active Pallbearers
Boyd Thorson - Neal Drury
Doug West - Mark Coyle
Jeff Thompson - Don Walker

Honorary Pallbearers
All relatives and friends in attendance

Interment
Masonic Cemetery
Philip, South Dakota