Karl H. Chambers, 59, of Hillsboro, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, August 13, 2008. Military graveside services will be 2PM Thursday, August 21, 2008 at Central Texas Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. Visitation will be 6 to 8PM Wednesday, August 20th at Lake Shore Funeral Home, 5201 Steinbeck Bend, Waco.
Karl was born April 3, 1949 in Worms, Germany. He was honored to have served in the United States before earning his citizenship. He proudly served with the U.S. Marine Corp and the U.S. Army earning purple hearts with both branches of service. He also was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Karl loved to fish and was most proud to serve his country.
Karl was preceded in death by his parents Howard and Martha Chambers, and brother, Christopher Chambers.
He leaves to cherish his memory, wife, Martha Chambers; children, Aaron and Heather Chambers of Broadbrook, Conn; uncles, Bryant Chambers, Charles Chambers, Dublin GA; aunts, Pauline Kitchens, Carol Soles, Dublin GA; Lynn McConnell, Nicholson, GA, Kay Bozeman, Smyrna,TN; brothers, Ron Chambers of Bonecave, TN., Mike Chambers, North Pole, AL., and sister Patti Ashley of Dexter, GA.
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I am the daughter of Lynn & Bill McConnell and 1st cousin’s with Karl. We are so sorry for your loss. Karl will be missed greatly. We thank him for his service to our country. God Bless his family and keep you all safe.
Our children also send their love to the family.
Don,Kim, Chris & Hunter Couch
Chad,Hannah & Coby Couch
Michelle Couch
God bless this family and keep them safe. We will miss Karl.
Our thougghts are with you. uncle Bryant and Aunt Helen
Our thoughts are with you. uncle Charles & Aunt Gayla Chambers
Karl was always a special person to me. He and I were the same age, attended School together in our earlier years. He always did his own thing and never forgot his family in Georgia. I spent a good amount of time with Karl a couple of years ago when he had returned to Georgia. We helped him set up housekeeping and had high hopes he would settle down and we could spend a lot of time together at my farm. He always liked to fish and we had a pond. But for some reason it just wasn’t meant to be as he found the homeless life to be his choice. I’m very glad he met you Martha. I was also happy to hear from your conversations with Bryant that you and Karl were planning on returning to Dublin. Karl loved his family. I know he really loved Mom & Dad, his grandparents and they really loved him. I know he always had a special bond with his Uncle Bryant. Anytime he needed something Bryant was the first he called. He knew he could always count on his Uncle Bryant in any situation. I will miss Karl, however I hope it will bring his immediate family closer together and also let all survivors know there is a family here in Georgis that loves all of you. Karl I will miss you, but I do have all of our memories. Uncle Charles
You will be missed Uncle Karl. I’m glad I had the chance to get to know you.
I am your daughter, but never really knew you or why you left. Every year on Father’s Day, I search for you and wonder where you might be. This year, 2013, I discovered you’ve been gone almost 5 years. I feel sad, knowing now that I will never get a chance to know my dad. Rest in peace. I loved you, but you never knew.
Unfortunately, I do not have any stories or memories of you. But through reading your guestbook, I regret to say that I am the one who missed out. I would have loved to write that I had a famous reciepe or an endering story. What I have learned from this is that I need to hold my family closer and to live each day to the fullest.
I know that mama might not be able to understand why you chose to be homeless for a period in your life, but through a class that I had in school for I can begin to have an understanding behind your reasoning…Maybe that can be our special bond.
I am sorry that I missed out on having a relationship with you but I will make more time to cherish moments spent with others.
I can definately let you know that you will be missed by your family.
Katie
Karl was my nephew and we used to hang out together some when he would be home on leave, and before that as children when he would come to visit. I lost contact with him for years but thought of him often, to his wife and children I send my thoughts and prayers through this time of sorrow.
We are the son, daugher-in-law and grandson of Bill & Lynn McConnell. Lewis is 1st cousin’s with Karl. Although we had not gotten to spend alot of time with Karl over the past years he will always remain in our hearts. The family remains in our prayers
Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared ‘neath the stars alone
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known that you’d ever say goodbye
And now I’m glad I didn’t know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance
I could have missed the pain
But I’d of had to miss the dance
We are so sorry for the loss of Karl. He was loved by all his family and will be missed greatly. We will keep the family in our prayers
baby you know the love we shared and my life and the love is deep within till we meet again my tears as i write this will let this candle keep burning. love martha
to all family of karl you have blessed my heart deeply and the tears flowing but truse i wil connect with you all . i want to come home iit wanst planned this way by all means but i want th come and meet the ones who he loved so much so i know deep within i have found another family and am holding on to that bond to get me through i appreciate all you have done to help me through these difficult times my prayers and love are with all of you martha
to all of the chambers family let it be known to al my heart goes out to each and everyone during this time and may it be known to all i loved Karl so much and he will be missed so much i will have a memorial set up in my house when done all these messages will be laminated and there also and plan on making a trip home to meet his family that he so loved and not really knowing why he chose to be homeless im just knowing that the very short time he and me had he filled a void in my heart that i hope all y9u will know. a lot of tears have been falling but knowing today he will get the honor he wanted and so well deserved will be carried out my heart goes out to each and everyone and am so glad to have contact with his family calls flowers and thoughts must go this final journey for him love martha chambers and keep this flame burning till we all meet in that glories land up above
to everyone martha_sveen@yahoo.com 5680 state hwy 22 hillsboro,texas 76645 im coming home to try and meet everyone you have been so wonderful for me and this has certainly carried me through these days he was laid to rest with full military honors 9 marines there i will be sending pictures up that way for all family they will be sent to patti ashley and uncle bryan to distribute for me you are all in my thoughts and prayers for our loss i have some unfinished business to tend too the house will be redone and a memeory cabinet will be made in memory of the man that touched me in so many ways and for a man that was homeless for so long did have a home and touched my life in such a special way love martha chambers
just got in touch with a close friend of karls please remember her in prayer also and this is martha her name bridgette west
Uncle Karl,
It’s funny how even though you didn’t know me that well, you knew my love for music… I’ll never forget the gift you gave me upon one of your first visits. A Collective Soul t-shirt… the only reason I ever got into that band. Lol!
You know, it’s pretty cool having such a diverse family who are so spread apart geographically, yet so connected. Even over miles and years, you and my mom, and my other uncles somehow maintained this unspoken bond. I was raised to uphold family above all else. With all that Mom and you, and my other Uncles went through in life, you have all proved to me over and over that when it really counts, your family is all you have that you can count on.
As my sisters and I move out into our lives, I use that incredible testament to strengthen our connection and inspire myself to "keep our home fires burning".
For all the lessons from you and your siblings, I’m eternally thankful. You will be missed…
Martha Ashley
(Daughter of Patti Chambers Ashley)
A brother I really never got to know. However, the few memories I do have of my brother Karl are good ones. I remember him visiting from time to time, taking us to the drive-in movies in East Dublin, buying us models and not getting too frustrated as we methodically lost all of the parts before putting them together, and Karl’s world famous omelets with just a "DAB" of vanilla extract.As a young child, I spent a summer with him at fort Campbell and had a blast. He was always eager to fill our days with something fun.The fondest memory I have of my brother Karl is around the time our mother died. We were new to Georgia and had yet to really get to know our family there. His presence during that difficult time brought a certain calmness and stability that could only come from a real brother. While I didn’t really know him and have not seen him in several years, I will truly miss knowing that he’s somewhere out there doing his "own thing". I spoke with his new bride Martha late last evening and after just a few moments of conversation with her, I’m very assured that she loved him very much and took good care of him. I’m greatful for all the companionship she offered him his last days on earth.Thanks for the memories,
Mike
Damn, I forgot to put in the candle!
martha i just wanted to let you know that i am truely sorry for your lost. if you ever need anything just call or just need someone to talk to i am here for you.
Uncle Karl, you never met me, but I’ve begun to hear a lot about you. Dad misses you, up here in Alaska. I miss that chance we might have had to meet, but we will, eventually, and that’s all I need. You must have been as amazing person to have touched all these people. My uncle Ralph and I were having a talk last week about how sometimes, a family only comes together when something happens, good or bad, and they wonder how it got away. Life goes by too fast for family to drift apart, so I hope that we can all come together and BE a family. Katie’s right; you need to hold on to each other. Uncle Karl, I wish you well, and I’ll see you one day. Until then, love from Nicole, Mike’s daughter <3
Karl was my nephew and just a little over a year older than me. We shared a lot of good time growing up….double dating and just hanging out. I had lost contact with him completely and thought of him often, wondering where he was and what he is doing. Martha and children please accept my deepest sympathy. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Pat
TO My Brother Karl,
I will always remember as a child how you took care of me. Looking back at pictures of you, me, Mama and Ron, on Uncle Adam’s ship on the Rhine River in Germany, you and I in Ft. Worth TX, in our little swimming pool; you and I in Middletown Conn. at my communion and your confirmation; and all of us, Mama, Daddy, Ron, Mike, Chris, and you taking that long road trip from San Fransisco to Georgia. You introduced me to the Moody Blues, and your favorite song (now mine) Knights in White Satin. I remember how cool I felt riding with you in that black Charger from Sausalito to Bolinas to see my friend Missy, and listening to Steppenwolf! ( Born to Be Wild)
I’ll never forget how hard it was when we lost Mama. But to me it was harder when you had to leave. I never realized what you had shouldered all those years till you and Mama were gone. I want to thank you for finally giving me that famous potatoe pancake recipe of Mama’s. To this day I can’t make them as good as ya’lls!
I’ll always cherish those weekends that we’d pick you up from the VA in Dublin and you would stay with us. You taught us that neat dice game, and made Christmas dinner. It seemed to bring such joy to you to be a part of our family.
I never understood your choice to live a homeless life. You said that lifestyle suited you and you enjoyed it. I guess you really did, as you chose to leave out on that road again after that Christmas dinner. After speaking with Martha (your wife), I am happy that you found someone to love that loved you back. I am thankful that God led her to you during your last months on this earth. We all deserve happiness in this life, and I know now that you two shared that together. I love you Karl, and you’ll always have that special place in my heart. Love your sister,
Patti
Karl was my nephew. I am his Fathers oldest sister. I want his Wife and Children to know that my thoughts and prayers are with you all.
karl,i feel i need to write to let your wife and children know that i truly do miss you. the service you gave for our country was very brave of you, for a guy who was born german, then to rise to the occasion for america, well that a real man. i regret not knowing you better, but the times we did share burn my memory.the summer i spent with you in connecticut,you always made time to do something with a restless 16 year old. i dont understand your choice to be homeless, but i respect it. i respect you, and just knowing that my big brother was out there somewhere always gave me peace..i will truly miss you. some folks didnt understand you, bottom line is you were a free spirit, lived life on your terms, and found happiness in doing so, we should all be so fortunate…brother, i will see ya on the other side….miss you love you.
Rest in peace brother, we love you
martha i just wanted to let you know that i am truely sorry for your lost. if you ever need anything just call or just need someone to talk to i am here for you