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Henry Peter Carstensen Jr.

Feb. 27, 1928 – Sept. 8, 2023

Henry Peter Carstensen Jr., 95, passed away on Sept. 8, 2023. Henry (Junior) a life-long resident of Almira was born in Spokane, Wash. on Feb. 27, 1928. The third child of Henry (father immigrated from Germany) and Elizabeth (Blinn) Carstensen. He graduated from Almira Public School in 1946. Graduating with a degree in agriculture from Washington State College in 1950, he returned to run the family farm north of Almira. After fulfilling his father's requirement to finish fall seeding, Junior and Yvaughn were married September 23,...