Carl Gilbert Faulkner

Mechanicville High School, 1966 - Ancestry

Carl Gilbert Faulkner was the only son of Carl Faulkner & Minnie Jane Smith.  He was born in 1942 and died in 1977 leaving behind a wife and child.

The Saratogian, Wed, 21 Sep 1977

Mechanicville Man Killed

Saratogian 1964 - military training

A Mechanicville resident was killed Tuesday night when his car skidded across Route 9N, north of the village of Keene and struck two trees. State Police said Carl G Faulkner, 35 of Kennedy Apartments in Mechanicville, lost control of his car on a curve, slid 160 feet and crashed into trees on the opposite side of the road. Faulkner, who was pronounced dead on the accident scene, was pinned inside the car. He was born in Mechanicville and had been a resident of the area all his life. He graduated from Mechanicville High School and Hudson Valley Community College and was employed as a highway engineer for the New York State Department of Transportation, Region 1. He was a veteran of the US Army and a communicant of St Luke's Episcopal Church.  He was a member of in Mechanicville. Faulkner is survived by his wife, Lynda Adams Faulkner; one daughter, Julie Jean Faulkner; his parents, Carl and Minnie Smith Faulkner of Mechanicville; his maternal grandmother, Mrs Gilbert Smith of Mechanicville; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral services will be held Friday at 9:30 am from the Dunn Funeral Home, 319 Park Avenue and at 10 am in St Luke's Episcopal Church where a Requiem Mass will be celebrated. Burial will be in Hudson View Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9 pm. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to St Luke's Episcopal Church repair fund or the John Ahearn rescue Squad in his memory. OnDaWa Lodge, F & A M, will conduct Masonic services at 8 pm at the funeral home.