He was born on December 21, 1940 in Everett, WA to the late Harold Amundson and Marilyn Sharp.
He proudly served in the United States Air Force from 1959-1963 and the Air Force Reserves from 1964-1970.
Harold retired from GTE/Verizon International after a 43 year career. He held positions in Operations, Engineering, Planning, Project Management, Business Process Development and New Product Introduction. He worked for nine years in Verizon’s Venezuela affiliate. He returned to Dallas, and during the last seven years with Verizon he managed International Operations for Venezuela, The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. He also worked for CONTEL Corporation in Atlanta, GA, and was a self employed Real Estate Investor.
Harold met his wife Esther while working in Venezuela. They were married on September 12, 1993. Harold was a loving and dedicated husband to Esther in their 27 years of marriage.
After retirement, Harold worked for SCI with the Care Centers since 2012. During his tenure he participated in different roles. His last assignment was to manage the entire PCC fleet of over 50 vehicles.
He served in Junior Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club, Lutheran Church Council, was a Boy Scout Leader, Little League Coach, City of Southlake Public Safety Volunteer, and volunteered at Cook Children's Hospital and in other Philanthropies. He loved to travel around the world and learn about other cultures.
Harold will be fondly remembered for loving and helping people, spending good quality time with family, and encouraging and helping people to pursue a career and set values. He had a great sense of humor, he was very knowledgeable and had a kind spirit. As a father, he was patient and selfless. We will miss his warm laugh and his tremendous friendship.
He is survived by his loving wife Esther Amundson; children from a previous marriage, Roxane and David; grandchildren Colin, Desiree, Ceann, Mariah and Elaina; great-grandchildren Maverick and Kali; his sister Carol Bauer, brothers and sister-in-laws and nephews, nieces and great grand niece, Isabella.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in honor of Harold to St. Jude Children's Hospital, www.stjude.org
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