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"Karl was born in a small village in East Germany. In World War II he was drafted from high school to the German army in early 1943. He was wounded in the battle of the Bulge. While in the hospital, he was captured by the American forces. After reunited with his family in West Germany, he went to pharmacy school at the university in Braunschweig. After receiving his pharmacist diploma, he continued to work as a doctorate and scientist fellow in pharmaceutical chemistry. Here he met Roswitha Muehe, also a pharmacist, and they were married in 1955. Karl joined the leading German pharmaceutical company Bayer in 1958. He worked for Bayer for 33 years in process development and managed production plants in Germany, Iran, and South Korea. Since 1974 he worked in the USA as an executive for technical operations, supervising five manufacturing plants and seventeen laboratories. He and his wife Roswitha lived in San Rafael, California. After Karl&#39;s retirement in 1990 they enjoyed visiting the &quot;Old Country&quot; and traveling the world. In 2008 they moved to Varenna in Santa Rosa. No Services are planned at this time."
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