Carl Henry Waldenmaier

Memorial services, with military honors, will be held at 1:30 P.M. (ET) Thursday, May 11, 2023, in the Old Cadet Chapel, West Point, New York. Interment will follow in the Old West Point Cemetery. Those wishing to attend the service, will meet at Thayer Gate Visitors Center, 2107 New South Post Road at 1:00 P.M. Procession to the Chapel will leave at 1:15 P.M. flowers for the service may be ordered through Lily’s of the Valley 845-446-4446 or Merritt Florist 845-534-2551. These are the only florists that have access to West Point.

Carl Henry Waldenmaier was born February 14, 1934, to German immigrants. With his brothers, Eugene and Herbert, he was taught by exemplary parents to love, and settle for nothing less than a wife, future family, and a country that they would be willing to die for. By age 12, each of the three boys had their own paper route and lawn mowing customers.

Carl attended New York Military Academy as a high school senior. Following graduation, he attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York. Carl received a Congressional Appointment to West Point as a sophomore and was a graduate of the “Class of 57.” While at West Point, he was Head Chapel Chimer at The Cadet Chapel. Following graduation from West Point, he married his wife Cindy at the Cadet Chapel. Afterwards they were contestants on the TV Show, “I Got a Secret”, hosted by Gary Moore. Carl was stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky to attend “Armor School '' and attended “Infantry School” at Fort Benning, Georgia, where he earned his Silver Wings. He was later stationed at Fort Hood, Texas as PLT Leader, and Coleman Barracks, Gelnhausen, Germany as 1st Battalion Tank Commander for 1st Platoon.

In the 1960’s, he worked for Corbetta Construction and was the project engineer for Dulles International Airport for the 155-foot Air Traffic Control Tower. In addition to the airport project, he was the engineer for the New York World’s Fair in 1964 to 1965 and the Lincoln Center in New York. In the late 1960’s, he owned and operated Tri State Construction Company in Bedford Hills, New York and was also a real estate developer in Dutchess County. In 1977, he sold his company and moved to Waycross GA and managed the development of industrial parks in 8 counties of Southeast, GA. He was an insurance agent & assistant district manager with Sun Life of Canada, in Jacksonville, Florida, and had a franchise from a cable company where he developed microwave towers and cable television until the early 1980’s.

In the mid 1980’s, Carl moved to Vernon, New Jersey where he constructed condominiums and housing facilities for summer and winter vacation homes. He developed the first German brewery with all German machinery and technology imported to the United States. He owned and operated Highland Lakes Water Company in Vernon, New Jersey and assisted in developing Crystal Springs Water Company.

Carl later worked for the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY). During his employment, he built the Suffern Library in Suffern, New York. At the age of 84 he retired from DASNY and was a safety and compliance inspector working per diem building new dorms for SUNY Purchase.

Carl was an avid skier. At age 70, he was informed that he could snow ski for free. Therefore, he got his money’s worth by trying to ski every weekend until the age of 85. He was preceded in death by a brother, Eugene Waldenmaier.

Surviving relatives include his wife, Inge Clauss; her son, Karl and wife Debby; grandchildren, Matt, Jen, and Alexis Fibble and husband Michael Mandel; great-granddaughter, Ava; brother, Herbert Waldenmaier; Carl’s children with Cindy Waldenmaier, Elizabeth Ellerkamp (Frank), Carl Waldenmaier (Terri), Craig Waldenmaier (Christy), Stuart Waldenmaier (Rachel); nine grandchildren, and fifteen great-grandchildren.