Carl N. Zangar died peacefully on August 18, 2001, in Richland, Washington.

He was born December 6, 1910, in Granite, Idaho, to Anthony and Neil Zangar. He graduated from Otis Orchard High School, and attended Washington State College. He was elected to engineering honoraries Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi in college. Before and during college, he worked on the Northern Pacific Railroad. He was one of eight engineers hired by the state of Washington to do cost estimates and initial design for Grand Coulee Dam. All eight were later hired by the Federal Bureau of Reclamation in Denver, Colorado, where Carl developed an experimental stress analysis system which brought him international renown and a listing in Who's Who in the West. While working for the Bureau of Reclamation, he earned a master's degree in civil engineering from the University of Colorado. He taught in the engineering graduate department of the University of Colorado in Denver, where he developed the textbook that continued to be used. His work in the Bureau was interrupted by service in the US Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, where he served as a Major, then returned to Denver. He came to Richland in 1952, worked for the Atomic Energy Commission until he retired, after nearly 34 years of government service, from his last position as Director of the Health and Safety Division. He was proud of his development of quality assurance and safety procedures which were used nationwide thereafter. After his retirement from AEC, Carl worked for Vitro Hanford Engineering Services for eight years, retiring a second time in 1975. After his second retirement, he and his wife moved to the foothills of the Blue Mountains outside Dayton, Washington, where they remained for 18 years before returning to Richland.

Carl donated his engineering expertise to development of churches in Richland and Dayton during active retirement years which included many other church and community activities, a big garden, and many visits from his family. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, by his sister, Grace Tonani, of Spokane, by his eight children: Rita Mazur and husband Don, Grace Cameron, Sheila Zangar and husband Denis Buet, Brenda Guiberson and husband Bill, Catherine Zangar, Mary Teresa Terri Roberts and husband Jim, Douglas Zangar and wife Katy , and Richard Zangar and wife Kelly; by his 14 grandchildren: Donna Marie Mazur-Himes her husband Milo and daughter Catie, Steven Mazur and his wife Cathy, Melinda Mazur and her husband Ted Jarecki and sons Thad and Austin, Bruce Mazur and his wife Kristi and daughter Jordan, Monique Ebberson and her husband Darin and daughters Kylie and Courtney, Ellen Faux and her husband Bruce, Brian Cameron and his wife Jennifer and daughter Amanda, Caitlin Cameron-Leuthold and her husband Lance, Jason Guiberson, Tamara DeLine, Nolan and Shannon and Kevin Roberts, and Kyle Zangar, and a number of nieces and nephews and their spouses and children. He was preceded in death by his two younger brothers and older sister, Frank, Joe and Stella Zangar. Visitation at Einan' s Funeral Home, on Tuesday, August 21, 4-8 p.m.; Funeral at 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 22, at Christ the King Church followed by interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens. All locations are in Richland, Washington. Donations may be made to the Carl and Ruth Zangar Engineering Scholarship Fund at WSU, collected by Einan' s Funeral Home, P.0. Box 90, Richland, W A 99352; or to the Christ the King Building Fund, collected by Christ the King Church, 1126 Long Ave., Richland, WA 99352.