Carl G. Stockholm, Businessman

Carl G. Stockholm, 99, a businessman and bicycle racingchampion who helped bring the U-505 submarine to Chicago, died Sundayat his vacation home in Walnut Creek, Calif.

A River Forest resident, he founded Stockholm Cleaners, whichat one time had two plants and more than 20 stores throughout thearea, in the 1930s. For Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fairin 1933, he designed a glass-enclosed state-of-the-art dry cleaningplant.

He sold the business in the 1960s but bought a small chain,O'Connor Cleaners, in the River Forest-Oak Park area. He sold thatgroup in the 1980s. In later years, he concentrated on real estateinvesting and developing.Along with …