Allen C Carter

1923 - 1996  (73 years)

• Name	Allen C Carter
  Born	20 Nov 1923	Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Dec 1996	Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I2839	Rossville
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2019

  
  

  Father	Otis Carter
  Mother	Mary O Ralston Carter
  Family ID	F1896	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leanna Mae Strimple Carter,   b. 12 Jul 1927, Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 24 Apr 2018  (Age 90 years)
  Married	14 Jul 1946	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Cheryl Elaine Carter,   d. Mar 1947 + 2. Christine Marie Carter McKelvey,   b. 30 Dec 1954, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 12 Jan 2002, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas  (Age 47 years)   3. Diana Mae Carter Owens   4. Jane Carter Barthurst
  Documents		Anniversary- Carter, Allen and Leanna Allen and Leanna Carter, Lawrence, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary as guests of honor at a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. July 14 at Central United Methodist Church at 1501 Massachusetts, Lawrence. Hosts will be their children, Diana and Don Owens and Christine and Edward McKelvey, all of Lawrence; Mrs. Carter’s mother, Lydia Strimple, Rossville Mrs. Carter’s brother and sister-in-law, Clyde and Maxine Strimple, Kansas City, Kan.; and family friend Jane Barthurst, Richmond, Va. The couple has one grandchild and two great-grandchildren. Allen C. Carter and Leanna Strimple were married July 14, 1946, in the chapel at Winter General Hospital in Topeka with the Rev. Robert A. Preston, chaplain, officiating. Mrs. Carter served in Africa and Europe with the 87th Division, 346th Infantry, of the U.S. Army during World War II. He retire4d from the University of Kansas as a power house engineer and also had worked as a power house engineer at Topeka State Hospital and Kansas Neurological Institute. Mrs. Carter worked for Santa Fe Railway in Topeka and Lawrence. She retired in 1987 after 40 years of service. --7 July 1996; Topeka Capital Journal Note: Photo of couple in news clip
  Last Modified	22 May 2018 10:54:38
  Family ID	F1897	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 26 Dec 1996 - Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Carter, Allen LAWRENCE -- Allen C. Carter, 73, Lawrence, died Thurs., Dec. 26, 1996, at his home. Mr. Carter was a powerhouse engineer for the State of Kansas for 27 years before he retired in 1988. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was born Nov. 20, 1923, at Superior, Neb., the son of Otis and Mary O. Ralston Carter. Mr. Carter was a member of Central United Methodist Church in Lawrence and Jayhawk Chapter No. 22 of Disabled American Veterans where he was past commander. He was married to Leanna M. Strimple on July 14, 1946 at Topeka. She survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Diana Owens, Lawrence, and Christine McKelvey, Chanute, two brothers, Robert L. Carter, Eudora, and Roy L. Carter, Topeka;; one grandchild; and two great-grandchildren. Mr. Carter was preceded in death by a daughter, Cheryl Carter, in March 1947. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Central United Methodist Church in Lawrence. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Rossville Cemetery in Rossville. Mr. carter will lie in state from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence where relative and friends will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Central United Methodist Church or to the the Douglas County Visiting Nurses Association and sent in care of the mortuary.