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Diana Mae Carter Owens

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  • Name Diana Mae Carter Owens 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I10664  Rossville
    Last Modified 22 May 2018 

    Father Allen C Carter,   b. 20 Nov 1923, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1996, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Leanna Mae Strimple Carter,   b. 12 Jul 1927, Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 2018  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 14 Jul 1946  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Anniversary- Carter, Allen and Leanna
    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
    Family ID F1897  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart