Family: Allen C Carter / Leanna Mae Strimple Carter (F1897)

• Male Allen C Carter

  
  

  Birth	20 Nov 1923	Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska
  Death	26 Dec 1996	Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
  Burial		Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Marriage	14 Jul 1946	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Father	Otis Carter | F1896 Group Sheet
  Mother	Mary O Ralston Carter | F1896 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Leanna Mae Strimple Carter

  
  

  Birth	12 Jul 1927	Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas
  Death	24 Apr 2018
  Burial	9 May 2018	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Father	Guy Eugene Strimple | F5851 Group Sheet
  Mother	Lydia G Dolezilek Strimple | F5851 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Cheryl Elaine Carter

  
  

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  Death	Mar 1947
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  Female + Christine Marie Carter McKelvey

  
  

  Birth	30 Dec 1954	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Death	12 Jan 2002	Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
  Burial		Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Spouse	Edward Leroy McKelvey | F6599
  Marriage	30 Jun 1978	Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas

  
  

  Female Diana Mae Carter Owens

  
  

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  Female Jane Carter Barthurst

  
  

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  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