Wilma Elsie (Travis) Carter (2011)

CAMP, CARTER, DICKEL, HOOVER, SIMMONS, SPRADIN, TRAVIS

Posted By: Shirley Keating
Date: 8/11/2011 at 22:12:37

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

WILMA CARTER, WINTERSET

Wilma Carter, 100, of Winterset died on Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, at the Country Haven Guest Home in Scott Township, Madison County.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 11, at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset. A visitation will be held prior to services from 9:30-11 a.m. on Thursday morning. Burial will be in the Winterset Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the family in loving memory of Wilma.

Wilma Elsie Travis was born June 17, 1911, in Madison County, Walnut Township near Peru; the daughter of Martin B. and Nellie (Hoover) Travis, one of six children. Her marriage to Harold “Jack” Carter took place on June 22, 1929, in Creston. Wilma was a homemaker and farm wife. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church in Winterset since 1952; she served as a fourth-grade Sunday school teacher for many years.

Wilma is survived by her children, Howard Carter of Winterset; Kathy Spradlin of Arkansas City, Kan.; three grandchildren, Christi Carter of Costa Mesa, Calif.; John Spradlin, Jr. of Overland Park, Kan., Aaron Spradlin of Chanute, Kan.; six great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; a granddaughter-in-law, Connie Carter and a grandson-in-law, Gary Dickel.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack; a son, Richard Carter, a grandson Gregory Carter; a granddaughter, Pamela Dickel; her siblings, Joseph Travis, Edith Camp, Maude Simmons, Rev. Earl Travis and Wendell Travis.
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Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa
Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Wilma Carter, Winterset

Wilma Carter, 100, passed into the arms of her Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, August 8, 2011 at the Country Haven Guest Home in Scott Township, Madison County, Iowa.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Thursday, August 11 at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset. A visitation will be held prior to services from 9:30 to 11 a.m., Thursday morning. Burial will be in the Winterset Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the family in loving memory of Wilma.

Wilma is survived by her children, Howard (Evelyn) Carter of Winterset; Kathy (Rev. John) Spradlin of Arkansas City, KS; three grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and six great- great-grandchildren.

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