CARTER, Rita Frances 1945-1948

CARTER, METZ

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 1/11/2012 at 13:30:55

Rita Frances Carter 1945-1948

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CHILD CHOKES TO DEATH ON PILL

Osage, Ia. – Tragedy struck the Leo Carter family Wednesday at 5 p.m. when their only daughter, Rita, age 3, choked to death on a pill before help could arrive.

The child had been taken to a doctor during the day and the pills had been prescribed for a cold.

Rita is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Carter, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Metz, Osage, and Mr. and Mrs. Burton Carter, Osage.

Mrs. Carter is the former Georgia Metz.

A brother died in infancy.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday November 25, 1948
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Rita Frances Carter was born August 25, 1945 in Mitchell Co., Iowa. The brother mentioned in the above obit who died in infancy was Burton John Carter 1935-1935.
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Mitchell Co. Burial Permits 1947-1971
Rita Frances Carter age 3 died November 24, 1948 in Osage of strangulation; burial Osage Cemetery.