Margaret Lucille Carter 1919 - 2016

PHILLIPS, WEATHERS, CARTER

Posted By: Connie Swearingen - volunteer (email)
Date: 6/24/2016 at 04:45:14

Sioux City Journal
15 June 2016

SIOUX CITY | Margaret Carter, 97, of Sioux City was born to eternal life and reunited with Wayne, her husband of 73 years, Friday, June 10, 2016, at a Sioux City nursing home.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Grace United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 9 a.m. until service time Thursday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel. Online condolences may be given at www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Margaret Lucille, the daughter of Ernie and Edna (Phillips) Weathers, was born on March 27, 1919, in Oto, Iowa. She grew up in Oto and attended Oto Public Schools, where she graduated from in 1937.

On Aug. 12, 1941, Margaret was united in marriage with Wayne Carter at Grace United Methodist Church in Sioux City. Margaret and Wayne made their home in Sioux City their entire married lives, except for when Wayne served in the U.S. Army and was stationed overseas during World War II.

She was a longtime member of Grace United Methodist Church and was active with Grace Church Methodist Women. Margaret loved playing golf, bridge, and bowling and was a longtime member of Floyd Park Women's Golf. In her later years, she enjoyed quilting.

Margaret was a loving mother to a daughter, Connie Jerman and her husband, Roger of Seymour, Ind.; two sons, William Carter and his wife, Constance of Glendale, Wis., and John Carter of Sheldon, Iowa. She was the proud grandmother of Joe and his wife, Francesca (Tekula) Jerman and Laura (Sam) Karan; and great-grandmother of Jake and Carter Jerman. She is also survived by sisters, Ernestine Steinhoff and Mary Lou (Marvin) Norby; and numerous nephews and nieces.

Margaret was preceded in death by her parents; and a sister, Vera Lee.

Special thanks to Hospice and Palliative Care of Siouxland and staff and friends at Sunrise Retirement Community.

She will be dearly missed by those she loved.