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Mabel C. (Opheim) CARTER

OPHEIM, CARTER, DAHLEN, SUHR

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/7/2015 at 01:25:38

September 15, 2014 --- September 1, 2015

Mabel C. (Opheim) Carter, 100, of Pender, Nebraska died on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at Legacy Garden Rehabilitation and Living Center in Pender, Nebraska. Funeral services for Mabel will be held on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Pender; Pastor Miles Ruch will be officiating. The visitation will be held on Friday from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home in Pender. Burial will be in the St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the family for future designation. Arrangements are under the direction of Munderloh – Smith Funeral Home in Pender.

Mabel was born on September 15, 1914 in Thor, Iowa, to Ole and Gunda (Dahlen) Opheim. She graduated from Decorah High School in Decorah, Iowa. Mabel was baptized, confirmed, and on May 30, 1937, she was united in marriage to M. Craig Carter at the Ullensvang Lutheran Church in Thor, Iowa. To this union three children were born, Lynda, Erle and Chuck. The couple owned and operated the Phillips 66 Station in Thor, Iowa until 1950, then they moved to Pender, Nebraska. In 1958, they moved to Beemer, Nebraska where they resided until returning to Pender in 1985 and managed the Charonel Motel in Pender for several years. They later returned to Beemer, where Craig died on July 12, 2003. Mabel later returned to Pender, living in Prairie Breeze Assisted Living. She was a member of the Beemer Senior Center and enjoyed growing vegetables in her garden.

Mabel is survived by her daughter, Lynda (Roger) Suhr of Pender, NE; sons, Erle (Candie) Carter of Omaha, NE, and Chuck (Marti) Carter of Norfolk, NE; four grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Craig, two brothers and six sisters.


 

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