Diana Mae Carter Owens

• Name	Diana Mae Carter Owens
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I10664	Rossville
  Last Modified	22 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Allen C Carter,   b. 20 Nov 1923, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska ,   d. 26 Dec 1996, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Leanna Mae Strimple Carter,   b. 12 Jul 1927, Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 24 Apr 2018  (Age 90 years)
  Married	14 Jul 1946	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Documents		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
  Family ID	F1897	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart