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1911 Mary 1999

Mary Helen Carter

December 29, 1911 — October 18, 1999

MARY HELEN CARTER
HELEN CARTER OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN DECEMBER 29, 1911 AT OLD MINES, MISSOURI. A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN AND MARY (BOYER) VILLMER. HELEN DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1999 AT WASHINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL IN POTOSI, MISSOURI, AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY SEVEN YEARS, NINE MONTHS AND TWENTY DAYS,
HELEN WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE GEORGE L. CARTER ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1935 IN OLD MINES, MISSOURI.
HELEN IS SURVIVED BY HER TWO SONS, RAY CARTER AND WIFE JUDY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, JOHN CARTER AND WIFE BEVERLY OF POTOSI, MISSOURI. HER SIX GRANDCHILDREN, KIMBERLY CARTER OF ST. LOUIS, TERRY CARTER AND WIFE KERRIE OF ST. LOUIS, MICHELLE FORD AND HUSBAND SID OF O'FALLON, MICHAEL CARTER AND WIFE THEA OF KANSAS CITY, KRISTA CARTER OF CAMDENTON AND BRIAN CARTER AND WIFE KERRIE, OF ALASKA. BRIAN AND KERRIE, WITH MUCH REGRET, WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE SERVICES BECAUSE HIS WIFE JUST GAVE BIRTH TO HELEN'S SIXTH GREAT GRANDCHILD, MASON. HELEN IS ALSO SURVIVED BY SEVERAL NIECES, NEPHEWS AND MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND, HELEN WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY TWO BROTHERS, MAX AND TONY VILLMER AND ONE SISTER, MARY ROSE BOYER AND TEN HALF BROTHERS AND HALF SISTERS.
HELEN WAS TRULY AN ANIMAL LOVER, WHO ENJOYED TAKING CARE OF AND LOVING HER DOGS AND CATS. SHE ALSO ENJOYED FISHING WHEN SHE HAD TIME. SHE LOVED SOCIALIZING WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS, TALKING AND LISTENING TO ANYONE IN NEED. HER GRANDCHILDREN MEANT THE WORLD TO HER, SHE WOULD SING TO THEM AND THIS WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.
HELEN WAS KNOWN FOR HER KIND AND LOVING SPIRIT, WARM SMILE AND CARING EYES. SHE WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1999, FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1999, AT 10:00 A.M. AT ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH IN OLD MINES WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE SUNSET HILL CEMETERY IN POTOSI UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, TERRY CARTER, MIKE CARTER, RICHARD VILLMER, BOB "MAX" VILLMER, SID FORD AND PILL PRATT.
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