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Obituary

Helen Marie Brown

Peoria Journal Star, The (IL) - May 10, 2004

Deceased Name: Helen Carter

MANITO - Helen Marie Carter, 82, of 13539 N. Manito Road died at 12:10 a.m. Sunday, May 9, 2004, at Pekin Manor.

Born Nov. 3, 1921, in Peoria to Clifford Anderson and Elsie Lucille Lawrence Brown, she married Andrew Morton Carter on Oct. 13, 1940, in Davenport, Iowa. He died Sept. 30, 2001, in Pekin.

She also was preceded in death by one brother.

Surviving are one son, Thomas (and Judi) of Kingwood, Texas; two daughters, Connie (and Clifford) Eldert and Nonie (and Douglas) Sindle, both of Manito; two brothers, Lawrence Brown of Manito and Clyde (and Shirley) Brown of Okeechobee, Fla.; one sister, Elaine (and the Rev. David) Martin of Apopka, Fla.; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

She worked in the office of Karp's Department Store in Pekin for several years.

She was a former member of Bethel 55, Job's Daughters, in Pekin.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Preston-Hanley Funeral Home, Pekin Chapel. The Rev. David Martin will officiate. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery in Pekin.

Memorials may be made to the Forman Ambulance Service in Manito or Harbor Light Hospice in Peoria.