This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CARTER, PHILLIPS, ZERWECK, PLAGMON, PESQUEIRA, GLISS, O’BRIEN, McCOSKEY Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zU.2ADE/396 Message Board Post: Dorothy R. Carter Former Davis resident Dorothy Ruth Carter died April 28, 2003, in Saddlebrooke, Ariz. She was 87. Called "Dotty," she was born May 11, 1915 in Belleville, Ill., to Louis Phillips and Cecelia Eugenia Zerweck. Due to maternal illness, she was raised by her aunt and uncle, Nell and Paul Carter in Nashville, Ill. Dotty Carter attended De Pauw University for two years, then transferred to the University of Illinois. She received her bachelor's degree in history in 1939. She then returned to Nashville to teach high school. There, she met Russell Carter, to whom she was married for 63 years, until his death in 2001. Following her husband during his career with NCR, she lived in seven cities, including Davis, before moving to Saddlebrooke in 1989 to be near family. She was preceded in death by her sister, Josephine Plagmon of Belleville. She is survived by two sons, L. Phillip Carter and daughter-in-law Colleen and John Z. Carter and daughter-in-law Lori of Tucson, Ariz.; six grandchildren, Kristin Carter Pesqueira and her husband Victor of Tucson, Melinda Carter and John P. Carter, both of Washington, D.C., Chad Carter of Phoenix, Ariz., Matthew Carter of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Erin Carter of Lansing, Mich.; step-grandchildren, Shanna Gliss of Phoenix and Chris O'Brien of Denver; a great-grandchild, Lindsey Pesqueira of Tucson; a great-step-grandchild, Michael Gliss of Phoenix; and a niece, Sue McCoskey of Marion, Ill. Dotty Carter served as president of the Naval Wives Club at Harvard University, president of the Denver Newcomers and regent of the Des Moines DAR. Known for her enthusiasm, generosity and fun-loving nature, she enjoyed spending time with friends, playing bridge and golf, and reading. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday at East Lawn Palms Mortuary in Tucson. In lieu of flowers, the family asks friends to make a donation to a favorite charity. (Obituary from the "The Davis Enterprise," Thursday, May 1, 2003, (Yolo County, California). Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616, <http://www.davisenterprise.com/>. Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)