This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: WHL44 Surnames: CARTER, DAVIS, BEHRENS, HAPNER, WILLIAMS, KIRKPATRICK, DEJONG, COHEN, BROWN, JENNINGS Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/23048/mb.ashx Message Board Post: CARTER, Mr. John R. Of Kalamazoo, MI Went to be with the Lord Wednesday morning, July 2, 2008. John was born April 24, 1921 in Alvin, Illinois, a son of Claude and Belle (Davis) Carter. During WW II, he served with the U.S. Air Force. He had been a Kalamazoo area resident most of his life and was employed with Signal Delivery for 10 years, before retring. Years ago, he owned Carter Fuel Service. He was also a member of Twin Lakes Reformed Church. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Tyrus and James Carter. On November 9, 1940, he was united in marriage to Marjorie D. (Behrens) Carter, who survives. Also surviving, four daughters, Carol (Larry) Hapner of Kalamazoo, Sally (Tim) Williams and Tyrean (Robert) Kirkpatrick, all of Clearmont, FL and Kit (Ken) DeJong of Schoolcraft; seven grandchildren, Jennifer (Ben) Cohen, Mitch (Kaisa) Hapner, Amanda (Pierre) Brown, Megan Williams, Matthew Jennings, Tyler Jennings and Kyle Jennings; and three great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held 2 o'clock Monday at the Friendship Village KIVA Room, 1400 North Drake Road. Friends may meet the family one hour prior to the service in the Kiva Room. Private burial will take place at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church, Schoolcraft or the Canine Companions for Independence, P.O. Box 680388, Orlando, FL 32868-0388. Arrangements were made by the Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Memorial Chapel, 622 S. Burdick St. www.langelands.com. 343-1508. Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 7/3/2008. (Posted by a VOLUNTEER-NO family connection) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. PRIVACY STATEMENT http://www.thegenerationsnetwork.com/default.aspx?html=pp We do not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us to third party advertisers. Don't want to receive this email anymore? No problem. It's easy to unsubscribe altogether or change your email preferences. Click here to unsubscribe from all message board alerts: http://www.ancestry.com/unsubscribe/?eml=MIKALAMA-L@rootsweb.com&md5=&mb=1 To change your preferences log in to My Ancestry and go to the 'my alerts' section. http://www.ancestry.com/t9760/e2008070520345100495735362940/rd.ashx You can contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service.