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Dr.
Robert Carter Jr., 72
Bemidji
- Dr. Robert Carter Jr., 72, died Wednesday,
May 15, 2002 at his son's home in Cottage Grove.
A
memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on
Saturday, May 25, at Zion Lutheran Church in Thief
River Falls with Rev. Dennis Raymond officiating.
Inurnment will be in Calvary Cemetery in Bemidji.
Visitation
will be held for one hour prior to services at the
church. Kok Funeral Home is in charge of the
arrangements.
Robert
Griffith Carter Jr. was born on December 28, 1929
in Alliance, Ohio, the son of Robert and Iverne
(Rowland) Carter. He spent his childhood in Bemidji
and Alderson, W. Va. where he graduated from
Alderson High School. He graduated from Mount Union
College in Alliance, Ohio; University of North
Dakota; University of Washington, Seattle; and
University of Minnesota. He served as a lieutenant
in the U.S. Air Force. Dr. Carter practice general
medicine in Hettinger, N.D.; Washburn and Medford,
Wisc.; and Mora. He also practiced radiology in
Mora and for 20 years, in Thief River Falls. He
enjoyed hunting, fishing, sports, especially golf,
reading, and wintering in Arizona with his wife,
Joan.
On
February 3, 1952, Robert married Joan Portman in
Alliance, Ohio. After serving in the Air Force, he
pursued his medical career, traveling across the
country to several locations for schooling,
residencies, and work as a practicing doctor. He
retired from medicine, and in 1998, moved to his
childhood home, a log cabin on Lake Bemidji. He
spent his most recent winters in Surprise, Ariz.
Surviving
Dr. Carter are his four sons, Bob (Tina) of Winter,
Wisc., Greg (JB) of Kansas City; Jeff (Glenny) of
Chandler, Ariz., and Brett (Jodi) of Cottage Grove;
five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a
brother Guy (Belva) of Bemidji; and a
sister-in-law.
His
wife, Joan, preceded him in death.
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