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Earl H. Carter Chesterfield, OH QCWA # 4648 Chapter 1 |
CARTER, EARL HENRY
CARTER, 89, of Chesterland, beloved husband for 48 years of Mary (nee: Scoleri); loving father of Bruce (Shirley) Carter of Pierson, FL and Henry (Pam) Carter of Lafayette, LA and the late Sally and Joan; dear grandfather of Patricia (Charlie) Valencia, Bruce Carter, Jr, Brian Carter and Cyndi (Paul) Rhodes; great grandfather of three. Son of the late Henry and Katherine (Stack) Carter. He also leaves many nieces and nephews as well as friends, neighbors and his faithful pets, Miss Kitty and Sparky.
Born May 28, 1923 in Cleveland, he has lived in Chesterland for the past 22 years.
He attended East Technical High School in Cleveland and Gulf Radio School in New Orleans, LA. Mr. Carter was the founder and owner of Carter Radio and Television in South Euclid from 1945-1952 when he moved to Florida and opened Miami Springs Hardware which he operated until 1984 when he retired and returned to Ohio.
During World War II, he served as a radio officer aboard ships of the United States Merchant Marine, earning the Merchant Marine combat bar, the Atlantic War Zone Bar, the Mediterranean/Middle East War Zone Bar and the Pacific War Zone Bar. After Operation Desert Shield, there was a shortage of radio officers and he returned to sea for several months a year, from 1991-1995.
He was a member of Heights-Lion Heart Lodge 633 Free and Accepted Masons, Al Koran Shrine, Scottish Rite Valley of Cleveland, Eagle Shrine, Order of the Eastern Star Willoughby Chapter 202, Sojourners International, and a member of the American Merchant Marine Veterans.
Since the age of 16, he was an amateur radio operator with call letters W4EU. He was a member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association, the Society of Wireless Pioneers, Veteran Wireless Operators Association, the American Radio Relay League. He also enjoyed flying and motorcycling.
He passed away Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights. The family will receive friends from 10 AM until 12 noon on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at DAVIS-BABCOCK FUNERAL HOME, 4154 Clark Avenue, Willoughby (44094) where the Brethren of Heights-Lion Heart Lodge 633 will conduct Masonic services at 11:45 am, followed immediately by funeral services at 12 Noon, officiated by the Rev. Judy E. Bagley-Bonner, Interim Pastor of Eastshore Unitarian Universalist Church in Kirtland.
Final resting place will be in Gates Mills North Cemetery.