Susie Mae GibbonsAge: 96 years1907–2003
- Name
- Susie Mae Gibbons
- Given names
- Susie Mae
- Surname
- Gibbons
- Married name
- Susie Mae Carter
Shared note: Estel Carter Obituary and Family History
 Birth | May 1, 1907 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 8 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 9 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 10 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 22 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Marriage | Estel S “Duke” Carter — View this family May 28, 1935 (Age 28 years) |
 Census | April 1, 1940 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 34 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Census | April 1950 (Age 42 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 42 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
 Death of a husband | Estel S “Duke” Carter November 15, 1969 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 38 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | July 10, 2003 (Age 96 years) |
| Obituary | Susie May Carter (nee Gibbons) Obituary and Family Listing July 11, 2003 (1 day after death) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rochester IOOF Cemetery |
| Family with Estel S “Duke” Carter |
| husband |
Estel S “Duke” Carter Birth: October 8, 1901 35 37 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: November 15, 1969 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| herself |
Susie Mae Gibbons Birth: May 1, 1907 — Sturgis, Union, Kentucky, United States Death: July 10, 2003 — Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: May 28, 1935 — Liberty, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| Estel S “Duke” Carter + Mary Genevieve Gilliland |
| husband |
Estel S “Duke” Carter Birth: October 8, 1901 35 37 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: November 15, 1969 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Mary Genevieve Gilliland Birth: April 24, 1904 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: March 3, 1997 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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Marriage: April 14, 1923 — Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| Estel S “Duke” Carter + Ethel Mae Morrison |
| husband |
Estel S “Duke” Carter Birth: October 8, 1901 35 37 — Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: November 15, 1969 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
| husband’s wife |
Ethel Mae Morrison Birth: September 17, 1907 — Hammond, Miami, Indiana, United States Death: March 5, 1972 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: January 18, 1929 — Wabash, Indiana, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Estel S “Duke” Carter - Household
Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Census | 1950 United States - Census transcript - Estel S “Duke” Carter - Household
Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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| Obituary | Susie May Carter (nee Gibbons) Obituary and Family Listing
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Friday, July 11, 2003
Susie M. Carter
May 1, 1907 – July 10. 2003
Susie Mae CARTER, 96, Life Care Center, formerly of 222 E. Sixth St., died at 2:35 p.m. Thursday at Life Care Center.
Born in Sturgis, Ky., to Dan and Nina EASTERDAY GIBBONS, she married Estel S. "Duke" CARTER May 28, 1935, in Rochester. He died Nov. 15, 1969.
Along with her husband, Mrs. Carter owned The Peoples Cafe in Rochester and managed the Rochester Schools cafeterias. They operated the restaurant at the Rochester Sale Barn for many years and managed the cafeteria at Geneva Center, Rochester.
Mrs. Carter was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, where she was in the ladies circle and was a Sunday School teacher. She belonged to the Rochester Order of the Eastern Star and Evergreen Rebekkah Lodge.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Jeannetta ALBERTZ, Santa Claus, and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding in death with her husband were five sisters, Lucille CURTIS, Callie EVERETT, Virginia SCOTT, Hallie UNDERHILL and Dora Lee REEVES, and four brothers, William, John, Joseph and Charles STAATS.
Funeral service and Eastern Star service are at 1 p.m. Saturday at Zimmerman Bros. Funeral Home, Rochester, with Rev. George HAPNER officiating. Burial will be at Rochester IOOF Cemetery. Visitation is two hours prior to services at the funeral home.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 2003
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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| Name | Estel Carter Obituary and Family History
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Monday, November 17, 1969
Estel Carter
Estel "Duke" CARTER, 68, 222 East Sixth street, died at 11:45 a.m. Saturday in Woodlawn hospital where he had been a patient since Thursday. He had been seriously ill since Sept. 1.
A lifetime resident of this community, he was born Oct. 8, 1901, near Kewanna, the son of William A. and Amelia Jane MOORE CARTER. His marriage was May 28, 1935, in Rochester, to Susie Mae GIBBONS, who survives. Mr. Carter was a retired restaurant operator and operated the People's Cafe in Rochester many years. He later was caterer for the Reiter Grade school lunch program and for the Fulton County Community Sales Barn. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, Rochester Elks and the Eagles Lodge.
Surviving with his wife are a niece, Mrs. [M.] Emerson (Hazel [R.]) [SHEETS], Akron, and several cousins.
Final rites will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Zimmerman Brothers funeral home. The Revs. Smiley JOHNSON and V. A. LALLEMENT will officiate. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery here. Friends may call at the funeral home where Masonic services will be conducted at 7 o'clock tonight.
SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obituaries - 1969
by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47024113/estel-carter |