The Shemwell Family

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