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12/31/1927
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04/01/2011
Erma Carter Obituary
CARTER, Erma
(Corvi)(Age 83)
Passed away April 1, 2011 in Spokane, Washington. Erma was born in Spokane on December 31, 1927, the youngest of five children of Ercole and Olga Corvi. After graduating from North Central High School, Erma spent an exciting life as a USAF wife, traveling the country and abroad. With a passion for labor and politics, she became involved in the restaurant industry and statewide political campaigns, eventually becoming secretary-treasurer of Local 400 of the Culinary Workers Union in Spokane. She also raised four sons instilling in them the secrets of hard work and competitiveness as well as a lifelong liberal tradition. Prior to retirement, Erma became a long-time mobile home park manager in Yakima, Washington where she developed a love for dogs and for the Seattle Mariners. Erma is preceded in death by husbands Donald Carter and Frank Lorello, Jr.; father Ercole Corvi; mother Olga Corvi; brother Al Corvi; sisters Marie Gracio, Argentina Thompson, and Ann Wood. She is survived by son Daniel Lorello and his wife Pam, Yakima, WA and sons Jeff Lorello, Frank Lorello, and Randy Lorello. She also enjoyed the company of six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. A special thanks to her Fairwood Village family where she lived the past three years. Please sign the online memorial book at www.hennesseyfuneralhomes.com. Burial will take place at Terrace Heights Memorial Park in Yakima, WA with arrangements entrusted to:
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Bill Mustard
April 8, 2011
Aunt Erma was always there for me. I loved her and will miss her.
Greg Mustard
April 4, 2011
Aunt Erma, you will be missed by all of us who loved you so much! You filled our lives with so much joy and so many memories. You were my favorite aunt and were so cool to a boy from small town Spokane. You had flocked Chistmas trees, while the rest of us had green, that was cool. After you got a divorce, you were the first person I ever knew who lived in an apartment, that was cool. When you met Don Carter, he drove an Eldorado (no hump) and flew a plane, that was cool. You were one of the first mothers who worked full time; banquets at the Ridpath Hotel and you drove a Camero, that was cool. We had a lake cabin at Diamond Lake and I remember you'd make Lime Daquiris and drink them while laying on an air mattress by the side of the dock, that was cool. Some thought you looked like Judy Garland, I did, that was cool. You had a temper too. I remember all of us cousins wrestling in the dark after Thanksgiving dinner in the basement at Houston Street and breaking one of your Hummels...whoa did we get it! That wasn’t so cool! When my mother became ill, you stepped right in and had her move next you to in Yakima so you could look after her, that was cool. I will never forget all you did for her and my brother Bill and I during that time. I will cherish your memory forever. Rest in Peace. Greg
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