Peter KARTER

Liddy:
Your Dad was a remarkable person and we will all benefit in the present and future from his foresight, ingenuity and brilliance. I am proud to have known him and found him to be a wonderful person, as was your Mother.
Frani & I send our prayers to you and your family. Cherish the wonderful memories if your loving Dad and take pride in his contributions to mankind.
Steve & Frani Ross

I did not know Peter. My condolences to the family. That's Peter for all your work for recycling and the environment

Mr. Peter Karter was a tremendously positive influence, and not just in recycling. He always seemed to have a bigger vision and bigger set of priorities than many of his peers. One of the best.

To Peter's Children,
Your Dad was a gentleman. He always welcomed the Wheaton Club into your home! I knew your Dad through your wonderful Mom who showed me the ropes about being an active alum! Your Dad will be missed by many. I'm sure your Mom welcomed him to Heaven with a great big hug and smile! I'm sorry for your loss.
Cindy Mason-Jones
Wheaton Class of '86

There are people most of us can cite as being positive influences. My uncle, Peter Karter , was such an influences on me. I went into engineering in no small part due to my uncle, although I became an Electrical Engineer and he suggested environmental. On a ride into RSS one summer to work in the plant, he said to me “Nick, not too many people are attracted to environmental engineering but there will be a need in a few years” . He was a bit prescient if not early, (this advice was given in the late 70s).

My uncle always had a tremendously positive outlook and stubbornly clung to his ideas on recycling in the face of a lot of adversity. Perhaps this is the same tenacity found in our grandmother who also faced adversity raising 5 children without a husband in a foreign land, speaking very little English. Being Spartan, she installed the ethic into her offspring and perhaps it is showing up in the subsequent generations. It is the same tenacity that marks all entrepreneurs and people who are attracted to start ups as I would find out later.

His nieces and nephews will miss his warmth and story telling.

Liddy ,

Very sorry to hear the news. Your father sounds like a terrific person who was well ahead of your time. Your cleantech activities will be a blessing to his memory.

Liddy,
We were so sorry to hear of Pete's passing. Lisa was very fond of him and I thought of him as the role model for all Grandpas. He was a tremendously impressive human being. He always had a twinkle in his eyes and smile on his face. Remember the good times with him.
Fondly,
Dan and Lisa Carter

Liddy and Family, My deep condolences. I would liked to have known your Dad. he sounds like a fascinating concerned and brilliant man.

My condolences to all the family and friends.

I met Peter soon after I was hired by the steel industry to promote recycling of steel cans and other used or obsolete steel products.

Peter was all the things mentioned in the obituary and also a gentleman of the old school. Very few people can envision a change, especially to an industrial environment, and really go out there and make it happen. That is what Peter did. All materials recycling facilities are, to at least some extent, offspring of Peter's concept and plants. Peter had the depth and breadth to think not just about the environment and the health of future generations but also the chemistry, physical properties, handling and markets for materials.
To quote Margaret Mead: "A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Peter and his family are some of those thoughtful people. May he rest in peace.

And, thank you, Trish, for Dancing Deer cookies. They have changed my world as well.

Very truly yours,
Paula Thompson

My condolences to you all. I wish I had known Peter Karter, his story is inspiring.

Fifteen years after my own father's passing, he is still wth me as I know Peter will be with you.

My condolences to the family and friends of Pete. He was quite the gentleman and will be missed.