Philip Ray Carter

Philip Ray Carter of Raleigh, died on July 14, 2006, of natural causes. He was 102, born on April 2, 1904 in Scranton, KS, to John Elam Carter and Emily Samantha Parker. He married Garnet Elizabeth Kastner in Manhattan, KS in 1927. She died in 1994.
He spent his early life in and around Harveyville, KS attending Harveyville Grade School, Harveyville High School, and Kansas State University. He received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1926. He attended the Harvard University Public Health School in 1939 and 1940, receiving a Master of Public Health.
He was employed as a public health veterinarian from 1926 to 1940 by the Minnesota State Health Department. During this period, he was also an officer in the United States Army Reserve. In 1940 he was ordered to active duty in the Army Veterinary corps. He saw service in World War II in Newfoundland and Europe. After the end of the war in Europe, he continued in the occupation of Germany until 1947. He was commissioned in the Regular Army in 1946, and continued on military duty at various stations in the United States until his retirement in 1959 in the grade of colonel.
He as his family moved to Boulder in 1959. He was active as a volunteer in several community functions, including the Civil Defense Program, and election judging. He was fond of traveling, square dancing, bowling, golf, and bridge. He belonged to many organizations including Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, Scabbard and Blade military fraternity, Colorado Veterinary Medical Association, American College of Veterinary Preventative Medicine, Retired Military Officers Association, Boulder Genealogical Society, Rocky Mountain Climbers Club, Boulder Chautauqua Association, and Boulder Senior Bowling league.
He is survived by a son, Dr. Alan Bruce Carter, by his daughter-in-law Jane Carter, and by several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; by his wife; by five brothers, Frank L. Carter, Gordon J. Carter, William P. Carter, Louis W. Carter and John C. Carter; and by four sisters, Edith J. Wood, Metta V. Krein, Eva M. Smith, and Ruth Carter. He moved to Raleigh in 2004.
The family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the physicians and staff and Springmoor-Stuart Health Center, and especially to Jeannie Smith and Elizabeth Ballentine who were his personal caregivers. Interment will be in the mausoleum at Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder.
Funeral service will be held at 12 noon, August 4, 2006 at Howe Mortuary, 1701 West South Boulder Rd. Lafayette, CO.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Dr. Philip R. Carter Discretionary Fund, or the Garnet E. Carter Discretionary Fund, KansasState University Foundation, Manhattan, KS, 66502-2911.