Betty P. Carpenter, age 91, Carthage, Missouri, and formerly of Carroll, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at Sarcoxie Nursing Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, May 8, 2010 at the Carroll City Cemetery with Fr. Glen Rankin of Trinity Episcopal Church in Carroll officiating. The Dahn and Woodhouse Funeral Home in Carroll is in charge of arrangements.
Born Elisabeth Lucille Martha Plahn on June 21, 1918 in Carroll, Iowa, she was the daughter of Henry and Louisa (Braun) Plahn. She grew up in Carroll and was married to Eric Carpenter on December 2, 1939 in Naples, Florida. He preceded her in death in 1978. She was a member of the Episcopal Church in Carroll and in Carthage, Missouri.
Surviving are a daughter and two sons, Ann Carter, and her husband, Robert, of Carthage, Missouri, Jay Carpenter, and his wife, Jan, of Fallbrook, California, and Charley Carpenter, and his wife, Vivian, of Granby, Missouri. Also surviving are five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her son, Tom Carpenter, in 2002, and eight brothers and sisters.