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- Daily Herald (Provo, UT)
January 8, 2016
Ann Lewis Carter (84) passed away January 2, 2016 after a four-month battle with Guillian-Barre Syndrome. She was born July 24, 1931 to Fay Ludlow and John Rowe Lewis in Benjamin, Utah, but grew up in Spanish Fork where she graduated from Spanish Fork High School. She married Elwood Earl Carter on December 3, 1948. They were later sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on May 16, 1956.
Mom loved gardening. She raised many flower and vegetable gardens and loved to share her produce with family and friends. She especially loved flowers and could name any flower common to Utah. She was often found wearing her garden hat playing in the dirt.
Mom was a master quilter and loved piecing together quilt tops. While her sewing skills rivaled the best, it was her ability to choose coordinating fabrics that made her quilts a work of art. She tied countless blankets for family, friends, and humanitarian projects. She also loved all kinds of arts and crafts and made her home sparkle for the holidays.
Mom was an excellent chef. She made the most delicious breads and pies and gave lessons to daughters, grands, and greats. Any question about cooking, baking or canning was hers to answer.
Mom loved music. She sang beautifully and played the piano. She taught her children to love Beethoven and they taught her to love the Beatles. We can still see mom dancing to the Doobie Brothers or to Floyd Cramer; she loved them all.
Mom served in many capacities in the Church. She served as the Relief Society President twice as well as in other Relief Society Presidencies and in ward and stake Primary Presidencies where she built floats for the Primary Children's 4th of July Parade. However, she always said her favorite calling was the Primary chorister. She consistently demonstrated a strong testimony in her faithful way of living. In her final days a grandson said to her, "Well, I guess all that matters is that the Church is true." Although mom was no longer speaking at the time, Mom was able to voice, "The Church IS true."
Most of all, mom's life was always centered on her family. She cared for and supported her husband, her parents, her siblings, and her seven children and with so many friends and ward members in her home, she was mother to countless others. Dad passed away in 2011 after 63 years of marriage. Joan, the eldest daughter, passed away from diabetes in 1958.
Her parents and her brother, John, also preceded her in death.
She is survived by her sisters, Kathryn Lewis of Provo and Virginia (Jim) Hall of Salt Lake City; children, Dan (Pat) Carter of Spanish Fork, Chad (Marilyn) Carter of Provo, Kathy (Frank) Allen of Orem, Kristine (Lonnie) Millett of Sammamish, Washington, Matthew (Tiffany) Carter of Highland and Karen Carter of Provo; 17 grandchildren, and 21 great-grandchildren.
Home was always a gathering place of love and warmth. Sunday evenings, holidays (especially Christmas Eve), cabin building, and family events will always be fond memories. Thanks Mom and Dad for making it all possible.
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1931 - 2016 (84 years)
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