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Sarah Elizabeth EIDAL

Female 1900 - 1987  (87 years)


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  • Name Sarah Elizabeth EIDAL 
    Birth 22 Jan 1900  Washington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Oregon Death Certificate 87-19186 
    Death 19 Oct 1987  Multnomah County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • In the 1920 census, she is single and boarding with a family in Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington. She is a public school teacher.

      From her obit in the October 22, 1987, edition of The Oregonian:

      Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in First Christian Church for Sarah Eidal “Sally” Carter, co-founder of an airplane parts manufacturer in Portland. She died Monday in a Portland hospital at the age of 87.

      Mrs. Carter was born in Ellensburg, Washington, and was raised on the family farm. She was a graduate of Central Washington Normal School in Ellensburg and later taught grammar school in the area and in Seattle.

      She moved to Portland in 1926. She was vice-president of Carter Manufacturing Co. of Portland, makers of parts for the aircraft industry. She and her husband founded the company and she remained active in it until her death. Mrs. Carter operated the company alone for a period until her husband, Haskell, retired in 1950 as vice president of Iron Fireman Manufacturing Co. in Portland.

      Surviving in addition to her husband are sons, Russell of West Linn, Roy of Portland, and Harry of Welches; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

      Private committal and vault interment will be in the Pioneer Cemetery in Hillsboro.
    Person ID I6965  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2015 

    Father Christen Olson EIDAL,   b. Abt 1864, Eidal, Buskerud, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Apr 1949, Seattle, King County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Sigrid M (Sadie) DIGENE,   b. 1 Jan 1874, Digene Gård, Hedalen Parish, Søndre Aurdal, Oppland, Norway Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1938, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1893 
    Family ID F299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Haskell Clarence CARTER,   b. 15 Jan 1898, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1989, Clackamas County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1922  Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5333  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2009