 1900 - 1987 (87 years)
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Name |
Sarah Elizabeth EIDAL |
Birth |
22 Jan 1900 |
Washington |
Gender |
Female |
Oregon Death Certificate |
87-19186 |
Death |
19 Oct 1987 |
Multnomah County, Oregon |
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.
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Person ID |
I6965 |
Don Carlson's Tree |
Last Modified |
30 Dec 2015 |
Father |
Christen Olson EIDAL, b. Abt 1864, Eidal, Buskerud, Norway d. 14 Apr 1949, Seattle, King County, Washington (Age 85 years) |
Mother |
Sigrid M (Sadie) DIGENE, b. 1 Jan 1874, Digene Gård, Hedalen Parish, Søndre Aurdal, Oppland, Norway d. 3 Jun 1938, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington (Age 64 years) |
Marriage |
Abt 1893 |
Family ID |
F299 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Haskell Clarence CARTER, b. 15 Jan 1898, Tennessee d. 25 Mar 1989, Clackamas County, Oregon (Age 91 years) |
Marriage |
27 Dec 1922 |
Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington |
Children |
| 1. Russell Ernest CARTER, b. 18 Sep 1923, Wayne County, Michigan d. 23 Jan 2020 (Age 96 years) |
| 2. Roy Conway CARTER, b. 27 Feb 1926, Oregon d. 15 Jun 2016, Marion County, Oregon (Age 90 years) |
| 3. Harry A CARTER, b. 12 Sep 1928, Oregon d. 12 Aug 1999, Oregon (Age 70 years) |
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Family ID |
F5333 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
21 Mar 2009 |
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