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Surname: CARR, CARTER, FORD
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Canton Repository, 9-1-2000
Marilyn Ann Carr age 71 of Canton, passed away early Thursday morning in
Mercy Medical Center following a brief illness. Mrs. Carr was born September
14, 1928 in Canton to the late Edmund W. and Clina Pastorius Carter.
A Canton native all of her life, she graduated from McKinley High School
and was an operator at the Bell Telephone Company until shortly after her
marriage in 1948. While raising two children in the 1950's, Mrs. Carr attended
college through the Cadet Program and earned B.S. and M.A. teaching degrees
from Kent State University.
Mrs. Carr taught in the elementary grades at Dennis R. Smith and Woodland
Elementary Schools for 25 years. She was a member of the State Teachers
Retirement Association, Stark County Retired Teachers Association and the
AARP.
Survived by her husband, Thomas N. whom she married May 29, 1948, two daughters,
Kay Lynn Ford of Chagrin Falls and Cynthia Lee Carr of Canton, one sister,
Carol Carter of Applecreek, one brother, Edmund L. Carter of Canton, six
nephews and one niece. Preceded in death by a brother, Gerald W. Carter.
Private funeral services will be held Saturday in the Waltner-Simchak Funeral
Home. There are no calling hours. Burial in Forest Hill Cemetery. The family
requests memorial contributions to the Salvation Army of Canton.