Kathryn Carter

Our loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, Kathryn Beckstead Carter passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 25, 2011 at her home in Parowan, Utah.She was born June 28, 1943 to Zan and Kathryn Pickett Beckstead in Preston, Idaho and lived there until she was 10. She then moved to Ogden, Utah where she spent the rest of her teenage years. She graduated from Rancho High School in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1961.She married the love of her life and best friend, Gene W. Carter, on September 7, 1962 in the Logan, Utah LDS Temple.She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and held several callings throughout her life. She loved being a visiting teacher most of all and grew to love all the ladies she associated with.She served as an EMT for the Iron County Ambulance for 20 years. She loved to read, crochet, and especially loved her chocolate and diet coke, but hated green jello (LOL).She is survived by her husband, Gene W. Carter, Parowan, UT and children: Dan (Jennifer) Carter, Lund, NV, Debborah Stanton, Parowan, UT, David (Shelly) Carter of Silver City, New Mexico, Juli (Tim) Patterson, Las Vegas, NV and Tawnya (Mark) Blackburn, Riverton, UT , 17 grandchildren and 1 great-grandson. Sister, Chick (Bill) Hobbs-Hoover, St. George, UT, Richard (Judy) Beckstead, Escondido, CA, Zan (Elaine) Beckstead, Gilbert, AZ and Paul Beckstead, Ogden, UT. She will be dearly missed.We are certain a joyous reunion is taking place above as she is reunited and preceded in death by her son, Brent Paul Carter, her parents and her brother Gary Beckstead.Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 30, 2001 at the 3/4th Ward Chapel in Parowan, Utah at 11:00 a.m. Viewings will be held Friday, April 29, 2011 from 6-8 p.m. and again Saturday from 9:30-10:30 a.m., prior to the funeral service. Interment will be in the Parowan City Cemetery, all under the direction of Southern Utah Mortuary.In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Kathryn B. Carter Memorial Fund at State Bank of Southern Utah.