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Geneva Carr

December 10, 1910 — March 27, 2006

Mass of the Christian Burial for Geneva Carr, 95, will be celebrated on Friday, March 31st at 10:30 am at Corpus Christi Catholic Church with Father Randy Oswald and Deacon Ken Pitlick as celebrants. The Rosary will be recited at 7:00 pm Thursday, March 30th at Worden Chapel. Visitation will be Thursday, March 30th at Worden Chapel from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm until 7:00 pm. The family asks that memorial contributions be given to the Weston Manor Activities Fund.
Mrs. Carr died Monday, March 27th at Weston Manor Nursing Home.
Geneva was born December 10, 1910 at Dolgeville, New York the daughter of Clarence and Lizzie Foster Dexter. The family moved to Silver Creek, Nebraska, later moving to Lauzon, and later Dewey, South Dakota. She attended one year of high school in Aurora, Colorado and one year in Newcastle, Wyoming. She met her husband Louis Carr through her best friend Evelyn, who was dating Louis? brother Leo at the time. They were married on December 27, 1929 in the rectory at the cathedral in Denver, Colorado. The couple lived at the ranch on Beaver Creek Weston County, Wyoming. She was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church and the Sagebrush Pals Extension Club.
Mrs. Carr was a hardworking wife and mother. She was raised in the country and enjoyed working on the family ranch. She was a very good cook and a wonderful grandmother. She enjoyed getting together once a month with her extension club and attending country dances. After selling the ranch in 1974, she and her husband Louis moved to Newcastle, Wyoming. They spent their winters in Yuma, AZ and Phoenix, AZ and enjoyed going to the horse races and making new friends. After the death of her husband in 1995, Geneva enjoyed spending time at Michaels? Senior Center and visiting with friends and her relatives. In 1993, she moved to Lingle, Wyoming and lived with her son Donald and his wife Linda. She spent time at the senior center in Lingle, getting to know new people and also seeing her great grandchildren from Torrington, Wyoming. In November, 2003 she returned to Newcastle and resided at Weston Manor. Her interests included playing bingo, going on manor trips to Deadwood, South Dakota with her granddaughter Michelle Williams, and her niece, Joyce Sylte. She always looked forward to friends and family dropping in for visits and reminiscing about old times. She left a wonderful legacy and will be sadly missed by all whose lives she has touched.
She is survived by her son Don Carr of Lingle, WY, six grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren.
Preceding her in death was her husband, two brothers, two sisters, and one grandson Thomas D. Carr.


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