A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameNancy Louise Carr 
Birth26 May 1949, Kansas City, Jackson Co, Missouri
Death13 Feb 2010, Lawrence, Douglas Co, Kansas Age: 60
BurialUnknown167
FatherJoseph Edmond Carr (1921-2019)
MotherMarianne Gier (1922-2017)
Notes for Nancy Louise Carr
Nancy (Carr) Carter, 60, died Saturday, February 13, 2010, at her home in Lawrence, Kansas. She was born May 26, 1949, in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Joseph E. and Marianne (Gier) Carr. She grew up in Prairie Village, Kansas, and was a 1967 graduate of Bishop Miege High School. Between 1968 and 1972, she attended Fontbonne College, KU, UMKC, and Penn Valley. She graduated with a Doctor of Chiropractic from Cleveland Chiropractic College in Kansas City in January 1981, serving as president of the student council in 1980. Nancy and her family moved to Paonia, Colorado, in 1984, where she started her own chiropractic practice. She served on the Paonia Town Council in 1987 and 1988. She also volunteered and served on the board of KVNF Public Radio of Western Colorado from 1988 to 2000. With the help of her friends, she built an off-the-grid home in the mountains of Paonia. In 2002, Nancy moved to Lawrence, Kansas. She worked at Pinnacle Career Institute in Lawrence from 2002 to 2008, serving as a teacher, Director of Education and Interim Executive Director. She was a member of St. John Catholic Church. Nancy was a lifelong learner, a gifted gardener, a joy-filled singer and dancer, a patient teacher and healer, an avid reader, a film buff, a creative cook, and a talented potter and writer. She enthusiastically embraced life, family and friends. She cared deeply about the environment and felt closest to God's creation in the mountains of Colorado. She unselfishly gave of herself by serving in a soup kitchen, traveling to Central America and the Dominican Republic on service trips, and caring for friends and family when they were in need. Nancy lived her life with passion and accepted her illness with grace. In one last gift of generosity, Nancy donated her body to KU Medical Center for Research. Survivors include parents, Joseph and Marianne Carr, Lenexa, Kansas; son, Piper Carter and his wife Laura and their children, Cameron and Audrey, Olathe, Kansas; seven siblings, Jan Richards (Kit), Sunspot, New Mexico, Lucy Markovich (Frank), Fairview, Texas, Maureen Carr (Bob Miller), Kansas City, Missouri, Carolyn Curtis (Randy), Loveland, Colorado, Peggy Kittel (Rick), Lawrence, Kansas, Connie Mikelait (Bob), Olathe, Kansas, Frank Carr (Max Koster), Berkeley, California; sister-in-law, Margie Carr, Lawrence, Kansas; former husband, Bill Carter (Janice), Raytown, Missouri; many nieces, nephews, aunts, cousins, great-nieces and great- nephews. Nancy was preceded in death by a brother, Jim Carr. Nancy also leaves behind an exceptional group of devoted friends. The family would like to express its gratitude to Dr. Stein; the staff of Douglas County VNA Hospice, especially Andy and Dawn; and Marta from the WhiteStone Wellness Center, for their loving care for Nancy these past few months. A Memorial Mass for Nancy will be held at St. John Catholic Church, 1229 Vermont Street, Lawrence, Kansas, at 11 a.m. on Thursday, February 18. The family will receive friends beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday. A rosary will be said at 10:45 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial donations to Save the Children or Douglas County VNA, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, PO Box 1260, Lawrence, KS 66044. Online condolences may be sent to rumsey- yost.com.
Published in Kansas City Star from February 16 to February 18, 2010
Published in Kansas City Star from February 16 to February 18, 2010