PAUL STEPHEN CARTER

KENSINGTON, Md. – Paul Stephen Carter, 84, died Oct. 2, 2008. He was born July 24, 1924, in Etna, to John E. Carter and Lena Sylvester Carter. He was a loving husband to Elcena Small Carter of Carmel, and father of Stephan P. Carter, Peter M. Carter, Cheryl Lynn Carter and Cynthia Ann Carter. He was a World War II veteran, serving from 1943 to 1945. He graduated from the University of Maine in 1949. He moved to Stonington, Conn., in 1956 to work for General Dynamics/Electric Boat until 1964 and moved to Kensington, Md., in 1964 to work for the Department of Navy from 1964 until he retired in 1984. After a brief retirement he returned to work at Vitro Corp. in 1987. In his remaining years, he was actively involved in his grandchildren’s lives. He is survived by wife, Elcena; brother, John M. Carter of Scarborough; daughter, Cynthia Ann Carter Koebke of Silver Spring, Md.; son-in-law, Roberto Koebke; grandchildren, Nicole Koebke, Robert Koebke and Erik Koebke; many nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Holy Cross Hospice, 11800 Tech Road, Suite No. 240, Silver Spring, MD 20904 or Alzheimer’s Research Center, 640 Jackson St., St. Paul, MN 55101.