Margaret G. “Peg” Carter, 82, of Wabash, Indiana, died at 12:56 am, Friday, January 31, 2020 at her home. She was born May 11, 1937 in Muncie, Indiana to Mark and Mary Ellen (Weaver) Rice.
Peg was a 1955 graduate of Wabash High School. She married Max E. Carter in the Wabash Christian Church parsonage on April 30, 1960; he died October 13, 2016. She was a member of St. Bernard Catholic Church in Wabash. Peg was a homemaker and enjoyed quilting, reading, cross stitching, and was an avid Chicago Cubs fan. She was a very loving mother and grandmother.
She is survived by five children, Gary (Patricia Pierce) Carter of Glasgow, Kentucky, Mark (Julie) Coon, Cindy (Barry) Booth, Carol Carter, and Lynn (Darrell) Thompson, all of Wabash, 13 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren, 2 great great grandchildren, sister, Judith (Vincent) Baucco of Wabash, sister-in-law, Kathy (Richard) Lower of Wabash, and her brother-in-law, Joe Bill (Sherry) Carter of Fall Brook, California. She was also preceded in death by her parents, and her son, Larry Coon.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at St. Bernard Catholic Church, 188 W. Sinclair, Wabash, with Father Anthony Steinacker officiating. Burial will be in Falls Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 4-7:30 pm Tuesday, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with a rosary service at 7:30 pm.
Preferred memorial is St. Bernard Catholic School.
The memorial guest book for Peg may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.