Murray Boyd Carter

In loving memory of Murray Boyd Carter, age 74 years, who died in the Dryden Regional Health Centre on Wednesday, July 22 following a brief illness.

Born and raised in Fort William, Murray was a man of strong faith. He met and married Ellen Mills there and became a father to her four children. Together they had two more daughters completing a family that was very important to Murray. He loved spending time with his family, especially taking the grandkids fishing at the dock, for donuts at Robin’s and swimming at the Best Western. 

An avid sports fan, it was his letters of opinion to the editor that helped seal his first job at the Chronicle Journal as a teenager. Mainly covering sports for many years, he wrote under the name Moe Carter in various locoations across the country, includring the Chronicle Journal, Winnipeg Free Press and a period as Editor of the Dryden Observer. His work enable him to meet many people over his life and he kept in touch with a large number of friends via the internet. He always had a story or a joke to share.

He was predeceased by his wife Ellen, his daughter Judy O’Keefe Polhill, brothers Jim and Howard Carter and sister Mayme Tangness. 

Murray is survived by his children, Kathy (Paul) Waller of Dryden, Terry (Steve) Gadd of Dryden, Frank (Linda) O’Keefe of Thunder Bay, Cheryl Coulter and Debbie Johnson of Winnipeg, by 13 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren.

Funeral services for Murray Carter were held Saturday, July 25 at 10 a.m. in the First United Church with Alice Bloomfield officiating. Internment followed in the Dryden Cemetery.

Visitation was held Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Stevens Funeral Home “Moffat Chapel”.

Should friends so desire, donations to the Crohns and Colitis Foundation may be made through the Stevens Funeral Home, P.O. Box 421, Dryden ON P8N 2Z1.

Condolences may be e-mailed to sympathycard@shaw.ca subject: Carter.