- Date Of Birth: December 4, 1915
- Date Of Death: August 4, 2007
- State: Missouri
John Carr, 91, of Steelville, Missouri entered eternal rest on Saturday, August 4, 2007 at St. John’s Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. John was born Saturday, December 4, 1915 in Potosi, Missouri, the son of George Ferson and Martha Blaine (nee Wallace) Carr. John was united in marriage to Corinne “Connie” Faust on November 9, 1940 at the First Presbyterian Church in Edwardsville, Illinois and to this union two sons and one daughter were born. After 59 years of marriage, Connie passed away on September 24, 2000.
Among those to mourn John’s passing are his two sons, Tom Lakenan Carr and wife Gale of Kirkwood, Missouri and Jay Blaine Carr and wife Ethelyn (Eth) of Baker City, Oregon; one daughter, Sally Jane Smith and husband Don of Springfield, Missouri; three grandchildren, David Blaine Carr, Shannon Garret and husband Matthew, and Stephanie Sager and husband Kevin; one sister-in-law, Merrie Carr of Kirkwood, Missouri; and one brother-in-law, Ivar Lovert of San Diego, California. John was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Connie; one brother, L. Blaine Carr and one sister-in-law Edna Croxen.
John graduated from University of Missouri with a B.S. in Agriculture. He did graduate work at both MU and Colorado State. John served as Agricultural Agent with the University of Missouri Extension in Crawford County from 1949 to 1975. He was a member of the Steelville Presbyterian church and served as an elder for many years and active member in the groundhog club of the church. John loved the Ozarks—The flora- he could identify all the native trees and knew most of the shrubs, grasses, and forbs. The fauna-he was an avid hunter of deer, squirrels and rabbits. He introduced not only his own children, but also numerous neighborhood children to hunting and the outdoor life. Up to the very end he loved to reminisce about “Fanny” a great treeing hound he owned in his youth. Most of all he loved the people—their homegrown common sense, wisdom, dry humor, and wit, and their friendliness.
