Hope V. Carr

Hope Vera Carr, one of seven children of Arno Peter and Lula Grace (Alley) Graybill, was born November 4, 1912 at Carson, Iowa. Hope grew up in Carson and graduated from Carson High School.
On March 1, 1929, Hope married Wayne Francis Carr. Their marriage was blessed with two sons, Walter and Ken. While Wayne pursued a farming career, Hope worked in Carson as a post office clerk and substitute rural mail carrier from 1942 to 1945. She then worked two years as a switchboard operator for the telephone company. Later when Wayne became manager of the Fullerton Lumber Yard in Oakland, IA, Hope became the bookkeeper for the company from 1947 to 1949. For the next two years, Hope was the bookkeeper at the Cogley Clinic in Council Bluffs, IA. When Wayne's career took him to Greenland for four years in 1953, Hope worked as a clerk and receptionist at the Iowa State Employment Office in Council Bluffs. In 1957, Hope became the superintendent's secretary at the Carson School until 1970 when she worked as traffic clerk for the Council Bluffs Police Department. From 1971 to 1979, Hope returned to her secretary position at the school.
Hope was a faithful member of the former R.L.D.S. Church in Carson, now the Community of Christ Church. She was past Worthy Matron of the Order of Eastern Star and helped wherever needed in the community. Hope and Wayne had been married 76 years when Wayne died March 15, 2005 at the Risen Son Christian Village in Council Bluffs. Hope died at the Risen Son on May 1, 2005 at the age of 92 years, 5 months, and 27 days.
Hope was preceded in death by her parents; husband Wayne; brothers Cloyd Graybill and Harold Graybill; sisters Ruth Brewbaker, Laura Good, and infant sister Bea Graybill; son Ken Carr and his wife Karen; grandson Paul Scott Carr; and nephew Don Brewbaker. She is survived by her son Walter Dell Carr and wife Bernice of Carson; brother Franklin Graybill and wife Jeanne of Mesa, AZ; 11 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.