Cecil Lee Carter, age 95 passed away the morning of January 2nd, 2023. He was born in West Frankfort, Illinois on October 13th, 1927, the son of the late George and Gladys Carter. He graduated from West Frankfort Community High School and served in the US Army as a Postal Address Locator at Camp Carson Colorado. After discharge, he attended Lockyears Business College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received degrees in public accounting and hospital management. Cecil married the late Lucrezia (Atze) Citerony on August 6th, 1949. He was employed by the US Veterans Administration for 34 years where he served as a Supply Technical Management Specialist (auditor) in Washington D.C. and many other locations before his retirement from the director’s staff of the VA Zablocki Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After retirement he was active with the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. After founding the Kenosha Chapter 1435 of NARFE, he went on to serve as State Federation President. He had been a member of St. James Catholic Church. He held lifetime memberships with the Knights of Columbus, NARFE and the American legion. He is survived by four children, Lorette Lough of Maryland, Claudia Mossman of Virginia, Lauren (Richard) Buroker of Mount Pleasant, WI, and Charles (Nicole) Carter of Kenosha, WI; and many grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, his parents, brother Gerald, sister Guinevere and son Richard. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon on Thursday, January 5, 2023, at Proko Funeral Home with services commencing at 12:00 noon. To live stream the Mass, please copy and paste https://www.facebook.com/ProkoFuneralHome/live_videos/ Interment will follow in Sunset Ridge Memorial Park, Kenosha, WI. In Lieu of flowers, please make memorial donations to Pro Life Wisconsin at www.prolifewi.orgProko Funeral Home & Crematory5111-60th Street Kenosha, WI 53144Phone: (262) 654-3533Visit & Sign Cecil’s Online Memorial Book at:www.prokofuneralhome.com
Condolences
Lauren Buroker
January 5, 2023
Hi Dad, we just left the cemetery and stopped at Hillcrest in your memory. Everyone said they miss you. It's going to be weird not seeing you on our usual Saturday visit. Say hi to Mom for me, and Nonna. I'm sorry I didn't say I love you the last time we saw you. (It's not even been a week!) I love you, and will miss you.Lauren
Lorette Lough
January 5, 2023
Dear Dad,We're all in agreement, I'm sure, that while we're relieved that your pain and suffering has ended, and you're now reunited with Mom, Dick, your parents and brother, and other family members and friends, we're gonna miss you, a lot!Say hi to Larry for me, and tell him that I miss him like crazy (and always will!), but I'm doing fine ... one day at a time. Tell Mom and Dick that I miss them, too. One day, we'll all be together again, and won't that be glorious!Love you,Lorette
Claudia Mossman
January 3, 2023
Dad, Mom used to say we were a lot like. I remember following you everywhere as a kid. Remember how I used to wait outside your bedroom door at our house on 34th Avenue in Kenosha?You used to drive city bus and then go off to work at Downey. But you always made time to eat a small breakfast with me. Remember my little silver percolator coffee pot? The one that Eddie gave me? It made two cups of coffee. One for you and and one for me. Of course, mine was mostly milk. What a joy that was for me. What a memory. Remember the snow forts you used to make? They were the best in the neighborhood. Oh, and the houses out of big boxes. We had doors and windows. How about the time you saved my lady bug from a spiders web. I came running to you one day. Crying because a spider was going to eat my lady bug. But you saved her for me. When we moved from Kenosha to Bellwood you made more amazing memories as well. All the special Christmas trees you decorated. When we still had live trees. Remember the silver Christmas star you made with twinkling lights?Time and time again you made memories as I got older. I still remember the day I picked out my wedding dress. I called you and mom to look at it. When I put it on and showed you two, you got tears in your eyes.Then the kids came. You sang to them as you did to me. Remember singing “You’re Daddy’s Little Girl” to me? You used to hold me and rock me and sing. Then? Craig passed. You told me it’s okay to be sad sometimes. You told me how much you still missed mom. I talked to you about so much on my way home from work. And in DC’s traffic? That’s a long ride home. We’d talk from McLean to Springfield. Everyday. You always welcomed my calls. I’ll miss those talks dad. But once again? More memories. So thank you. I am hoping you are having a great time in Heaven. Visiting first with mom. Then? Hoping you find Craig. Give him a hug for me. Tell him I visit him often and bring him his favorite flowers. Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. Tell him I am doing well. I am working hard to make sure house will be just as we dreamed. I even am setting up a teaching corner in the family room. I’ll miss you dad. A lot! But so happy you are free of all your burdens. I’ll see you in about…40 years? In Heavens time that’s not long. Until then? I’ll cherish all the memories.Love Daddy’s Little Girl