Theodora “Teddy” Dahl Carpenter, delivered June 20, 1926, by her grandfather Dr. C.B. Harris in Pembina, North Dakota, along the Red River to Theodore Garfield and Pauline Harris Dahl of Chicago, Illinois, died Jan. 8, 2016. She will be reunited with her husband, Allan and oldest son, Allan (Butch).
Teddy grew up in Wheaton, Illinois. A gifted cellist, pianist, farmer, gardener, handy-women, bon vivant she married local World War II childhood friend, Allan June 8, 1949, and moved to Seattle, Washington, where Allan completed University of Washington law school and Teddy taught home economics (UND ’48). They continued their journey to Cody, Wyoming, in 1956, and settled in San Mateo in 1961 to raise their four children.
More than 50-year member of DAR, PEO, Delta Gamma, Order of the Eastern Star and First Presbyterian of San Mateo and survived by her beloved son John and her daughters Beth (John Huey) and Catherine (Paul Shaver) and grandchildren Sarah and Jennifer Huey, Benjamin and Matthew Carpenter and Joy Shaver.
Memorial services are noon Friday, Jan. 15, at Skylawn Memorial Park Pacific Chapel Route 35 at State Route 92 San Mateo, CA. Donations to PEO STAR Scholarship, Alzheimer’s Organization or organization of your choice.
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