Abbie J.
Carter
Abbie Jean (nee Oelke) Carter was born to eternal life on September 22, 2020 at the age of 74 years and 7 months in Milwaukee, WI. Abbie was born in Fond du Lac, WI. She earned a teaching degree from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in June 1968. While completing her degree, Abbie met the love of her life, Sam, during his church mission trip from Indiana to Wisconsin. She and Sam spent time together while traveling between Princeton, WI (her home town) and his home in West Lafayette, IN, and they eventually married and had fifty-one years of a loving marriage. Abbie taught for a short period of time in Milwaukee before becoming a full time mom. As the kids grew, she also enjoyed getting back into the workforce, including working at Sears, the Journal Sentinel, and the WELS Extension Fund office for many years.
Abbie lived her faith not just as a wife and mother, but with her church family as well. She energetically served in many roles at Good Shepherd’s, including working in the school office, assisting teachers with various projects, working with Sam by typing up church meeting minutes or completing financial statements, or even filling envelopes. She also took on larger roles within the church office and in leading efforts for many years with the altar guild. Abbie is survived by her two children, Brian (Kate) Carter and Heather (Doug) Pagel, four grandchildren (Adam, Kayla, Elise, & Regan), and her two sisters, Sharon (Fred) Kaping and Nancy Stuhr, as well as many additional loved ones.
MEMORIAL VISITATION- Tuesday, September 29, 2020 from 4-7PM @ Good Shepherd’s EV Lutheran Church (1235 S. 100th St. West Allis).
(Private Memorial Service will be held at a later date)
Sweet, sweet Abbie. You will be so missed. We loved our phone calls with you and seeing you at Church. You and Sam were “our first friends” at Good Shepherd’s. We so enjoyed our Bible Class with them. They were such a delight and made us laugh. You are with our dear Lord now and reunited with Sam. Just know how special your friendship was to Keith and I. We loved you and Sam very much. Dear, sweet people.
To the Carter family, our deepest condolences in the loss of Sam and Abbie in this past year. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Always, Keith and Sherry Jacobs
Kathryn just filled me in on your loss. Sorry to all of your family. You are in our prayers.
We rejoice with you that Abbie has victory in Jesus, but will miss her at church so very much. May God be with you in the days ahead to comfort you and remind you of God’s promises of the blessed reunion in heaven. We know that Abbie had a strong faith in God’s promises.
My husband, Andy and I were Abby and Sam’s neighbors for about 15 years in West Allis. They were the nicest and most welcoming people we have met. They would go out of their way to help anyone who needed it and were such an inspiration to us. The love they had for each other was so strong and so amazing. We enjoyed spending time with them and helping them around their house when they would let us (they didn’t want to burden us) and we were so sorry to leave West Allis but our circumstances would not allow us to remain there. We will never forget their kindness, their love and their generosity for as long as we live. Both of them will live in our hearts forever.