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Edward P. Carr, Sr. memorabilia

DateApril 1950

Mediumpaper

Dimensions9 × 12 × 1/8 in. (22.9 × 30.5 × 0.3 cm)

ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact

Catalog number2016.3.35

DescriptionThis folder contains the following items:

1. E. P. Carr death certificate dated April 10, 1950

2. The graveside address text by Chaplain Cecil L. Prior dated April 12, 1950 (Double Butte Cemetery)

3. April news clippings at the time of death: April 11, "Edward P. Carr funeral arranged;"
April 10, "E. P. Carr, Tempe Funeral Director Dies (AZ Republic);" April 10, "Ed Carr, Sr. City Pioneer dies today;" April 10, "Proclamation by Mayor Hugh Laird to suspend business 10 am to 11 am on April 12, 1950;" April 10, "Mayor Laird urges business suspend during Carr Rites."

4. Newspaper clipping titled "Good Woman Dies." This is an obituary of Carr's mother-in-law, Mary Ward.

Note (Not in the file as a separate paper)

E. P. Carr, Sr. was born in Lancaster, N.H. on November 1, 1878 and died April 10, 1950. He served in the Spanish American War, spent 4 years in the Navy Hospital, and served at the Commander T. Roosevelt Camp # 11. His mother, Bridget McCaffery was born in Canada and his father, John Carr was born in Canada. He founded the Carr Mortuary in 1905 and was identified for many years with the Tempe Hardware store. He married his wife, Margaret Ward in Vallejo, CA in 1906.

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