Don Voloy Carter

Feb. 13, 1930 — March 1, 2017

Don Voloy Carter, 87, of Albany passed away on Wednesday at his residence.

Don was born in Klamath Agency, Oregon, to George E. and Rubye Mae (Pearson) Carter. Don served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict and after his discharge from the service met Nora Janice Liles in Brownsville. They married on Dec. 31, 1957.  They moved to Fremont, California, and Don worked as a truck driver and was a reserve police officer. He retired in February of 1992 and he and Nora moved to Albany in July of that year.

He was a member of the Elks lodge and enjoyed guns, eagles, rocks and trucks.  Don loved his Samoyed dogs.

Don is survived by wife Nora J. Carter of Albany; son Mark A. Carter of Cottonwood, California; daughter Cheri L. Beatie of Keizer; and grandchildren Beau Daniel Carter and Trevor James Carter, both of Cottonwood, California, and Christian Grey Beatie of Keizer.

A celebration of life will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 18, at the AAsum-Dufour funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Association in care of the funeral home.

AAsum-Dufour Funeral Home is handling arrangements (www.aasum-dufour.com).