Charles A. Carter, 102, died peacefully on Saturday August 26, 2017, at Aurora Medical Center with family by his side. He was born on June 11, 1915, son of the late Charles and Fern Carter in Indiana. Charles graduated from Mentone Indiana High School. He also graduated from Chicago Aero Nautical University. Charles then moved to Buffalo, New York and worked at Bell Aircraft during the war years. He worked as a supervisor at Allison Airplane Corp. His love for boat racing brought him to Green Bay, WI, where he owned and operated Green Bay Marine Mart. Charles and his partner, George Ver Hagen opened Carver Boat in Milwaukee. They later moved to Pulaski in 1999. The company is still in operation as Marquis and Carver Boats. In 1959, he married Betty Lou Esslinger. After selling Carver Boat Corporation, he went back to his first love, airplanes. They opened up Pulaski Airport and remained there for five years. He and his wife, Betty, moved to Florida, where they lived for the next forty years. They soon started an Aircraft Corp. in Sebring, Florida. They owned and operated it until they moved back to Oshkosh in 2005. He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church of Oshkosh. Charles is survived by his wife, Betty Lou; sons: Charles JR. of Escondido, CA and Gary of Krakow, WI; granddaughters: Frankie Carter of Caledonia, WI, "Chuckie" Carter of Escondido, CA, and Marnie Carter of Escondido, CA; grandson, Brad Carter of Burnsville, MN; sister in law, June Backus of Oshkosh, WI; and numerous great and great-great-grandchildren; and special nephew, Mark Backus. He was preceded in death by his parents, granddaughter, Toni Gayle Apelando; the mother of his two sons, Ethel Fisher; brothers and sisters-in-law: Alvin Fauk, Henry Backus, William McGraw; father and mother-in-law, William and Elsa Esslinger.
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