Evelyn Kathleen (Clem) Carpenter
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Title
Evelyn Kathleen (Clem) Carpenter
Subject
Carpenter, Evelyn Kathleen Clem (1929-2013)
Description
Portrait photograph of Evelyn Kathleen (Clem) Carpenter as a young woman.
Born in Seven Fountains, Virginia, Evelyn was the daughter of Ernest R. and Gladys E. (Rickard) Clem.
She attended Dry Run and Fort Valley Public Schools as well as Edinburg and Strasburg High School where she graduated in 1947. She later attended Stenotype Institute and Strayer College in Washington, D.C.
On May 7, 1957, in Guilford Co., North Carolina, she married Charles Raymond Carpenter and had a son, Michael.
She held many positions but retired from Avtex in Front Royal after 23 years of service. She was a member of Rivermont Baptist Church beginning in 1975.
She is buried in the Charles Walter Cemetery in Fort Valley.
Born in Seven Fountains, Virginia, Evelyn was the daughter of Ernest R. and Gladys E. (Rickard) Clem.
She attended Dry Run and Fort Valley Public Schools as well as Edinburg and Strasburg High School where she graduated in 1947. She later attended Stenotype Institute and Strayer College in Washington, D.C.
On May 7, 1957, in Guilford Co., North Carolina, she married Charles Raymond Carpenter and had a son, Michael.
She held many positions but retired from Avtex in Front Royal after 23 years of service. She was a member of Rivermont Baptist Church beginning in 1975.
She is buried in the Charles Walter Cemetery in Fort Valley.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
ca 1950's
Contributor
Identified in 2002 by Jeanette C. Ritenour who was a friend and next door neighbor of the subject.
The Warren Sentinel (Front Royal, Va) newspaper published her obituary on June 20, 2013. Information from that article has been used here.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
004695
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Evelyn Kathleen (Clem) Carpenter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed March 15, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/34111.
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