David Carter

David E. Carter, 87, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Gathering of Family and Friends: 4:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 16, 2023, at the Stewart Baxter Funeral Home, Cedar Rapids. Private Family Inurnment: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. David E. Carter was born on December 6, 1935, to Delmar J. and Opal (Ellis) Carter. He married Sylvia Ann Svaldi in the Danforth Chapel on the University of Iowa Campus in 1956. Dave lived a long life. After finishing college at University of Iowa in the late 1950s, he began his working career at WSUI Radio. Shortly after, he moved over to KCRG and transitioned into television news reporting, in the days when television was still a relatively newer thing with more local programming. After being there for around 15 years he was recruited by Sister Mary Lawrence Hallagan, at Mercy Medical Center to come and form an Audio-Visual Services department. This led to developing educational films for nursing staff and patients. Later when satellite became more available, there were many CEU events held at Mercy for staff to obtain their continuing education credits. Mercy became a hub of sorts for surrounding communities' medical staff to come and attend these events. Dave was in charge of the setup and all things involved in these events, along with many other duties. As years went by, technology changed and became more computerized, for example, in the older days when slides were shown on a projection screen, now it was projected through a laptop in PowerPoint. Dave was able to be the go-to person for all of that and oftentimes had to come to the rescue to fix problems in the heat of the moment. After working well beyond normal retirement years, Dave retired at around age 79.After retirement he enjoyed working on his computer at home, reading, and listening to the radio.He later helped care for his wife, Sylvia, who dealt with some dementia issues before her death nearly four years ago. Dave had a lot of health issues over the years, but always kept a good attitude through it all.Working at Mercy for 40 years, he accumulated many work friends and acquaintances. He will be missed by many of his old-timer Mercy co-workers. Dave is survived by his children, Grant Carter of Cedar Rapids and Neal Carter of Cedar Rapids; grandchildren, Amber Carter, and Curtis (Alexa) Winsor of Virginia; great-grandchildren, Ayden Vaughn, Alena Harris, Theodore Winsor, and Andersen Underwood; and sister, Jenni Fauchier. Dave was preceded in death by his parents, wife, and son, Blair Carter. The family of Dave would like to thank the doctors and staff at Mercy Medical Center and Iowa Eye Center for their extraordinary care and compassion over the past few months. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Mercy Medical Center Foundation in Dave's name.