Vern Arthur Carter was born on April 1, 1930 to Elwood Berlin Carter and Malinda Ella Newell Carter. He was a true April fool's baby who was well known as a jokester with a dry sense of humor. He had the ability to cheer up those he met and bring a smile to even the most unhappy people. Vern spent his childhood on his parents’ farm learning everything imaginable related to farmwork. There he also learned to be a Master Technician which he carried throughout the rest of his life. He attended Tabiona High School in Duchesne County. Vern served a three year mission to Norway as a representative of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Upon returning home, he reconnected with and married his Norwegian sweetheart, Gerd Weiberg. Later they divorced after 25 years of marriage. Vern and Gerd are the parents of 8 children.

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Vern was an active member of the community. He served in the Utah House as a Utah State House of Representative. Vern served as the 1st and 2nd Counselor in the Granger 6th Ward Bishopric in the Granger East Stake. Vern was a hard worker, a jack of all trades, he always needed to stay busy, even well into his retirement years.

Vern passed away peacefully one week after his 90th birthday, surrounded by loved ones in his daughter's home on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020. Vern is survived by Knut (Susan) Carter, Vern Jr "Chip" (Val) Carter, Eric Carter, Karen (Randy) McCleve, Newell (Jackie) Carter Weiberg, Gerd (Mike) Quigley, Duane Carter-Weiberg, Chad Weiberg, 38 grandchildren, and 75 great grandchildren, and 3 great, great grandchildren.

A graveside service will be held on Friday, April 17, 2020 at 10:00 AM at Memorial Redwood Mortuary and Cemetery 6500 South Redwood Road, West Jordan, Utah 84123. Interment to follow. Due to the landscape of COVID-19, the family invites you to participate via live-stream at the graveside service from your home. To do so, please see the instructions below. There will be a sharing of memories which will be open to all as a part of the graveside service. The streaming services allow the ability for you to talk from your home. Please send a member of the family a text message so they know that you would like to speak. In lieu of flowers, please comment your favorite memory, story or joke that you have with Vern for the family.

STREAMING INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Joining by computer a. Go to zoom.us in any internet browser

“Well, I got up this morning!”

b. Click “join meeting”

c. Enter the meeting id - 8012981564

d. A box will open saying “https://zoom.us wants to open this application”. Click “open zoom”

e. Click “Join with Computer Audio”

f. Click “Mute” in the bottom left hand corner so that your audio does not interrupt the funeral services

2. Joining by phone or iPad a. Download the Zoom app

b. Open the app and select “join a meeting”

c. Enter the meeting id - 8012981564

d. Select “join without video”

e. Select “Call using internet audio”

f. Select “mute” in the bottom left hand corner so that your audio does not interrupt the funeral services.