Remembering the life of...R. Carter Carpenter, age 53, of Anoka, born May 15, 1953, died of brain cancer at the Pelican Valley Nursing Home, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, surrounded by his family and under the empathic and professional care of the nursing home staff and with the excellent support of Lakeland Hospice, on November 20, 2006,Carter worked as a computer programmer with Network Instruments of Minnetonka, and loved music and fishing.Carter is survived by his daughter: Ria Carpenter; son: Seth Carpenter; parents: Roger and Delores Carpenter; sister: Candy (Jon) Gill; brothers: Kevin (Julie) Carpenter and Kerry (Deb) Carpenter; several nieces and nephews; and one grandnephew.