Ileane Joan Carpenter

Ileane Joan Carpenter, nee Fritz, of Fort Wayne, passed away peacefully on July 1 at the age of 92. She was the youngest of four children born to Andrew and Carolyn Fritz. She was 1945 graduate of North Side High School and had a long career as a long-distance operator for the Indiana Bell Telephone Company. She married Robert W. Carpenter, of Fort Wayne, in 1947 and was the mother of twins. She and Robert moved to Clearwater, Florida in 1981 where Robert passed away in 1991, and she returned to Fort Wayne in 2001 where she resided until her death. She is survived by her two children, Pamela (David) Dooley, of Cedar Grove, Wisconsin and Gregory (Joyce) Carpenter of Williamsburg, Virginia; two grandchildren, Laura Carpenter of Portland, Oregon and Sarah Carpenter, of Boston, Massachusetts; one step-grandson, Kirk (Tiffany) Dooley of Avon, Indiana; and two step-great-grandchildren, Jackson Dooley and Colton Dooley. There will be no services.