Born Elsa G. Brandt, passed from this life peacefully at approximately 3: 11 am, Sunday, July 19, 2020 From complications of pneumonia.
She joins her Husband Henry Foster Carr, b. December 17, 1923 d March 2, 2000, and two of her sons, Daniel Ralph Carr, b July 19, 1952 d. May 30, 2006 and Phillip Vincent Carr, b September 4, 1954 d 11 17, 1989
Elsa is survived by her step brother Manfred Brandt, her eldest son Michael A. Carr, her daughter Elaine A. Carr, three grandchildren Nigel A. Carr, Darius and Alea Sanchez, and Alea's husband Chad Smith, as well as three great grandchildren Anthony, Michael, and Brianna Smith.
Elsa fled Berlin at the outset of WWII for Munich, Germany then Zurich, Switzerland where she met Henry in 1948, eventually moving to New York City in 1961 after a year in Denver, Colorado and a few years in Angouleme, France.
Elsa was an amazing loving mother and an accomplished talented artist who enjoyed oils, watercolor, pen & ink, and photography, as well as porcelain clay works and figurines.
She also pursued her passion for breeding miniature and toy poodles and had many listed with the American Kennel Club for their fine attributes and proportions as well as her signature all black mouths and tongues. She also, of necessity, became an exquisite groomer and earned a license as a veterinarian assistant. It was a delight to always have fresh litters of puppies for us as children and our friends.
She was also fascinated with other arts and crafts such as photography and the bejewelled bangles she crafted of exotic leathers and reptile skins which she often gave away as gifts to her friends in Scranton Pennsylvania, where she and Henry retired after we'd all taken to our various wings.
Elsa moved to Tampa to be nearer family after Henry passed way and enjoyed her many new friends though she never imagined she'd outlive them all.
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