Evelyn Ann Carter

“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother and Sister, Evelyn Ann Kubiak Carter. Evelyn was born December 28, 1937 in Cleveland, Ohio and passed away at her home in Torrance, California on November 12, 2025.

She is survived by her daughters, Geri Lynne Ward & Judy Anne Ward; her granddaughters, Alana Marie Huante (Nicholas) & Kaylee Anne Carter; nine great-grandchildren, Kaylani Lee, Reef Nicholas, Ellina Marie, Kaileia Lyn, Winter Grace, Willow Faith, Tripp Joaquin, Coast Christopher and a Baby Girl expected March 2026; two sisters, Janice Marie Herron and Deborah Susan Reeves (Christopher); niece, Jennifer Marie Herron.

Evelyn was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and moved to Manhattan Beach, California after she graduated South High School in Cleveland, Ohio. She married her first husband, Ellis “Dale” Ward in 1959, divorced in 1972. She remarried David Finley Carter in 1981 and they remained married until his death in 2022.

Her career as a Programs Control Analyst at Hughes Aircraft Company in El Segundo, California spanned over thirty years.

Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents Zygmunt Frank and Helen Thelma Kubiak, her brother Zygmund Joseph Kubiak and her sister, Karen Helene Kubiak Lee.

Her legacy will live on in all of us: her children, her grandchildren, her great-grandchildren and her sisters.”

A Funeral Mass will be held at American Martyrs Church, located at 1431 Deegan Place, Manhattan Beach, California, on December 9, 2025, starting at 9:00 am.

The Committal Service will follow at Pacific Crest Cemetery, located at 2701 182nd Street, Redondo Beach, California, on December 9, 2025, beginning at 10:30 am.