Yvonne Diane Carter, 51

Yvonne Carter died peacefully on the morning of Nov. 15, 2010, in Kalispell, bringing to a close her courageous battle with ALS. Yvonne was born in Phoenix on Dec. 6, 1958, and was raised in Prescott, Ariz., where she graduated from Prescott High School in 1976. She received her Health Information Management Certificate from Arizona Institute of Business and Technology in Phoenix. She had been a certified tumor registrar since 1996 and served in that capacity at Kalispell Regional Medical Center since 2002. She was preceded in death by her parents, Alfred and Grace Carter. She is survived by her sister, Edna Ford, of San Antonio, Texas; and a nephew, Brian Ford, and wife, Leslie, of San Diego; and two great-nieces, Katarina Ford of San Antonio, and Zoey Ford of San Diego. There will be a celebration of her life at 11 a.m., Dec. 4, at Grace Baptist Church. The church is located at 1385 Columbia Falls Stage Road. Donations in her memory can be made to the ALS Association, 1275 K Street NW, Suite 1050, Washington, D.C. 20005; or online at http://www.alsa.org.