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Christina Kay (Chris) Carter, age of 68, passed away on September 4th in Mesa, Arizona.
Born on February 1, 1952 in Wichita, Kansas to Otis and Alice LaMunyon. Her family lived in Buffalo, Weatherford, and settled in Enid, Oklahoma. She was a small-town girl with an exceptionally large heart. She attended Weatherford high school and was continually active in the student council and editor of the Yearbook. Chris' s sense of humor was one of her best qualities, her friends and family could count on her to lift their spirits with a good joke or funny story.
She had many adventures with her late ex-husband Doug Champlin. Soon after their daughters Christa and Claire were born in Enid, they headed southwest to sunny Mesa, Arizona where they opened the Champlin Fighter Museum a private collection of restored WWI and WWII Fighter airplanes housed in the WWII hangars at Falcon Field Airport. They hosted many events at the museum including Senator John McCain senate campaign dinners to a Beach Boys concert. They enjoyed entertaining and meeting the heroes of the American Fighter Aces Association who called the museum home. She was also involved in volunteering for local charities and supported the school districts classic arts program.
She later re-married and had Kimberly Dawn. She raised the three girls in Gilbert, AZ. Her young spirit was contagious. Her pride and joy were raising her three daughters and taking them on vacations to her favorite place Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
She is survived by her sister Connie Robinson and brother-in-law Jim Robinson of Enid, Oklahoma. She was also a proud grandmother to six grandchildren and an aunt and great aunt to nieces in nephews residing in Oklahoma and Texas.
A private memorial will be held on November 15, 2020 in Scottsdale, AZ to celebrate her life.
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