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Kenneth Russell Carter, 77, of Fallbrook, Calif., passed away on February 16, 2010, following a recent diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

Born on a farm near Fort Branch, Ind., Ken was the fourth of eight children. After graduating from Purdue University with a degree in horticulture and serving two years in the US Army, he settled in California, arriving in Fallbrook in the mid 1960’s.

Ken worked at several nurseries in the Fallbrook/Vista area in his career, and was a member of the Fallbrook Garden Club and the Fallbrook Art Association. He was a long-term volunteer teacher of citizenshi...