Services for Carolyn J. Carlson, 85, of Lawrence, will be at 11:00 am Saturday, December 7, 2024, at First Baptist Church, Lawrence, Kansas.
Carolyn died peacefully on Monday, November 18, 2024, at Wellsville Health and Rehab in Wellsville, Kansas.
Carolyn was born April 3, 1939, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Lawrence and Fern Wheaton. She graduated from Garden City High School, Garden City, Kansas in 1957. She met her future husband, Lee Carlson, at Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kansas, in 1957, and they were married in 1959. They celebrated 65 years of marriage in June 2024.
Carolyn earned a BS in Home Economics in 1961 from Park University, Parkville, Missouri. After being a wife and mother for 13 years, she started and directed her own preschool, Creative Playtime in Emporia, Kansas. She taught hundreds of young children over 16 years. Later, Carolyn continued her love for teaching children at the Bloomington Developmental Learning Center in Bloomington, Indiana.
Survivors include her husband, Lee Carlson, Lawrence, Kansas, and four daughters, Christy Currier (Don), Lawrence, Kansas; Suzanne Miller, Emporia, Kansas; Lynne Shaw (Peter), Fairfield, California; and Jennifer Lowe (Bill), Raymore, Missouri, eight grandchildren, Alyssa Wheeler (Kevin), Andrew Currier, Alex Currier (Shania), Noah Shaw, Laiken Shaw, Cameron Lowe, Jade Wilhite, and Avery Lowe, and two great-grandchildren, Henry Wheeler and Tatum Currier.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the Alzheimer’s Association, sent in care of Rumsey Yost Funeral Home: PO Box 1260, Lawrence, Kansas 66044.
Online condolences may be sent to www.rumsey-yost.com.
We’re so sorry for your loss. May you be comforted by wonderful memories, family, friends and your faith.