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Carol Anne Darnton (Lau)
Born: 12/30/1938
Died: 10/16/2014
Age: 75
Community: Flint, MI
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DARNTON, Carol Anne (Lau) – Of Flint, age 75, died Thursday, October 16, 2014 at McLaren-Flint.
Memorial visitation will be held 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Swartz Funeral Home, 1225 West Hill Road.
Memorial visitation 10 a.m. and service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, October 23, 2014 at Court Street United Methodist Church, 225 West Court Street, Flint, Reverend Robert D. Wright officiating.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, The Salvation Army of Flint or Genesee County Habitat for Humanity.
Carol was born on December 30, 1938 in Flint, the daughter of Edward A. and Alice C. Lau and was a life-long resident of Flint.
She graduated from Flint Central High School in 1956 and Eastern Michigan University in 1960.
On November 26, 1969 she married John R. Darnton in Flint.
She was a member of the Lennon’s Lions Club, Lennon, Michigan, Sigma Kappa at EMU, Flint PanHellenic and Delta Kappa Gamma. She was a member of Court Street United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Darnton was employed as a Teacher at Flint Community Schools from 1960-1973 at Scott Elementary and Holmes Junior High School.
It’s true, as Carol claimed, that she would never be remembered as a great housekeeper. Instead, she will be remembered as a great mom, a great sister, a great friend and a great cook. She will also be remembered for her ability to remember; she was the keeper of family stories and sage of family lore and history.
She will be remembered as a proud and loving aunt, she delighted in all the accomplishments of her many nieces, nephews and their progeny.
Carol will be remembered for her curiosity about people and the world. She was never too shy to ask direct questions because she cared about the answers. She will be remembered as an enthusiastic conversationalist, a Facebook lurker, and a lover of games and puzzles. Her students will remember her as a great teacher who wanted everyone to love algebra as much as she did. She believed in positive praise, sincere compliments, cooking from scratch, learning from experience, giving of yourself, and that people were always more important than things.
Surviving are husband, John Darnton of Flint;
daughters, Martha (Douglas) Thompson of Temperance, MI,
Mary Darnton of Saginaw and
Julia Darnton of Saginaw;
sister, Lucinda Ganger of Ludington, MI;
brother, Bill (Phyllis)Lau of Plano, TX and
Jim (Nancy) Lau of Mountainside, NJ;
brothers-in-law, Gill Baker of Bradenton, FL,
Bill (Kirsten) Darnton of Winnetka, IL and
Robert (Rita) Darnton of Flint;
sister-in-law, Jean Lau of Ann Arbor.
She is also survived by cherished nieces and nephews; great-nieces and great-nephews; great-great-nieces and nephews; as well as cousins and relatives from the Lau and Darnton families.
Carol was preceded in death by her parents, Alice and Edward Lau; father and mother-in-law, Robert and Frances Darnton; sister, Mary Keesler; brother, Edward Lau; sister, Pauline “Betsey” Baker and brother-in-law, Thomas Gangler.
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10/22/2014 |
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4:00 PM |
| Memorial visitation will be held 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at the Swartz Funeral Home, 1225 West Hill Road. |
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10/23/2014 |
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11:00 AM |
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Court Street United Methodist Church
225 West Court Street
Flint, MI 48507Get a Map to this location...
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