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Carol Starkey
Born: 5/26/1929
Died: 4/12/2017
Age: 87
Community: Flint, MI
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Starkey, Carol - of Flint, formerly of Bay City, age 87, died Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at her residence.
Funeral Mass will be celebrated 11am Tuesday, April 18, 2017 St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 2415 Bagley Street, Flint.
Visitation 10am Tuesday at the church until the time of the Mass. In celebration of the resurrection and the life, the family requests that you honor Carol joining the heavenly choirs by wearing Easter colors.
Carol was born in Bay City, Michigan on May 26, 1929, the first born of Carl and Bernice Rice. On May 26, 1951, she married Gerald Starkey at her home parish, St. Joseph Catholic Church where they raised and educated 3 children: Ann, Jim and Yvonne. In 1978, Gerald's job transferred the couple to Holland, MI. Their 18 years on the western side of the state gained them many dear friends at St. Francis de Sales Parish. Carol was a resident of Flint for the past 21 years and a St. John Vianney parishioner. Carol was an active volunteer at all 3 parishes and in her children's and grandchildren's schools.
Carol's first love was singing and she shared her talent beginning at age 9 by singing in the church choir. She was a cantor and choir member at St. John Vianney Church until Alzheimer's Disease began to interfere with her lifestyle. Carol enjoyed cooking, baking, sewing, knitting, playing cribbage and storytelling.
A devout Catholic, Carol was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis. Carol was the caretaker to her family and friends and epitomized the Corporal Acts of Mercy.
Surviving are husband Gerald; children: Ann and Michael Saunders, James and Cheryl Starkey, Yvonne and Patrick Greiner; grandchildren: Marguerite and Kevin Tolasch, Alex Saunders, Jarrod and Tyler Starkey, Allena Greiner and her fiance Rex Baummeister and Spencer Greiner; great-grandchildren Alexandria, Christopher, McCauley and McKenzie Tolasch; sisters and brothers: Geraldine Quinn, Alice Weidmann, Sandra and Richard Rathe, Russell and Maria Rice, and Carla Rice; numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Carol was preceded in death by 3 children: Mary Kay, Joe and a stillborn baby girl; her parents Carl and Bernice Rice and Fred and Margaret Starkey; sister and brothers: June and Clair Corbat, Richard Quinn and Howard Weidmann, and good friends Rev. James Parent, Rev. James Beagan, Rev. Vincent Kmiecinski, Mary Nassif, Wendell and Willa Birch, Dusty and Emily Sadowski, Jim and Betty O'Laughlin and Jim Noonan.
Our family wishes to thank our St. John Vianney Parish family, Dr. Purushottam Naik and the staff and volunteers of Kindred Hospice for their generosity and guidance through this journey. In lieu of flowers, our family requests donations be made to the St. John Vianney Educational Fund.
Your condolences may be shared with the family at swartzfuneralhomeinc.com
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St. John Vianney Catholic Church
2415 Bagley Street
Flint, MI 48507Get a Map to this location...
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