On Nov. 10, 2023, Carolyn Thorn of Southern Pines, N.C., passed away at the age of 83.
Carolyn was born June 19, 1940, to Robert and Kathleen Verla Mae (Littlefield) Scott in Belvidere, Ill. Upon graduation from high school in Dearborn, Mich., she served in the U.S. Navy as a corpsman at the Naval Amphibious Base in Little Creek, Va., where she met and married Jonas Swecker. The couple raised three children in Jacksonville, Fla., and later relocated to Morgantown, where Carolyn worked for West Virginia University in various administrative roles for the College of Engineering and Facilities Planning and Management. She retired from WVU in 1996. Carolyn enjoyed creating whimsical miniature villages for every season and holiday and crocheting christening blankets, toys, and afghans for her family and friends.
Carolyn is survived by her children, Terri (Gerard) Frederique, Paul (Yul) Swecker and Jill (Peter) Dejak; grandchildren, Jessica (Dejak) Tilton, Nathaniel Frederique, Sarah Dejak-Reinke, Leah (Frederique) Roemer, Christopher Dejak, and Jonathan and Angela Swecker; great-grandchildren Sadler Tilton, Sawyer Reinke-Dejak, Dean and Esther Roemer, and Thomas Frederique; sister, Candy Sanchez; and brothers, Larry and Bobby Kiss; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
In addition to her parents and stepparents, she is preceded in death by her sister, Kathy King.
There will be no visitation. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 18 at Pinelawn Memorial Park in Southern Pines, N.C.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Military Women’s Memorial or the Wounded Warrior Project. Arrangements by Boles Funeral Home, Southern Pines, N.C.
Services are entrusted to Boles Funeral Home of Southern Pines.
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