Carol Lynch
January 17, 1932 — November 3, 2023
Carol H. Lynch passed away on November 3, 2023 at the age of 91 after a brief illness. Carol was born on January 17, 1932 at home in Verona NY to Clayton and Leona Hartman. She was raised in Verona NY and went to college in Canton NY where she studied cafeteria management.
After college she took a job as cafeteria manager for the Deposit school system. It was in Deposit, she met her husband, Charles Lynch. They married in September of 1953 and headed across country, to Spokane Washington, where her husband was stationed in the United States Airforce. She came to Sidney NY when her husband took a job at Scintilla. In 1959 she was hired as the cafeteria manager at Sidney Central School. She worked at the school system until 1983, when she moved to Jacksonville Florida, where her husband was transferred, with the Bendix Corporation.
Carol always wanted to be a mother, she is survived by three of her four children Dan (Debbie) Lynch of Unadilla NY, Amy D'Angina (Darryl), and David (Nancy) Lynch of Jacksonville FL. She is also survived by grandchildren Michael Lynch of Bainbridge, Christopher Lynch of Jacksonville FL, Jennifer Lynch of Seattle WA, and Claire Lynch of Philadelphia PA. She was also extremely proud of her two great grandsons Sean and Matthew Lynch of Greene NY. Her youngest child, Beth Lynch predeceased her in October of 2022.
Family bonds and connection were of great importance to Carol, she is also survived by her brother Terry Hartman (Barbara) of Verona and their four children. Cousins Linda Faduski (Bob) of Oneida and Bob Cornell. She is also survived by her sister-in-law Betty Gero and her daughter Allison Mollineaux.
Carol, loved her job as cafeteria manager for the Sidney School system. She built a network of women who provided hot home cooked meals at the five schools in the district. She was life-long friends with the ladies she worked with Edith Loller, Nan Launt, Esther Dewey, Hope Leidy, Peg Davidson, Dot Radley, Lola Palmer to name just a few that she stayed in contact with over the years. She promoted the school lunch program advocating a breakfast program, healthy after school snacks and traveling the state of New York educating teachers about the importance of healthy nutrition, with a video, Buy it or Bag it that was filmed in the Sidney cafeteria.
When she moved to Jacksonville she worked at Swenson's Restaurant and sold Avon. She enjoyed playing golf and traveling. Our family is blessed with memories of so many fun times together.
A special thanks to all the staff at Sunrise Assisted Living who took excellent care of her over the last year. A thanks to her friends from Mandarin Lutheran church who visited her particularly, Sue Brown and the members of Pares and Spares Bible study, who did field trips to Sunrise to keep her connected to the group. Finally, thanks to her Jacksonville neighbor and friend, Kay Gilrup who came to visit her over the last year. She treasured you all in her life.
Carol's passion was feeding those in need, donations in her memory can be made to the Ronald McDonald House kitchen, Lutheran Social Services Foodbank or the Mandarin Foodbank. Services will be held next summer in Sidney NY. She will be interred at the St. Peters Cemetery in Verona NY.
After college she took a job as cafeteria manager for the Deposit school system. It was in Deposit, she met her husband, Charles Lynch. They married in September of 1953 and headed across country, to Spokane Washington, where her husband was stationed in the United States Airforce. She came to Sidney NY when her husband took a job at Scintilla. In 1959 she was hired as the cafeteria manager at Sidney Central School. She worked at the school system until 1983, when she moved to Jacksonville Florida, where her husband was transferred, with the Bendix Corporation.
Carol always wanted to be a mother, she is survived by three of her four children Dan (Debbie) Lynch of Unadilla NY, Amy D'Angina (Darryl), and David (Nancy) Lynch of Jacksonville FL. She is also survived by grandchildren Michael Lynch of Bainbridge, Christopher Lynch of Jacksonville FL, Jennifer Lynch of Seattle WA, and Claire Lynch of Philadelphia PA. She was also extremely proud of her two great grandsons Sean and Matthew Lynch of Greene NY. Her youngest child, Beth Lynch predeceased her in October of 2022.
Family bonds and connection were of great importance to Carol, she is also survived by her brother Terry Hartman (Barbara) of Verona and their four children. Cousins Linda Faduski (Bob) of Oneida and Bob Cornell. She is also survived by her sister-in-law Betty Gero and her daughter Allison Mollineaux.
Carol, loved her job as cafeteria manager for the Sidney School system. She built a network of women who provided hot home cooked meals at the five schools in the district. She was life-long friends with the ladies she worked with Edith Loller, Nan Launt, Esther Dewey, Hope Leidy, Peg Davidson, Dot Radley, Lola Palmer to name just a few that she stayed in contact with over the years. She promoted the school lunch program advocating a breakfast program, healthy after school snacks and traveling the state of New York educating teachers about the importance of healthy nutrition, with a video, Buy it or Bag it that was filmed in the Sidney cafeteria.
When she moved to Jacksonville she worked at Swenson's Restaurant and sold Avon. She enjoyed playing golf and traveling. Our family is blessed with memories of so many fun times together.
A special thanks to all the staff at Sunrise Assisted Living who took excellent care of her over the last year. A thanks to her friends from Mandarin Lutheran church who visited her particularly, Sue Brown and the members of Pares and Spares Bible study, who did field trips to Sunrise to keep her connected to the group. Finally, thanks to her Jacksonville neighbor and friend, Kay Gilrup who came to visit her over the last year. She treasured you all in her life.
Carol's passion was feeding those in need, donations in her memory can be made to the Ronald McDonald House kitchen, Lutheran Social Services Foodbank or the Mandarin Foodbank. Services will be held next summer in Sidney NY. She will be interred at the St. Peters Cemetery in Verona NY.
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