Carol Ann Willson
April 30, 1945 ~ May 17, 2024
Born in:
Providence, Rhode Island
Resided in:
College Station, Texas
Carol was born on April 30, 1945, to Jeannette and George Truman in Providence, Rhode Island. She completed high school at Warwick, RI., and received a BA at Rhode Island College. She taught 3rd grade until marriage to Victor L. Willson on August 14, 1970. They moved to Boulder, CO for graduate work where Carol received her MA in Elementary Education.
After living in Minneapolis following graduate school Carol and Victor moved to Vermillion, SD, where Carol bore sons Eric Alexander and Kurt Stanley. A move to Texas A&M was followed by the birth of son Scott Leonard in Bryan TX. Carol taught for the English Language Institute at Texas A&M until its closure and then reviewed dissertations and theses in the University Thesis Office until her retirement in 2017.
Carol was a longtime quilter and member of the Brazos Bluebonnet Quilt Guild. In 1989 she received a small grant to start a quilt education project for local schools and continued working with it until last year. She also was an accomplished basket maker and in earlier years both exhibited at fairs and sold baskets and quilt products. Carol was devoted to her grandchildren and loved gardening.
Carol is survived by her husband Victor, son Eric and daughter-in-law April and their grandchildren Michael, Dustin, and Zoey of San Antonio; son Kurt and daughter-in-law Andrea of Center Conway, New Hampshire; son Scott and daughter-in-law Kimberley of Nashville, TN; sister Patricia Truman of Wayland MA; brother George Truman and sister-in-law Antoinette of Cranston, RI; aunts Louise Noret of Coventry RI and Helen and Chris Polselli of Warwick RI; and cousins Susan Porth, Nancy Onorato, Linda Polselli, Brian Noret, Thomas Noret, and Sandra Keough. Carol was aunt to nephews George Truman III and Mark Olowinski and nieces Erin Truman and Kate Olowinski Elkin.
A viewing is scheduled for Callaway-Jones Funeral Home in Bryan, with a funeral mass later at St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church in College Station. Cremation will be followed by a burial in Crested Butte CO at a later date. Donations of remembrance may be made to the Brazos Bluebonnet Quilt Guild, P O Box 9497, College Station TX 77842 or St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Parish, 2541 Earl Rudder Freeway, College Station TX 77845 or to can be given to the charity of donor’s choice.
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Visitation: May 29, 2024 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Callaway-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Center
3001 S College Ave
Bryan, TX 77801
979-822-3717
https://callawayjones.com
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We are very sorry for your loss. Please know that our thoughts, love, and prayers are with you during this difficult time. John and Pam
We are so sorry for your loss. We always enjoyed our visits to College Station and dinners with Carol and Vic and the discussions on both quilting and stamps. Carol will be deeply missed and we will think of her often. Our thoughts and prayers are with your entire family. Denise and Jay Stotts
Ma soeur, rest in peace.
I love you, Vic, Eric, Kurt, and Scott.
Rest in Peace, Carol. You and Vic raised a beautiful, loving and dedicated family to be so proud of. You were involved as an educator on many levels, not an easy job. You were loved by all who knew you. Carol, you left a wonderful legacy for all to remember.
Much love, Aunt Helen, Uncle Chris and Cousin Linda.
So sorry to read this morning in the Eagle that Carol has passed away. She was a lovely lady. I knew her from the TAMU Garden group – the GIG. I knew she was a wonderful quilter as well as a gardener. May all your good memories of her give you comfort.
We were saddened to read of Carol’s passing in the Eagle. Though we didn’t see each other often, -at an occasional Aggie baseball game or a quilt show – we still cherish our time as neighbors. We are praying for comfort and peace as you grieve, and you will continue to be in our fondest thoughts.
I am very sorry about your loss.
I remember all the delicious foods Carol made for the Thanksgiving Parties, and graduation party that you invited us international students and our families to, the beautiful quilts Carol made, and her kind assistance when I finished my doctoral dissertations. Carol had been such a sweet, gentle and kind hostess to us whenever we were visiting you.
We were happy to share our little joy Anna (born in 2019) with you and Carol, but didn’t have a chance to share our 2nd joy Ethan with you and Carol yet (life went too busy when we have two). I hope you and your family will have peace in mind knowing Carol is now watching all of you from above, and we hope to visit with you when we come back to the US in the fall semester.
With deepest condolence,
Qi Chen, Xiaochen Xu, Anna Xu and Ethan Xu