Carol Swain of Harwich and Scituate MA, died peacefully at her home on Long Pond in Harwich on September 25, 2020 at the age of 84.
Raised in Attleboro MA by Fernand (Nuna) and Helen (Nichols) Schupbach, Carol was an A student at Attleboro High School where she participated in the Majorette program and many clubs and social activities. She met her Husband, Larry Swain while working as an Administrative Assistant in building 10 at MIT in Cambridge where her associates were developing state-of-the-art computing systems revolutionary for the era. After leaving MIT and marrying Larry they had 2 children and moved to Scituate where she became a hard-working mother, enthusiastic gardener, and was active in the school system as a teacher’s aide. In the early 80s she became a Real Estate Agent with Dwyer and Mullin in Cohasset where she was the top-selling agent for much of her career. Throughout her life, she was an avid singer, a vocation that fit perfectly with Larry’s piano playing and would lead to many parties in the Scituate house as well as on the Cape and at many friends homes. She retired in the late 90s and continued singing and gardening until her beloved Larry passed away in 2011. She eventually moved in with her son and daughter-in-law’s family in Harwich and lived out her final years happily overlooking the lake where she had spent much of her life.
Carol is survived by her children and their families, Janet and JP Joakim of Centerville, Steve and Sarah Swain of Harwich, their children Rachel and Marissa Joakim of NYC, Lucy, Jessie, and Stanley Swain of Harwich, a loving extended family, a long list of close friends, and many many plants, both in and outdoors. Services are private at the request of the family and arrangements are under the care of the O”Keefe Wade Funeral Home in Taunton, MA. Visit our website www.okeefewade.com to sign the online guestbook, obituaries & directions.
In lieu of flowers, Carol would ask that you please get out and Vote.