Gilford, NH – Carol F. Ashley, 76, of 8 Dockham Shore Drive, died at her home on Monday, July 4, 2011. She was the widow of Alan D. Ashley who died on June 9, 2011.
Carol was born September 5, 1934, in Jacksonville, Florida, the daughter of Chester R. and Thelma (Macy) Fulkerson. Carol lived in Gilford for the past thirteen years.
Carol earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Florida State University. She earned her Master’s Degree in Education from Central Connecticut State University. She was a teacher for Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Carol was an elementary teacher for fifteen years for the Spaulding School in Suffield, CT.
Carol loved to travel and she enjoyed tole painting, crafts and gardening.
Survivors include her two sons, Drew Ashley and his wife, Jerry, of West Suffield, CT and Dean Ashley of West Suffield, CT, one daughter, Allison Bergstrom, and her husband, David, of Anaheim, CA and two grandchildren, Dylan Bergstrom and Ashley Bergstrom, both of Anaheim, CA.; a brother, Frederic T. Fulkerson, and his wife, Jane, of Jacksonville, FL and many nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be held on Thursday, July 7, 2011 from 5:00PM-7:00PM in the Carriage House of the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH.
A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, July 8, 2011 at 2:00PM in the Chapel at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, Boscawen, N.H.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Central New Hampshire VNA & Hospice, 780 North Main Street, Laconia, NH 03246.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com .