Carol H. Weiss

Born in Miami on August 15, 1943, Carol was raised among the fruit trees and waterways of South Florida with her older sister, Patty Jo, in the 1940s and 50s. She was a proud Girl Scout for 16 years and, in 1957, attended the Festival of Nations in Colorado Springs, Colorado, alongside her mother, sister and 30,000 other Girl Scouts. At home, she was a devoted churchgoer, and, along with her sister, received an award for a full year of perfect attendance. Showing her industrious spirit early in life, Carol and her sister sold mangoes and limes from their backyard to help save for their family’s first television, a Muntz, considered revolutionary for its time.

In high school, she was a member of the Damas and Sub-Debs social clubs. She graduated from Miami Edison High School in 1960.

Carol’s adult life took her from Florida to Mississippi, Kansas, Minnesota, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Louisiana, before she returned to her beloved Florida coast in 1996.

A lifelong learner, Carol was an avid reader, traveler, tennis player, golfer, hiker, dancer, board and card game aficionado, and socializer who loved spending time with friends and family—laughing, telling stories, and learning about others. A spirited competitor, she achieved the rank of Bridge Master and played online duplicate bridge right up until her death.

Throughout her life, Carol contributed deeply to the communities where she lived. During her years in West Hartford, Connecticut, she was a leader in the Heart Association and wrote The Insider’s Guide to Greater Hartford. While living in New Hampshire, she helped lead the expansion of the Dunbar Free Library in Grantham. After returning to Florida, she joined St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Hobe Sound and promptly helped open and run a gift shop that raised money for the church.

She traveled to four continents and more than 20 countries, delighting in new cultures, cuisines, and languages. She also sailed across the Atlantic Ocean on the QE2.

As the matriarch of a large blended family of five children, Carol’s life’s work was the creation and care of this very unique family. Through divorces, moves, and the ongoing cycle of life, she remained at its center, making sure the connections endured and that her children and grandchildren would love one another and remain in each others’ lives, regardless of blood relation.

Carol is survived by her sons, David Morgan of Winnetka, Illinois, and Matthew Morgan of Alameda, California; her daughters-in-law, Erin Morgan and Samantha Morgan; and her stepchildren and their spouses, Chris & Lisa Weiss, of Boston, Massachusetts, Carol & Patrice Pouchol, of Paris, France, and Jackie & Paul Grupe of Woodstock, Georgia.

She is also survived by her 11 grandchildren: Jessica Weiss, Alix Pouchol, Olivia Weiss, Juliette Pouchol, Nick Grupe, Kelly Morgan, Bella Morgan, Jake Morgan, Brooke Morgan, Ryan Morgan, and Will Morgan; her sisters, Patty Accornero of Covington, Louisiana, and Laura Holzknecht of Lake Worth, Florida; and her brother, Jesse Holroyd of Jupiter, Florida.

Carol will be remembered by her family as the rock who carried them through life’s hardest moments.

There will be a service at the Lost Lake Country Club in Hobe Sound at 3pm (service to begin at 3:30) on May 13th. Please wear one of Carol’s favorite colors: blue, white and/or yellow.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations be made to the American Cancer Society.