Carol Frost Ross

Born on April 2, 1942, Carol was the second of three daughters of Gardner Lane Frost and Olive Russell Frost. After growing up in Lexington, MA and graduating from Lexington High School, Carol attended Wheaton College, where she expressed her lifelong love of music by studying the organ while attaining a degree in classics, which would be the focus of her career. She went on to earn a master's degree in classics from Bryn Mawr University.

Carol was a distinguished educator, having taught Latin and Greek at various institutions. She began her career in Cambridge, MA, where she met her future husband, Stephen A. Ross. Moving to New Haven in 1977, Carol taught Latin at the Foote School in 1979, eventually becoming head of the Latin department. While she retired from full- time teaching in 1996, she continued to teach and tutor at both Choate Rosemary Hall and Wilbur Cross High School.

Her impact extended beyond the classroom. Carol was an active supporter of women's health and rights, serving as the Immediate Past Chair of the Community Fund for Women & Girls' Advisory Board and as the Chair of the Advisory Council of Women's Health Research at Yale.

Carol's love for music never ended and her involvement in the arts was significant. She took lessons in both piano and recorder all her life through the Neighborhood Music School in New Haven. Her commitment to music education led to her first joining and then becoming President of the Board of Directors of the school and later Chair of the Board of the National Guild for Community Arts Education, who awarded her their National Service Award in 2020. In addition, she was a strong supporter of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

She was also a cherished member of the Garden Club of New Haven, where she helped in the conservation and beautification of New Haven's landscapes. Carol was a past president of the Club and Co-Chair of the Centennial Committee.

Carol is survived by her sisters, Patricia Vegnani and Janet Russell, son, Jonathan Ross, daughter, Kate Bosch and her husband Doug, and granddaughters, Lucy and Polly Bosch.

Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the charitable organizations she was so dedicated to in life, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, the Neighborhood Music School, the Garden Club of New Haven, and Women's Health Research at Yale.

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