Carol was born in 1932 to Frank and Grace Butterfield in Nebraska and she moved to California around 1937 with her family. The family eventually settled in what is now, Inglewood, where she attended and graduated from George Washington High School in 1951.
She met the love of her life, Bill, on December 31, 1953 and they got married on September 4, 1954. They built a life together for almost 33 years until Bill passed away 1987. They started their married life in Torrance and had four children and in 1972 they moved to Valencia.
Volunteer work was important to Carol and she started volunteering at South Bay Hospital in Torrance and then volunteered at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital until she started to work there. She had more than 30 years of volunteering and working at Henry Mayo.
Favorite trips that Carol took with Bill were travels to Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Italy. In later years, she travelled to England and France. As a stay-at-home mom, she was always willing to help with whatever activities her children were involved with be it coaching softball, being a co-leader for girl scouts, helping with cub scouts, or packing a picnic lunch and going to the beach during the summer. She loved dancing, reading, playing tennis and mainly spending time with family and friends.
Carol always had a smile and kept a positive outlook even after several bad falls limited her physical ability to do many things. She is going to be greatly missed. Carol was preceded in death by her husband, Bill, her daughter Laura, her parents, her three brothers (Lee, Rodney and Paul). She is survived by her son Bruce, Sr, her daughter Karen (Steve) Sinwald, her daughter Cathy, and her grandchildren, Anne, Louis, Brian, Bruce Jr, Robin, Jessica and Rachel, and several great-grandchildren as well as several nieces and nephews.
The family welcomes donations made to St Jude Gift Funds https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR/GiftFunds/GiftFunds?px=7891252&pg=personal&fr_id=39300 in memory of Carol Kay Blackstone.
A visitation for Carol will be March 24th from 5PM to 9PM. The funeral service will be March 25th from 12PM to 1PM followed by a committal service from 1PM to 2PM with a reception from 2PM to 4PM. All will take place at Eternal Valley Memorial Park Mortuary 23287 North Sierra Hwy, Newhall.
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