Carole has been my dear friend for 30 years.  From the very beginning of our friendship, she was always fun and helpful (and often mischievous).  

Living reasonably close to each other, I was lucky enough to see Carole often thru the decades.  Now, of course, I wish it had been far more often.  But life can get in the way of what you later realize was so much more important:  sharing the Little Things.  Like the silly e-mails and pleasant texts that preceded the friendly phone calls that I already miss so much; random invitations for tea, pie or dinner; reading tea leaves on New Year’s Day; discussing things unseen; enjoying Lary’s travel videos; showing off Lary’s gardens and Carole’s latest china painting projects.  Carole shared so much ~ all the time. 

I was lucky enough to travel with Carole and Lary several times over the years, and they were unstoppable!  Carole was always ready to go, see, do and learn new things.  Even within the last 6 months, when she wasn’t really feeling well, Carole was planning another trip.

I visited Carole in the hospital the day she got her final diagnosis.  Her first words to me that day were: “My life is in Divine Order”.  Carole was grateful she had time to make things easier for Lary.  She was concerned for Ryan (who hurried into town to see her).  She was concerned for all of her cherished family and many dear friends.  Carole used her last few days doing her best to make things easier for everyone possible, and even dictated a final round of thank you cards.  (There would have been more cards, had time and strength stayed with her a little longer.)

Even as she left us, Carole continued to live her Core Spiritual Truths.  Carole left our sight without fear, in a state of complete Faith and Peace, knowing that Love is eternal and that friends and family are never truly separated.  What a fabulous spirit, friend and teacher!  How deeply I will miss her ~


Carole was one of the first people I met when I moved to Arizona from Napa, California, 30 years ago in 1989.  We both had  booths at a local Phoenix "psychic fair" and I will never forget her kindness and welcoming smile on learning that I was an "Arizona transplant" and budding author as well as a regression therapist.  After I met and married the love of my life in 1992, bringing her to Scottsdale from her native France, Carole welcomed her like family, for she was like the "big sister" I never  had.

Over the course of years, even after my wife and I moved to Sedona, visiting Phoenix less often, we shared her annual 4th of July picnic many times and in 2002 she joined our "core volunteer staff" at the "Signs of Destiny" Conferences we produced in Tempe each November.  Her specialty was the Bookstore and she displayed her talents in book-keeping and greeting visitors many, many times over until about 2011 when we closed the event.   

My wife and I were delighted when she met and married Lary in 2007 as we saw how very happy, almost girlish, she became in his presence.  They always welcomed us  into their life whenever we visited Phoenix and we have shared many meals and memories in the last dozen years.  In fact, it was a shock to learn of her most-recent illness as she seemed so much a "permanent fixture" in our Arizona life.  We were especially happy that they shared in our 25th Wedding Anniversary dinner in December 2017 at the same Tempe hotel where we had had many wonderful gatherings.

We know that death is only a temporary separation and we rejoice that Carole has "opened God's other door,"  to quote Edgar Cayce, whose work she enjoyed.   She is now with her beloved Angels, free of any physical pain or constraints, and, we are certain, having more great Adventures on that Other Side.  Our positive thoughts and prayers go with Lary and his son as they must "continue on" without Carole's bright and cheerful presence now.  Blessings to you both.  

Carole and I met a few years ago here in Tucson at a meeting of the board of Arizona Porcelain Artists.  When she learned I was from Argentina, she immediately approached me and started a conversation... in Spanish! Carole was very friendly and loved to practice her Spanish on me. She was very good at it.
We kept in contact through the years mostly due to our shared passion for china painting. I admired her enthusiasm, her warm, positive attitude, and her generosity. She kindly offered her home for me to stay every time there was a workshop in Phoenix that I would not have been able to attend otherwise. Spending those days together helped us grow close and discover we had so many interests and experiences in common that she said we were spiritual twin sisters. It is exactly how I felt and feel about her. 
Her passing has left a big void in my heart.  I miss her more than I can say.
My thoughts and prayers are with Lary and the rest of the family during this very sad time.


Carole was a delightful friend who made others feel good with a kind word, a smile or a little joke.  I was so happy to have painted with her and other friends and she will be greatly missed.  We both enjoyed our kitties and shared some of the funny stories we had about our animals.  Carole was observant and caring as a friend and always noticed the little things.  She was Christ-like in  spirit and the ways that she listened to her friends.   We will also miss the great desserts she brought for us that Lary made and the way she spoke of him so lovingly.  My condolences for her loss to her husband and family.
Pat Book-Klestinez

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Carole Lynne Sheely-Martin

3 novembre 1940 – 6 mai 2019

Green Acres Mortuary & Cemetery

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