Carolyn Ruth Aeberli Bell

Carolyn Ruth Aeberli Bell, of Richmond, Texas, beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, great aunt, great-great aunt, and dear friend passed away on January 2nd, 2025. Carolyn was born in Bellevue, Pennsylvania on June 11th, 1942 to Nellie Carolyn Worthington Aeberli, William Andrew Aeberli, elder sister Nancy A. Aeberli Mooney and elder brother James W. “Slug” Aeberli.

Carolyn attended North Allegheny High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, then attended Grove City College receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. Upon graduation, she was employed as a hospital laboratory technician and later proudly worked as a Cytogenetic Technologist. She was homemaker and avid seamstress, crafter, crochet teacher and quilter. During her retirement, she continued to crochet hundreds of caps for preemie infants and to sew tiny burial gowns for deceased premature infants. It was in quilt making that Carolyn truly shined, however. She made and gifted quilts to family, friends, shelters and, sometimes, to someone who just needed one. Carolyn was also a member of the United Methodist Church.

Carolyn is preceded in death by her parents, elder sister Nancy, Nancy’s husband James R. Mooney, elder brother James and James’ wife Patricia Wenzel Aeberli, brother-in-law John “Jack” Lowry and his wife Marilyn, and niece Kay Lowry Craig.

Carolyn is survived by her husband James E. Bell, her daughters Catherine L. Bell and Patricia Bell Martin and Patricia’s husband Robert Martin, her granddaughters Amanda N. Martin, Rachel E. Martin and Lauren A. Martin, her sister-in-law Joyce Bell Vitril; her nieces and nephews: Kimberly Vitril Parker, Jason Vitril and wife Nell, Dillon Mooney, David Mooney, Richard Aeberli and wife Cheryl, Lisa Lowry Arvin and husband Raymond, Tracy Lowry Weidinger and husband George, Jacki Lowry; her cousin Bruce Aeberli; her great (and great-great) nieces and nephews: Ted and Adelaide Mooney; Karrie Craig and husband Jeremy Snell; Heather Craig Hinkle, husband Tim and great-great-nephews Darryl and Preston; Scott Craig, wife Breanne and great-great nieces Taylor and Andie; Ashley Lowry Wood and husband Jason; Michaela Weidinger; Cannon Parker and wife Elisabeth; Ryan Parker; Heather Alberli Tornes, husband Eric and great-great nieces Emma and Hazel; Rachel Alberli O’Dell, husband Joe and great-great nieces/nephew Addie, Trent and Rue; and her lifelong friends from grade school and college Jane VanKirk, Gayle Patterson Phillips and Linda Beeman Seelhorst.