Carol Elaine (Rose) Polischuck

Carol Elaine (Rose) Polischuck

Carol Elaine (Rose) Polischuck, 88, of 1433 North Adams, Tallahassee, Florida and formerly of Columbus, Ohio, Green, New York and Battle Creek, Michigan, passed from this life into eternal rest on Sunday, August 12, 2012. She was a patient of Big Bend Hospice in Tallahassee for two days.

Carol was born in Marshall, Michigan on March 12th, 1924 to C. Lawrence Rose and Maude G. (Joy) Rose. After her father’s death in 1929, her mother married Leo Joslyn. Carol, along with her sisters, Shirley and Gene, and brother, Tom, moved to Battle Creek, Michigan to the Joslyn Farm. Soon after, their brother Lowell was born. They lived on the farm until they all finished their formal education. After each one married, the boys remained in Battle Creek, Gene moved to Trenton,New Jersey while Carol and Shirley later relocated to Columbus, Ohio.

Carol married Samuel Polischuck on April 7th, 1951 in Battle Creek, Michigan. Their first child, Christopher Polischuck was born on January 7th, 1952 in Columbus, Ohio. Their second child, Sue Carol Polischuck joined the family on January 25th, 1956 in Columbus, as well. They remained in Columbus until Sam accepted a position as Tower Chief for the airport in Binghamton, New York. The family settled in the little town of Green, New York just outside Binghamton. After Sam retired, he and Carol moved back to Columbus and later, to Battle Creek. When Sam passed away in 1992, Carol came back to Columbus. She remained there until 2007, when she decided to live closer to her son and his family in Tallahassee.

Carol will be remembered for the love she shared with Sam. They were devoted parents to Chris and Sue and were very proud of their individual achievements. They warmly welcomed Chris’ wife, Marcia into their family and were delighted by their grandchildren, Beth, Rob and Leanne. She hardly ever missed events involving them.

She was the consummate hostess, a wonderful cook. She loved to knit, crewel and made the most beautiful Christmas stockings for her grandchildren. She will be remembered for her delicious Christmas cookies, goulash and Ukranian Galabki’s (Ha-loop-ki’s). She lived for Macintosh apples, fresh peaches and strawberries.

Carol had a great sense of humor, loved her country and was keenly interested in politics. She followed Nascar, football, basketball and baseball. She loved to watch iceskating in the winter on tv.

She will be sorely missed but very fondly remembered.

A Celebration of Life service will be held this Saturday, August 25th, at 4:00 p.m. – Pisgah United Methodist Church, 7000 Pisgah Church Road, Tallahassee. There will be a covered dish reception immediately following the service. Anyone wishing to attend both events may bring their food to Roberts Hall in back of the sanctuary before the service.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: Pisgah United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 16577, Tallahassee 32317, The Alzheimer Project, 301 East Tharpe Street, Tallahassee 32303 or to Big Bend Hospice,. 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee 32308