Carol Jeanne Bidstrup

She was born in Detroit, Michigan on April 3, 1938, the daughter of Helen and Deane Loftus. She moved to Greenville, Michigan for her high school years and graduated from Greenville High School in 1956. Carol attended Michigan State University where she graduated with a B.A. in Art Education. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority.

After graduation she married David Bidstrup and moved to Columbus, OH where he attended graduate school at Ohio State University and she taught at St Andrew’s Elementary School for five years. They then moved to Wilmington, Delware. She had a daughter, Lisa Marie, and a son, Mark David. After being transferred to Parkersburg, West Virginia, Carol taught at Worthington Elementary for twenty-six years.

Carol was a painter and loved all things art. She taught lessons, entered shows, and found her home at the Parkersburg Art Center where for many years she managed the gift shop, was a docent, and on the Board of Directors.

She was an original member of the Riverside Artist’s Cooperative in Marrietta, Ohio. Carol served on the West Virginia Symphony Board, the North Hills Town Council, the North Hills Garden Club, and was a member of Altrusa.

Carol’s most favorite times were those spent with her husband, her children, grandsons, and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Helen and Deane Loftus.

Surviving are her husband, David, and her son, Mark (Beth) of Westerville, Ohio, and her daughter, Lisa Goetze (Stephen) of Orleans, Massachusetts, her brother Stephen Loftus (Kay) of Hastings, Michigan, her five grandsons, Paul Goetze, Joshua Goetze, Drew Bidstrup, Evan Bidstrup, and Noah Bidstrup.

At her request, there will be no services.