Carol S. Lauhon born Carol Sinclair Cameron on Nov. 13, 1943, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, died Aug. 3, 2021, at her home in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, succumbing after years of resisting a neuroendocrine form of cancer.
Carol grew up in nearby Chelsea, a hometown she never stopped loving, successfully managing as a schoolchild the effects of her father’s prominence as Superintendent of Schools. She also loved Kalamazoo College, from which she graduated in 1966, after a one-year delay for surgery to correct a spinal problem.
In 1966, she married Edward Brooks Lauhon, confirming the love that began for them at Chelsea High School.
She completed an MA in Special Education at the University of Michigan in 1969, taught in the Ann Arbor school system, and supported Ed’s progress toward his 1979 UofM PhD in Education and his appointment to the faculty of Augustana College in Rock Island, IL—all while adding children to the family: Lincoln in 1971, Alicia in 1975, and Jordan in 1977.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, at the Chelsea First United Methodist Church, 128 Park St. Chelsea, MI 48118, at 2 p.m. with a reception to follow. The family will receive friends Friday, Sept. 17, 5-7 p.m. at the church and 1-1:45 p.m. before the service Saturday.
To keep up-to-date with any changes to the service or visitation times please check back here or go to Carol’s Memorial Website at https://sites.google.com/view/carol-lauhon-memorial/.
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