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The Tonawanda News

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Caroline Louise (nee Baker) Kolpack, age 90, of North Tonawanda and formerly of the City of Tonawanda, passed away peacefully November 27, 2010 in Tallahassee, FL, following a long illness. Born in Tonawanda on July 13, 1920, she was the wife of the late Fred W. Kolpack; daughter of the late Harvey P. and Harriet Rich Baker and sister of the late Mildred Vigrass, Harvey Baker and Ruth Sisson. Caroline was a member of Circle II and a past member of the Board of Deacons of First Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by her daughter, Linda D. Carter and son-in-law, Frank H. Carter of Tallahassee, FL; and many cherished nieces, nephews and friends.

Caroline never met a stranger and lived the inscription she chose to be placed under her picture in her high school yearbook by Walt Whitman, “the only way to have a friend is to be one.”

There will be no prior visitation. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, December 9th at 11 AM in First Presbyterian Church, 149 Broad St., in Tonawanda. Friends invited. The Rev. Edmund Hoener will officiate. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First Presbyterian Church, Tonawanda, NY. Arrangements by John O. Roth Funeral Home, Inc., Tonawanda, NY.

Visit www.tonawanda-news.com/obituaries for online guest register.

Caroline married KOLPACK, Fred W on 31 Dec 1940 in Tonawanda, Erie County, NY. Fred (son of KOLPACK, Frederick and KINNEY, Bessie) was born on 13 Aug 1921 in New York; died on 10 Mar 1990. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: CARTER, Frank H. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]