Carroll

Carolyn G. (Cleland) Carroll, 84, of DeBary, Fla., formerly of Slippery Rock and West Deer Township, passed away Saturday, March 15, 2025, at Halifax Hospice, Orange City, Fla.

She was born Jan. 22, 1941, in Pittsburgh, to the late Arthur B. and Hazel (Hochberg) Cleland.

Carolyn enjoyed spending time in Florida the past 17 years, though she lived in the Pittsburgh area for her entire life. She was a teacher in the Pittsburgh area, being one of the first teachers to teach computers at the high school level in the United States. She was a former member of the Bairdford United Methodist Church, Bairdford, while her husband, the Rev. William R. Carroll Sr., was pastor. She and her husband pastored at five different churches over her lifespan.

Carolyn enjoyed classical music, playing the piano and cooking with her family, though she loved spending time with them the most.

Survivors include her son, William R. Carroll Jr. of Florida; and her granddaughters, Madison O’Brien of Deland, Fla., and Fiona Carroll of Orlando, Fla.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. William R. Carroll Sr., in 2022; and her daughter, Ann O’Brien, in 2019.

CARROLL — Friends of Carolyn G. (Cleland) Carroll, who died Saturday, March 15, 2025, will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at SIWICKI-YANICKO FUNERAL HOME, 23 McKrell Road, Russellton, West Deer, where the funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday, with the Rev. Jerry Pawlowski officiating.

She will be laid to rest next to her husband in Plum Creek Cemetery, Plum borough.

Carolyn loved flowers, so, please send green or yellow flowers to the funeral home, or memorial contributions may be sent to For Nina Foundation Inc., which provides wigs to children going through chemotherapy. www.ForNina.org.

View the obituary and leave condolences at www.siwicki-yanickofh.com/obituary/Carolyn-Carroll.

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