Individual Details

Carol (Conklin) McNaughton was born in Lansing, Michigan 22 January 1935, the third of three daughters born to the late Carlton and Alberta (Hilton) Conklin. She died at home in Middletown 15 March 2010 at the age of 75. Following commencement from Michigan State University in 1957, she moved to California, teaching third grade in San Diego. In 1958 she was married to Robert McNaughton in Lansing and they moved to Chicago, Illinois, where she taught second grade in Skokie. In 1959 they moved to Duluth, Minnesota, where a son, Timothy, was born. They then returned to Chicago, where she again taught second and third grade in Skokie. Following seminary education, they moved to Orange, Massachusetts in 1962, where a second son, Brian, was born. Here she taught second grade. Moving to South Plainfield, New Jersey in 1966, two daughters, Susan and Ann, were born. Carol became the founding Director and head teacher of a church­sponsored pre­school program. In 1973 the family moved to Cromwell, Connecticut. There she became a part­time teacher at The Learning Center of a residential treatment center for neglected and abused children. She then earned an MS degree at Central Connecticut State University in 1982, and was a Special Education Teacher and Educational Diagnostician until her retirement in 1996. Throughout her life she taught Sunday school classes, served on Boards of Christian Education and as Sunday School Superintendent, sang in church choirs, taught confirmation classes, and served on the Board of Directors for Hilltop Day Care program. She read widely, and was an active participant in book groups. A creative seamstress, she made many items for her children, their spouses, and her grandchildren, until just two weeks prior to her death. Besides her husband, Carol is survived by her sister and brother­in­law, four children and their spouses, nine grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. A service for the celebration of her life will be held at the Hilltop Covenant Church, corner of West Street and Hicksville Road in Cromwell at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 20th. To honor her life and memory, contributions may be made to Hilltop Covenant Church, 82 Hicksville Road, Cromwell, Connecticut, 06416 or to The United Churches of Durham, 228 Main Street, Durham, Connecticut, 06422. Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.doolittlefuneralservice.com. The Doolittle Funeral Home, 14 Old Church Street, Middletown is handling the arrangements

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Birth	22 Jan 1935	Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
Census (family)-shared	16 Apr 1940	(Carlton E. Conklin and Alberta H. Hilton) Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
Marriage	16 Aug 1958	Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan - Living
Death	15 Mar 2010	Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Spouse	Living
Child	Timothy Robert McNaughton (1959 - )
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living

Father	Carlton E. Conklin (1898 - 1970)
Mother	Alberta H. Hilton (1899 - 1968)
Sibling	Helen Louise Conklin (1922 - 1925)
Sibling	Joyce Elaine Conklin (1926 - )

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