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Carol Stark Swenson - 8/2/2010
Class of 1947
Our loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, Carol Stark Swenson, 81, passed peacefully from this earth surrounded by her family on August 2, 2010 from a courageous battle with cancer.Carol was the third daughter born to Wilford John Stark and Olive Johnson, on February 4, 1929 in Orem, Utah. She grew up and worked on the family farm where she gained a love for gardening and flowers. Carol graduated from Pleasant Grove High School where she met the love of her life. She married her friend and sweetheart, John Y Swenson of Pleasant Grove on June 14, 1949 in the Salt Lake Temple. They purchased John's family farm where Carol worked alongside her husband for years. She had a love for music and was blessed with a beautiful voice and sang in ward and community choirs.
She was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in many callings at the stake and ward level. Her favorite calling was that of temple worker. She loved the temple and found great satisfaction in participating in various assignments at the Provo and Mount Timpanogos Temples.
Carol is survived by her children: Mary (Ken) Thompson, Highland; Reed (MaryAnn) Swenson, Alpine; David (Paige) Swenson, Logan; Jill (Blair) Caldwell, Pleasant Grove; 23 grandchildren, 11great-grandchildren (with three more expected this year); three siblings Margaret (Rex) Walker, Kamas; Edith (Darwin) Veteto, Sandy; Rosalyn Beveridge, Orem; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband John and two children: son, Stephen and daughter, Robyn.
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