Marian Lee Carlson

From the time she learned to read through the week of her death, Marian Lee Carlson frequented libraries. Her favorites were the Wickham Branch Library and the Raymond Library of the East Hartford Public Libraries. Her last check-out included a cookbook, a dog book, a few mysteries, historical fiction, a medical drama, and a book to teach her caregiver about Harriet Tubman. On November 20, 1018, three days before her 83rd birthday, Marian Lee Carlson, 82, said goodbye to us. Lee was born to Carl Gustaf Carlson and Edith Elisabeth (Clark) Carlson in 1935 in Hartford, CT. Like her mother before her, she was a lifelong resident of East Hartford. She attended Woodland School and East Hartford High School, class of 1953. She graduated from Upsala College in 1957 where she met David H. Carlson. They were married at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Hartford, CT on August 17, 1957. He predeceased her in October 6, 2016. Together they raised 2 daughters in East Hartford: Deborah Ruth Carlson White of Orono, ME and Melissa Beth Carlson Golden of East Hartford, CT. Lee was a born teacher. Her professional life focused on teaching and learning both as an educator and as an individual. She taught at several East Hartford Public Schools, but most of her teaching was done at Woodland School and Langford School. She was an active member of the East Hartford Education Association. Her ‘Retired Teachers Lunch Group’ was a monthly highlight that kept dear friends connected. She also had many friends from raising and showing Welsh Pembroke Corgis with the Mayflower Corgi Club. She was proud of her daughters and their families: William D. Golden (deceased), Timothy J. White, Carl A. White, and Elizabeth R. White. She loved to visit with family and friends including her little brother and his late wife, David C and Nancy J. Carlson, and her cousins, as well as her husband’s family, the late Rev. Theodore E. Carlson and wife Elaine, Ruth Carlson Johnson and late husband Robert, and Paul A. Carlson and wife Willa; and her friend of 80 years, Rev. Hartland Gifford and wife Judy and late wife, Carol. She also loved her nieces and nephews, Eunice, Nate, Dan, Alice, Carlene, Elizabeth, Erick, Kristine, Eric, and Sarah and their spouses, as well as her grand nieces and nephews. She was especially excited to be able to meet and read to Tara and Dev Henry’s first born, Ellie. She was fond of ‘Muff’, (Beatrice Louise Ramirez-White) and her daughters, Bea and Kylee. There will be a graveside committal service at Rose Hill Memorial Park, Rocky Hill, CT at 11am on Monday, November 26, 2018. There will be a Memorial Service at Faith Lutheran Church scheduled later. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your local library, your local teacher, Camp Calumet Lutheran (https://www.calumet.org), or the Mayflower Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club Rescue Program (www.mayflowercorgiclub.org). For directions and online condolences, please visit www.taylorandmodeen.com.

Marian Lee Carlson

November 20, 2018