Barbara Carson's Obituary
Barbara Carson, age 82, died Saturday, August 18, 2012, in Hillsborough, California.She was born February 25, 1930, in Niagara Falls, New York, to Stanley Carson and Isabella Wilder. She attended Niagara Falls High School in Niagara Falls, New York and Coronado High School, Coronado, California. She also attended Mills College for Women, Oakland, California, majoring in ancient Greek Philosophy with Dr. Georgiana Melvin, Ph.D. Oxford, Dean of Faculty, Rhodes Scholar Selection Committee Mills. She transferred to the University of California Berkeley Graduate School in Spanish, and studied with Dr. José Montesinos, Chairman of the Spanish Department, and uncle of poet Federico GarcÃa Lorca, Granada, Spain. She wrote her Master's Degree Thesis on the life of Federico GarcÃa Lorca, best known for a book of poetry Poema del Cante Jondo (Poem of Deep Song). Barbara worked two years as assistant to Press Office at Embajada de España (the Spanish Embassy), Washington, D.C., and two years at the Czarnikow-¬Rionda Cuban Sugar Brokerage on Wall Street as an assistant in economics, with Dr. Miklos Szabo of Hungary.She taught elementary school, primarily 4th grade, in Ceres, California from 1966, until her retirement in 1998. She also was a scuba diving instructor and dived all over California, Mexico, and Hawaii with her family. She was married in June 1957 and divorced 1971. She led a long, happy, serene life.She is survived by 2 wonderful children, son Geoffrey Stutzin and wife Bing-hui Yang, daughter Candace Savoie and husband Robert Savoie, and 4 beautiful grandchildren, Marissa and Michael Savoie, and Kyle and Lily Stutzin.There will be no formal service for Barbara, per her request. She would like to thank the Ceres Unified School District for a wonderful and beautiful experience as a bilingual teacher. Buena suerte y gracias otra vez!
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