FALLS VILLAGE — Carole (Kempf) McGuire, 76, died on April 19, 2021, from complications with cancer. Carole was preceded in death by her husband of 44 years, James “Mac” McGuire. She is survived by their two children, Andrew McGuire and Kate Bowen; and four grandchildren, Matilda McGuire, John McGuire, Wesley Bowen and Malcolm Bowen.
Carole was born to Robert Kempf and Christine (Kempf) Leitner in Cincinnati, Ohio, the eldest of five siblings, Glorya Duer (Texas), Patricia Knochelmann (Kentucky), Michael Kempf (Ohio) and Jeffrey Kempf (Indiana).
She also precedes her step-mother, Betty Kempf (Florida).
Carole grew up in Cincinnati and was the first in her family to go to college. She received her undergraduate degree from Miami University of Ohio and her Masters in Education from Southern Connecticut State University in Speech/Language Pathology. She spent her career as an educator and supervisor of Special Education in the Region One School District in Falls Village.
Carole was also on the Board for the Falls Village Daycare and worked with the birth to 3 program for the area. She was a Girl Scout Troop Leader, the Democratic Registrar of Voters, a clerk with the Falls Village Congregational Church and the treasurer of the Litchfield North Association.
Her interests and loves included her pontoon boat on Twin Lakes, sewing a wardrobe including her own wedding dress and various christening gowns, completing a variety of needlecraft projects, oil painting, reading four to six different newspapers and attending shows at the Hartford Stage.
Carole requested that all memorials should be donated to The Falls Village Congregational Church, which had brought her so much peace, faith and love over the years: FVCC, 16 Beebe Hill Road, Falls Village, CT 06031.
Arrangements are under the care of the Newkirk Palmer Funeral Home in North Canaan.
Cella’s paintings are tucked in almost every available space thoughout Little Store Antiques. L. Tomaino
