Caroline Killam Moller

Caroline Killam Moller

LAKEVILLE — Caroline Killam Moller, age 85, passed away peacefully on Jan. 7, 2023, at her home in Lakeville.

Caroline was born on Oct. 4, 1937,  in New Haven, to Charles Loomis and Cornelia (Hemingway) Killam.

Caroline and her family resided on her family’s farm, Killshire Farm, in Wallingford, from 1935 to 1958.

Mrs. Moller graduated from Lyman Hall High School in Wallingford in 1955. And, from Lasell College in Auburndale, Massachusetts, in 1957.

On April 23, 1960, she married the late Henry Gerdes Moller.

Caroline and Henry resided in New Canaan until their move to Weston, in 1962 where they raised their family.

In 1988, Caroline and Henry relocated to Lakeville.

Caroline is survived by her son, Kurt Moller, his wife Erin, and their three children, Duncan, Peter and Abigail Moller, and daughter Kris Henley, as well as her two children, Olivia and Victoria Henley.

She is also survived by her sister Elizabeth Silvert of Kalispell, Montana.

Caroline is predeceased by her husband, Henry, and her three brothers, Mallory, Charles, Jr. and Luther Killam.

Throughout her 35 years in Lakeville, Caroline devoted countless hours to volunteering in the Lakeville/Salisbury community she so dearly loved.

She was also passionate about the natural world; she welcomed the changes of seasons and adored the animals, trees and wildflowers that called her property home.

She is dearly missed by her family and friends.

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