Carol I. Hartley

Carol I. Hartley, 103, of Catawba Island, passed away, Saturday, September 06, 2014 at Edgewood Manor Nursing Center, Port Clinton, OH. Since family could not be with her; we thank Stein Hospice for their vigil in her hours of need. Carol was born on December 30, 1910 in Salt Lake City, UT, the daughter of Daniel and Alice (Meyerhofer) Davis. On November 26, 1931 in California, she married Carter M. Hartley and he preceded her in death in 2002. Carol was a homemaker, a seamstress and an artist skilled in macramé and pottery. She volunteered at the animal shelter in Catawba, supported the ASPCA, HSUS, Back to the Wild in Castalia, OH and Best Friends in Utah. Carol enjoyed gardening, wild birds and animal life. She will be greatly missed by her loving family and friends. Survivors include: Daughter: Tamsin J. Prentice; Son: Barry C. (Mary Lou) Hartley; Grandchildren: Bruce Hartley, Amy (David) Frahm, Daniel (Petra) Hartley, and Laura (Mark) Yox; and 9 Great-Grandchildren. Visitation will be from 2-4PM, Saturday, October 04, 2014 in the Gerner-Wolf-Walker Funeral Home & Crematory, Port Clinton, followed by a Celebration of Life service at 4:00PM. Memorial donations in memory of Carol may be given to any hospice organization or any humane society. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.walkerfuneralhomes.com. FAREWELL I have lived a long good life, not one of money or “things”. But one of the joys of nature, and all the beauty it brings. The dreamy silence of falling snow, and the chill of a wind that sings. The heavenly smell of the evergreen trees and the beautiful green of spring. Then summer comes with warmer days and an array of multiple blooms, and best of all, the birds that sing in their canopy of leafy rooms. The breath taking color of autumn and the crunch of dry fallen leaves, these are what make life worthwhile, not that of money and things. So I say farewell to all of you who have shared this life with me, as I go to be with the birds that sing, and the fragrant evergreen tree.