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Author: Lace_Lynch
Surnames: Ade, Lauer
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BOARDMAN, Ohio - Carolyn Lauer Kukura, 70, died early Tuesday morning at Forum Health
Northside Medical Center.
She was born Feb. 2, 1940, in Huntington, Indiana, a daughter of Claude F. and June E. Ade
Lauer.
Carolyn was a teacher with the Boardman, Ohio school system for 30 years, retiring in
1994. She began her teaching career in 1964 at Stadium Drive Elementary School, teaching
1st grade and then 4th grade and eventually 7th grade at Boardman Center Middle School as
a language arts teacher, where she was also the language arts coordinator for 18 years.
She received her bachelor's degree in Education from Youngstown State University,
where she was a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority and then a master's degree in
Education from Westminster College and a master's degree in Supervision from Kent
State University.
Carolyn was a member and past president of Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority, a member and past
president of the Youngstown National Panhellenic Society, that involved education for area
seniors, a member, past president and secretary of the Boardman Education Association, a
member of the Mahoning Retired Teachers Association, and a member and past president of
the International Readers Association.
She was also very active on the Womens Committee for children's concerts with the
Youngstown Symphony and the Y.S.U. English Festival. She was an active member of the
Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Carolyn was also a member of the Red Hat Society, the P.E.O., the Youngstown Symphony
Guild, the Junior League of Youngstown, the Boardman Kiwanis Club, the Saxon Club Branch
22, Fortnightly 111, the Boardman Bicentennial Committee and the Thursday-Nine Millcreek
Golf League.
She had also been a recipient of the Y.W.C.A "Woman of the Year " award.
Her husband, Richard, whom she married June 11, 1999, died Dec. 31, 1999.
Carolyn is survived by her daughter, Deborah Mayaan of Tuscon, Ariz. and her brothers,
Robert A. (Penny S.) Lauer of Naples, Fla. and David C. (Georgia E.) Lauer of Boardman,
Ohio.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Anstrom-Velker Funeral Home, 75 E.
Midlothian Blvd. and from noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at the church, prior to the service.
There will be services at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Westminster Presbyterian Church
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Carolyn's name, may be given to the American Cancer
Society, 1-800-227-2345.
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