Carol Lee (Carpenter) Cale, passed away at her home on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, at the age of 96. Carol was born February 12th, 1925 in Doyle Township, Marion County, Kansas. She was the eleventh child born to John Lewis Carpenter and Florence Pearl Victoria Carpenter. She was preceded in death by her husband, Chester Vernon Cale, her parents, her 10 siblings, Bessie Mae "Peggy" (Carpenter) Kraft, Delbert Carpenter, Orville Carpenter, Lucille (Carpenter) Clark, Opal (Carpenter) Hunt, Laverne (Carpenter) Rutter, Wilbert Wilson "Billy" Carpenter, Virginia Carpenter, Ruby (Carpenter) Veach, John Lewis Carpenter and three of her children, Sue Carol (Cale) Siegfreid, Shelley Denese (Cale) Doggett and Corby Lewis Cale, along with two great grandchildren, Whit and Jude Hodes.
Having been the youngest of eleven children Carol grew up on a farm surrounded by her siblings, cousins, nieces and nephews. As a young child she remembered coming down the stairs and seeing her new baby nephew Marvin that she thought was there just for her. This was the start of a lifelong passion for taking care of children which she continued with Marvin, her sister Ruby's son, Gary Veach and of course her own five children and grandchildren who share happy memories of staying at grandma's house and not wanting to leave. This even continued with her great grandchildren, some of whom she watched extensively and all of whom she loved deeply.
After graduating from Florence High School in 1942, Carol moved to Wichita and lived with her two sisters, Laverne and Ruby. Once Carol turned 18 she started work at Boeing Aircraft where she was part of the crew that did the wiring for the B-29 airplanes. She was very proud of the fact that she was one of the last women to be let go after the war was over. She recalled when her crew helped push the last B-29 out to the tarmac.
After the war, Carol met the love of her life, Chester, while she was working in downtown Wichita at an automotive dealership and he was working as a construction superintendent. The two were married in 1949. In 1951 they moved their small family consisting of son Patrick and baby daughter Sue to Great Bend to build the new high school. At the completion of this project the two of them decided Great Bend was the right place to raise a family. They added three more children to the family while starting a new construction company, creating a partnership with Hahner, Foreman and Cale, later becoming C.V.Cale, Inc. in the 1970's.
Carol, being the Chief Operating Officer on the home front allowed Chester the opportunity to spend the necessary time and energy away from home to build a successful construction firm.
Carol dealt with wild menagerie of animals, both warm blooded and cold blooded that son Pat would bring home. She made sure Sue got to all the sporting events and practices for cheerleading. She hauled Shelley and all her equestrian gear across Kansas and beyond to compete in horse shows. She became what we would call today a para professional in Corby's early public-school classes in order to be sure he got the best help available. She fought for inclusion and mainstreaming long before they put a name on those ideas. And, for Chet she was quite simply his biggest fan and number one supporter in everything he did, no matter how crazy it was.
For her grandchildren and eventually her great grandchildren she was a haven from strict rules of home. Fun and Grandma were two words that always went together. She was always willing to "watch" one or all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren for an hour, a day, or a week. Nothing made her happier and no one ever made it look so easy.
Carol was the foundation upon which the lives of those previously mentioned have been built and the keystone that has supported the arch of this family. Through lessons learned from her we are all better prepared to be the same supports for ourselves and our own families.
If there is one message that she would want to leave to all her family it is, that she "Loves You, Always, All ways."
Having been the youngest of eleven children Carol grew up on a farm surrounded by her siblings, cousins, nieces and nephews. As a young child she remembered coming down the stairs and seeing her new baby nephew Marvin that she thought was there just for her. This was the start of a lifelong passion for taking care of children which she continued with Marvin, her sister Ruby's son, Gary Veach and of course her own five children and grandchildren who share happy memories of staying at grandma's house and not wanting to leave. This even continued with her great grandchildren, some of whom she watched extensively and all of whom she loved deeply.
After graduating from Florence High School in 1942, Carol moved to Wichita and lived with her two sisters, Laverne and Ruby. Once Carol turned 18 she started work at Boeing Aircraft where she was part of the crew that did the wiring for the B-29 airplanes. She was very proud of the fact that she was one of the last women to be let go after the war was over. She recalled when her crew helped push the last B-29 out to the tarmac.
After the war, Carol met the love of her life, Chester, while she was working in downtown Wichita at an automotive dealership and he was working as a construction superintendent. The two were married in 1949. In 1951 they moved their small family consisting of son Patrick and baby daughter Sue to Great Bend to build the new high school. At the completion of this project the two of them decided Great Bend was the right place to raise a family. They added three more children to the family while starting a new construction company, creating a partnership with Hahner, Foreman and Cale, later becoming C.V.Cale, Inc. in the 1970's.
Carol, being the Chief Operating Officer on the home front allowed Chester the opportunity to spend the necessary time and energy away from home to build a successful construction firm.
Carol dealt with wild menagerie of animals, both warm blooded and cold blooded that son Pat would bring home. She made sure Sue got to all the sporting events and practices for cheerleading. She hauled Shelley and all her equestrian gear across Kansas and beyond to compete in horse shows. She became what we would call today a para professional in Corby's early public-school classes in order to be sure he got the best help available. She fought for inclusion and mainstreaming long before they put a name on those ideas. And, for Chet she was quite simply his biggest fan and number one supporter in everything he did, no matter how crazy it was.
For her grandchildren and eventually her great grandchildren she was a haven from strict rules of home. Fun and Grandma were two words that always went together. She was always willing to "watch" one or all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren for an hour, a day, or a week. Nothing made her happier and no one ever made it look so easy.
Carol was the foundation upon which the lives of those previously mentioned have been built and the keystone that has supported the arch of this family. Through lessons learned from her we are all better prepared to be the same supports for ourselves and our own families.
If there is one message that she would want to leave to all her family it is, that she "Loves You, Always, All ways."
Carol Lee (Carpenter) Cale, passed away at her home on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, at the age of 96. Carol was born February 12th, 1925 in Doyle Township, Marion County, Kansas. She was the eleventh child born to John Lewis Carpenter and Florence Pearl Victoria Carpenter. She was preceded in death by her husband, Chester Vernon Cale, her parents, her 10 siblings, Bessie Mae "Peggy" (Carpenter) Kraft, Delbert Carpenter, Orville Carpenter, Lucille (Carpenter) Clark, Opal (Carpenter) Hunt, Laverne (Carpenter) Rutter, Wilbert Wilson "Billy" Carpenter, Virginia Carpenter, Ruby (Carpenter) Veach, John Lewis Carpenter and three of her children, Sue Carol (Cale) Siegfreid, Shelley Denese (Cale) Doggett and Corby Lewis Cale, along with two great grandchildren, Whit and Jude Hodes.
Having been the youngest of eleven children Carol grew up on a farm surrounded by her siblings, cousins, nieces and nephews. As a young child she remembered coming down the stairs and seeing her new baby nephew Marvin that she thought was there just for her. This was the start of a lifelong passion for taking care of children which she continued with Marvin, her sister Ruby's son, Gary Veach and of course her own five children and grandchildren who share happy memories of staying at grandma's house and not wanting to leave. This even continued with her great grandchildren, some of whom she watched extensively and all of whom she loved deeply.
After graduating from Florence High School in 1942, Carol moved to Wichita and lived with her two sisters, Laverne and Ruby. Once Carol turned 18 she started work at Boeing Aircraft where she was part of the crew that did the wiring for the B-29 airplanes. She was very proud of the fact that she was one of the last women to be let go after the war was over. She recalled when her crew helped push the last B-29 out to the tarmac.
After the war, Carol met the love of her life, Chester, while she was working in downtown Wichita at an automotive dealership and he was working as a construction superintendent. The two were married in 1949. In 1951 they moved their small family consisting of son Patrick and baby daughter Sue to Great Bend to build the new high school. At the completion of this project the two of them decided Great Bend was the right place to raise a family. They added three more children to the family while starting a new construction company, creating a partnership with Hahner, Foreman and Cale, later becoming C.V.Cale, Inc. in the 1970's.
Carol, being the Chief Operating Officer on the home front allowed Chester the opportunity to spend the necessary time and energy away from home to build a successful construction firm.
Carol dealt with wild menagerie of animals, both warm blooded and cold blooded that son Pat would bring home. She made sure Sue got to all the sporting events and practices for cheerleading. She hauled Shelley and all her equestrian gear across Kansas and beyond to compete in horse shows. She became what we would call today a para professional in Corby's early public-school classes in order to be sure he got the best help available. She fought for inclusion and mainstreaming long before they put a name on those ideas. And, for Chet she was quite simply his biggest fan and number one supporter in everything he did, no matter how crazy it was.
For her grandchildren and eventually her great grandchildren she was a haven from strict rules of home. Fun and Grandma were two words that always went together. She was always willing to "watch" one or all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren for an hour, a day, or a week. Nothing made her happier and no one ever made it look so easy.
Carol was the foundation upon which the lives of those previously mentioned have been built and the keystone that has supported the arch of this family. Through lessons learned from her we are all better prepared to be the same supports for ourselves and our own families.
If there is one message that she would want to leave to all her family it is, that she "Loves You, Always, All ways."
Having been the youngest of eleven children Carol grew up on a farm surrounded by her siblings, cousins, nieces and nephews. As a young child she remembered coming down the stairs and seeing her new baby nephew Marvin that she thought was there just for her. This was the start of a lifelong passion for taking care of children which she continued with Marvin, her sister Ruby's son, Gary Veach and of course her own five children and grandchildren who share happy memories of staying at grandma's house and not wanting to leave. This even continued with her great grandchildren, some of whom she watched extensively and all of whom she loved deeply.
After graduating from Florence High School in 1942, Carol moved to Wichita and lived with her two sisters, Laverne and Ruby. Once Carol turned 18 she started work at Boeing Aircraft where she was part of the crew that did the wiring for the B-29 airplanes. She was very proud of the fact that she was one of the last women to be let go after the war was over. She recalled when her crew helped push the last B-29 out to the tarmac.
After the war, Carol met the love of her life, Chester, while she was working in downtown Wichita at an automotive dealership and he was working as a construction superintendent. The two were married in 1949. In 1951 they moved their small family consisting of son Patrick and baby daughter Sue to Great Bend to build the new high school. At the completion of this project the two of them decided Great Bend was the right place to raise a family. They added three more children to the family while starting a new construction company, creating a partnership with Hahner, Foreman and Cale, later becoming C.V.Cale, Inc. in the 1970's.
Carol, being the Chief Operating Officer on the home front allowed Chester the opportunity to spend the necessary time and energy away from home to build a successful construction firm.
Carol dealt with wild menagerie of animals, both warm blooded and cold blooded that son Pat would bring home. She made sure Sue got to all the sporting events and practices for cheerleading. She hauled Shelley and all her equestrian gear across Kansas and beyond to compete in horse shows. She became what we would call today a para professional in Corby's early public-school classes in order to be sure he got the best help available. She fought for inclusion and mainstreaming long before they put a name on those ideas. And, for Chet she was quite simply his biggest fan and number one supporter in everything he did, no matter how crazy it was.
For her grandchildren and eventually her great grandchildren she was a haven from strict rules of home. Fun and Grandma were two words that always went together. She was always willing to "watch" one or all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren for an hour, a day, or a week. Nothing made her happier and no one ever made it look so easy.
Carol was the foundation upon which the lives of those previously mentioned have been built and the keystone that has supported the arch of this family. Through lessons learned from her we are all better prepared to be the same supports for ourselves and our own families.
If there is one message that she would want to leave to all her family it is, that she "Loves You, Always, All ways."
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