Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Chamberlin, Carol Lois August 26, 2009
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Lexington Clipper-Herald Aug. 29, 2009
Carol Lois Chamberlin, 77, of Lexington, died Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, at her
home in Lexington. 

The family honored Carol’s wishes that her body be cremated and there will be no
visitation.
   
A Celebration of Life service will be held Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lexington with the Rev. Michael Gruhn officiating.

Survivors include her husband:  Bill Chamberlin of Lexington; three sons, Ray
Chamberlin and fiancé Karm Waltermire of Cozad, Jeff Stillwell of Salem,
Ore.,Ken Stillwell of Vancouver, Wash.; seven grandchildren, Michelle and Sharon
Stillwell and Brittany (Ryan) Conroy; Ken Jr. ,Brandon and Allison Stillwell and
Cara (Rick) Snow and several nieces and nephews.  
 
Carol was preceded in death by a six month old infant daughter, Linda; parents;
sisters, Trudy Wollner in 2008, Jane Adleman and brothers, Alan and Bill
Schradzke.  

She was born June 11, 1932 at Chicago, Ill., to Harold and Irene (Basch)
Schradzke.  Carol graduated from high school in Chicago and went on to further
her education at the University of Colorado at Boulder majoring in English and
minoring in music.  She also took art courses at the Art Institute of Chicago. 

She was a left handed guitar “picker” and as a teenager and young adult played
and sang on early live Chicago TV on shows such as WLS Barn Dance and on local
radio stations.   

In her youth, Carol had horses stabled at the now defunct Lincoln Park Stables
in Chicago and professionally showed walk, trot and gaited competition
throughout the Midwest. She won many ribbons and medals. As a teenager during
high school and college Carol was a camp counselor and riding instructor at
Perry Mansfield Camp in Steamboat Springs, Colo. She absolutely loved animals.   
Carol also loved kids and worked for several years as a para-educator at Morton
Elementary in Lexington.


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