Carol Ruth Hartline

Obituary of Carol Ruth Hartline Carol Ruth Hartline, born May 9th, 1946 returned home to the loving arms of the Lord and her beloved husband on March 5th, 2013 in Burlington, WI. She is survived by her sister Barbara Jean Booher. Her children April & (Larry) Ogryzek, Darryl Hartline, and James Hartline. Carol is further survived by 3 grandchildren, Jenny Anderson, Mackenzie Hartline, and Addison Hartline. She had been courageously battling cancer for the past 4+ years and passed away peacefully in her sleep. Carol was in the company of her loving sister Barbara Jean Booher when she passed. She was preceded in death by her father and mother, Arthur and Hazel Riffey, as well as her brother, James Riffey, and a sister who died at birth, Mary Kay Riffey. Carol was born in Chilhowie, VA and grew up in Bristol, TN. She married Wayne Hartline on August 21st, 1964 while he was still in the Navy and thus moved to Norfolk, VA. In the following years they lived in Tennessee and North Carolina for a short periods of time before finally moving to Illinois where she spent the majority of her adult life. Carol worked at several different employers in her life but most enjoyed the 20+ years she spent working at The Open Door Rehabilitation Center in Sandwich, IL. She enjoyed working within the community and working with all the residents in the center. She was a devoted wife and mother supporting Wayne and her children in all of their activities, careers, and interests. Carol was deeply rooted into the Sandwich community in many ways and gave back as often as she could. She took a lot of pleasure in helping all of those around her in any way that she could. Carol and Wayne returned back to her home state of TN in 2003 where they both enjoyed being back in the “South”. Carol enjoyed returning back to her family that she had been away from for so many years and spent as much time as she could with them. In 2009, Carol moved to Wisconsin after Wayne passed away to be closer to her children. In the remaining years Carol spent in Wisconsin residing independently at Springbrook Village, she made many new friends and enjoyed life to the fullest. She was a special woman and will be missed by many. Carol’s final wish was to be cremated and thus visitation services only will be held at Beverage Family Funeral Home on Saturday, March 9th located at 104 Terry Street, Sandwich, IL 60548 from 1 to 4 pm. The family has asked in lieu of flowers, please direct all donations to The Open Door Rehabilitation Center at 405 Wells Street, Sandwich, IL 60548 in Carol’s name.