Carolyn L. Duffy
Carolyn L. Duffy passed away at her home in Apollo Beach, Fla., on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Born in Toledo, Ohio, to Clayon Adair and Ione Adair (nee Duffy), she graduated from Swanton High School and went on to work in a number of varied positions, from the restaurant business to switchboard operator, before moving to Florida in 1971.
She then worked for Maas Brothers as secretary to the Credit Department manager, then as a pre-school teacher and then to the Sun City Center Inn as manager of the South Course Country Club. During the winter the Ben Sutton Golf School would hold its golf lessons at the golf course that Carolyn served. Mr. Sutton was so pleased with the care she gave the professionals and the students that he invited her to join the school for a whole week of lessons at no charge. She took to the game quickly, and, thereafter, enjoyed playing with her husband and her children.
Carolyn spent her last 25 working years assisting her husband Robert in building his securities brokerage firm. There, one of her popular ideas was having annual Christmas parties for the clients and those parties became the talk of the town. Clients were treated to a table-full of homemade cookies, date and nut bread, cranberry walnut loaf, cream puffs, a shrimp tree and lots more. She was a kind person, and on more than one occasion when a client died and the family was coming from out of town, she cooked an entire meal for them all, gravy included, and brought it to their home.
Her family was always most important to her, as she taught her four children to be honest, fair and hardworking. She treated her grandchildren to pancakes in the form of their names, and then she would teach them how to cook.
Carolyn is survived by Robert (her loving husband of 40 years); son, Rocky Campbell (Tamre); daughters, Sherry Barrios (Steve), Jennifer Leal (Hector) and Roberta Taylor (Steve); and her grandchildren, Meranda Campbell, Steven Taylor (Megan), Kelsey Ross (Curtis) and Lauren Benckenstein (John); step-grandaughter, Natsha Lambertson (Frank); her great-grandchildren, Paisley, Marlee, and Hunter Ross; and step-great grandchildren, Jackson and Hailey Lambertson. She is also survived by her brother, Orville Adair, and her sister, Margaret Baker.
She was pre-deceased by her parents, Clayton Adair and Ione Adair (nee Duffy); her brother, Donald Adair; her sisters, Marain German (Monte) and Sharon Guthrie (Ed); and her sister-in-law, Ruth Adair (Orville).
Carolyn will be long remembered and loved by all who had the great pleasure of knowing her.
The Funeral Mass will be held at Prince of Peace Catholic Church, Sun City Center, Fla., on March 11, 2023, at 10 a.m.
She then worked for Maas Brothers as secretary to the Credit Department manager, then as a pre-school teacher and then to the Sun City Center Inn as manager of the South Course Country Club. During the winter the Ben Sutton Golf School would hold its golf lessons at the golf course that Carolyn served. Mr. Sutton was so pleased with the care she gave the professionals and the students that he invited her to join the school for a whole week of lessons at no charge. She took to the game quickly, and, thereafter, enjoyed playing with her husband and her children.
Carolyn spent her last 25 working years assisting her husband Robert in building his securities brokerage firm. There, one of her popular ideas was having annual Christmas parties for the clients and those parties became the talk of the town. Clients were treated to a table-full of homemade cookies, date and nut bread, cranberry walnut loaf, cream puffs, a shrimp tree and lots more. She was a kind person, and on more than one occasion when a client died and the family was coming from out of town, she cooked an entire meal for them all, gravy included, and brought it to their home.
Her family was always most important to her, as she taught her four children to be honest, fair and hardworking. She treated her grandchildren to pancakes in the form of their names, and then she would teach them how to cook.
Carolyn is survived by Robert (her loving husband of 40 years); son, Rocky Campbell (Tamre); daughters, Sherry Barrios (Steve), Jennifer Leal (Hector) and Roberta Taylor (Steve); and her grandchildren, Meranda Campbell, Steven Taylor (Megan), Kelsey Ross (Curtis) and Lauren Benckenstein (John); step-grandaughter, Natsha Lambertson (Frank); her great-grandchildren, Paisley, Marlee, and Hunter Ross; and step-great grandchildren, Jackson and Hailey Lambertson. She is also survived by her brother, Orville Adair, and her sister, Margaret Baker.
She was pre-deceased by her parents, Clayton Adair and Ione Adair (nee Duffy); her brother, Donald Adair; her sisters, Marain German (Monte) and Sharon Guthrie (Ed); and her sister-in-law, Ruth Adair (Orville).
Carolyn will be long remembered and loved by all who had the great pleasure of knowing her.
The Funeral Mass will be held at Prince of Peace Catholic Church, Sun City Center, Fla., on March 11, 2023, at 10 a.m.