Carolyn Ann Christiansen

Boonville- Carolyn Ann Christiansen, 71, of West St, a life resident of Boonville, passed away at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Utica, on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, after a brief illness. Carolyn was born in Lowville, NY, on June 20, 1941, a daughter of the late Edwin and Charlotte Ellithorpe Christiansen. She received her education in Boonville, graduating from Boonville Central School, with the Class of 1959. Thereafter she was employed at Marcy Psychiatric Center; for many years at Sunset Nursing Home, Boonville. Her last employment was as an Account Manager in the Claims Department of Met Life Insurance Co., at Whitestown. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Boonville, the Red Hat Society, Salma Mappa Chapter Order of the Eastern Star and she enjoyed playing cards and Bingo. Carolyn loved cats, especially her cat "Ebony." She is survived by a brother and sister in law, Rodger and Susan Christiansen, North Andover, MA; nieces and nephews, Jeffrey and Tara MacDonald, James and Lisa Saxonis, Jennifer Pustorino and Paula Pustorino; great nieces, Kiley, Julia, Olivia Saxonis; great nephews, Jeffrey and Gavin MacDonald, all of Massachusetts; many cousins, and a longtime friend, Kathryn Marmon, Lyons Falls, and by the family of the late Jean Murphy, a dear friend of hers who predeceased her in 2002. Her Funeral Services will be Saturday, December 1, 2012, at 1:00 P.M. at Trainor Funeral Home, Inc. 143 Schuyler St., Boonville, where Pastor Joe Feller of the First Baptist Church of Boonville, will officiate. Interment will be in Wildwood Cemetery, Lyons Falls. Visitation hours are Saturday from 11 A.M. until the funeral. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church of Boonville.