Carol Ann Williams Stotzner of Fernandina Beach, Florida passed away on April 1st, with her daughter by her side. Born in Scranton, PA to Ethel Morgan and Henry Williams, she was the middle sister of ‘The Williams Girls,’ Miriam and Sandra. She grew up in Collingswood, NJ and graduated from Collingswood High School in 1955. After graduating from Trenton State College in 1959 with a degree in Education, she married the ‘boy that lived four doors down the street,’ William Thomas Stotzner in 1959. They welcomed three children into their home.
After graduation, she began teaching high school in NJ, until moving to Ohio where she taught at North Olmsted High School for close to 30 years. She took great pride in teaching, even having her daughter and many of her friend’s children in her classes. Students and fellow teachers remember Carol as innovative, giving, caring, and the epitome of a great teacher. Carol also pursued her master’s degree at Cleveland State University. She encouraged her children’s education. But also encouraged them to pursue their diverse passions and was always there for games, concerts, and to be her children’s chauffer around town.
Carol inherited her father’s artistic skills as a writer, painter, and particularly an award-winning quilter. She gained her strength, sewing skills, and compassion for others from her mother. After their move to Fernandina Beach, Carol became an active member and officer of the Amelia Island Quilt Guild for many years with quilts and other sewing projects going on at the same time in her sewing room, including quilts for NICU babies, those in Hospice, and babies born to church members. She gave back to her community in many ways and taught her children that this was an important value.
She was an active member of the Fernandina Beach Shrine Club as a Shriner Lady and an active member of the First Presbyterian Church. As her children grew up, she was involved with the Girl and Boy Scouts, and a Sunday School teacher.
Carol lost her husband Bill in December 2023 after 64 years of marriage. She leaves behind her daughter Beverly Ann and husband Wayne Winkler whom she lived with for the past four ½ years, her son William Jr. and wife Meredith in California, and son Kenneth Marc and wife Zoe in Michigan, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Carol and her husband will be interred at the Jacksonville National Cemetery later this spring.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made on behalf of Carol to The Foundation of Community Hospice & Palliative Care @thefoundationcares.org/give/ or Advocatehomehealth@nassaucountycoa.org, or Carol’s Quilt Guild – The Amelia Island Quilt Guild a 501(c) non-profit – Contact PO Box 6464, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034