Carol McCann let go of life and its fight against her on Friday, August 25, her 39th Wedding Anniversary. Her husband and family were with her in body and spirit. She was 59 years old.
Carol was born March 22, 1947, in Seattle, WA, the daughter of Wilbur and Bertha Mannikko Wigner. She grew up in Mount Vernon and graduated from Mount Vernon High School with the class of 1965. She married William R. ‘Bill’ McCann on August 25, 1967.
Carol loved Sedro-Woolley and she loved to teach. She raised three children here, and made it her home for over 31 years. She taught English, speech, service learning, and various other courses over the course of her 19 year teaching career. Seventeen of those years were spent at the school she loved most, Sedro-Woolley High School. She was totally involved with her community, but family, education, and her students were her main purposes in life.
Carol graduated with her Associates’ Degree from Skagit Valley College. Her energy and drive helped her complete her bachelors’ degree at the age of 39 in 1986 from Western Washington University. She began teaching right away, and continued her education, earning her masters’ degree from WWU in 1990. Proving she was a life-long learner, in 2005, she earned her prized National Board Teacher Certification. Her work with education provided her numerous opportunities to participate in conferences, panels, and committees.
Carol leaves behind a family who misses her more than words can say. She is survived by her husband and soul mate, Bill McCann of Sedro-Woolley; her daughter and son-in-law, Whitney and Tony Meissner, and her grandchildren, Jack and Molly, of Port Ludlow, WA; her daughter Betsy McCann of Mount Vernon; her son Geoffrey McCann of Sedro-Woolley; two sisters and brothers-in law, Nancy and Ed Skay of Mount Vernon, Kate Wigner and Stuart Harpel of Camano Island; a brother and sister-in-law, Bill Wigner and Bonnie Yeager of Sedro-Woolley; her mother-in-law, Gladys McCann of Sedro-Woolley; brothers and sisters-in-law, Robert and Barbara Sofferman of Colchester, VT, James and Judie McCann of Burlington and James and Nancy Rickey of Grapeview and numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, and uncles. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wilbur and Bertha Wigner, and her father-in-law, Dr. Joseph McCann.
A Memorial Celebration of her Life will be held Sunday, September 3, 2006, at 2:00 PM in the Sedro-Woolley High School Auditorium with Pastor Wendy Tingley of Trinity United Presbyterian Church officiating.
Donations in her honor may be made to the Carol S. McCann Memorial Scholarship in care of the Sedro-Woolley Rotary Club, PO Box 726, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284.
Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Lemley Chapel, Sedro-Woolley.