Carol Gillard Bombeck 1936 - 2011 Carol Gillard Bombeck, 75, died February 28, 2011. Her long fight with asthma ended at Scottsdale Healthcare Thompson Peak hospital. The official cause of death was respiratory failure.
Carol was born Carol Anne Gillard in Milwaukee, Wisconsin January 13, 1936 while her father, Dr. Frederick Gillard, was attending Marquette University School of Dentistry. Dr. Gillard and his wife Elizabeth moved to Ajo, Arizona after his graduation in 1936. He became the company dentist for Phelps Dodge. The family grew in size with the addition of her brothers Tom in 1937, Jim in 1945, and Bill in 1946. In 1942 the Gillard family moved to Los Angeles, where Carol graduated from Dorsey High School in 1954.
She was active in the Christian Fellowship movement in her high school. This interest stayed with her when she enrolled as a scholar-ship student at the University of Southern California. She demonstrated an early interest in art. She was encouraged by her mother, who painted large floral canvases and taught art classes.
In 1954 Dr. Gillard entered the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel and a dentist in the Medical Corps. He moved his family to Giessen, Germany in 1955. Carol continued her education at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna, Austria and in an overseas program of the University of Maryland in Munich, Ger-many. She learned to speak German and later became fluent in Spanish after she returned to the United States. While in Germany she volunteered in an orphanage where children fathered by American soldiers were cared for by Ger-man nationals. Still a teenager herself, she acquired a strong sense of compassion for the plight of the children in this facility.
In 1956 she was married to Graham Peter Bidstrup, a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, in Giessen, Bad Neuheim, Germany. They returned to the United States in 1957. The service commitment was concluded, and they moved to Boston while her husband obtained a degree from Harvard. They had two sons, Peter, born November 5, 1957, and Bruce, born March 8, 1960.
Between 1970 and 1972 Carol assisted in the opening of a new hotel chain, Doubletree Inns. She directed initial advertising, interior design, restaurant and menu planning, room dcor, and uniform design. In 1973 Carol received her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Arizona State University. She was the first Executive Director of the Arizona Kidney Foundation in 1973-74. She established the Foundation's Women's Board in 1973. Her involvement with this organization began because both of her sons had kidney disease. Peter died in 1975 at the age of 17. Bruce died in 1984 at the age of 24. To honor both of them she established the Arizona Kidney Foundation Peter and Bruce Bidstrup Scholarship Fund to provide academic and financial support for Arizona kidney dialysis and transplant patients. Her compassion and kindness are truly exemplified by the countless patients and families who survive the financial devastation of kidney disease with aid provided through the scholarship fund and the Patient Services Fund, which she also helped establish.
From 1974 to the 1990's she was involved in commercial real estate with Grubb & Ellis, Kaiser Aetna, and Davidson Myers. In 1990 she established her own commercial real estate office. From 1976 to 1978 she was Director of Development at the Phoenix Art Museum. From 1997 to 2000, she was a consultant with the ASU Art Museum. She organized an exhibition of works from the Jean and Howard Lipman collection of American art, which ran at the museum from November 20, 1999 to February 13, 2000. The Lipmans had been dear friends of Carol's. In addition to her long-standing professional and volunteer service to the Arizona Kidney Foundation, Carol had a long history of community involvement. Other service and volunteer activities included: the City of Phoenix Board of Adjustment; Board member, Scottsdale Center for the Arts Board and Junior League of Phoenix; Docent, Phoenix Art Museum League; Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest; Visiting Nurse Service; Futures for Children; the Erma Bombeck Organ Donor Awareness Project; Arizona Town Hall; and Charter 100.
Carol had a special relationship with her eleven nieces and nephews. She loved her stepchildren, Elizabeth and Tiffany Bluemle and Betsy, Andy, and Matt Bombeck. She remembered birthdays and created unique and personalized cards with original verses and drawings. In the mid-1990's she began a tradition of taking a niece starting high school on a coming-of-age trip. They went to New York City for days of sightseeing, Broadway, and museum experiences.
Carol's kindness extended beyond her own family. She worked with the parents of a Mexican family to assist them in maintaining legal status by "sponsoring" them. The program required a sponsor to continue residency. Years later she was rewarded by being invited to the weddings of the siblings in that family. Carol received the National Kidney Foundation Volunteer Services Award in 1994 and the Arizona Kidney Foundation Virginia G. Piper Humanitarian Award with her husband, Bill Bombeck, in 2005.
Carol is survived by her husband, Bill Bombeck; her brothers Tom Gillard, Bill Gillard, and Dr. James Gillard; nieces Christine, Michelle, Jenna, Carol, Jennifer, Katherine, and Betsy; nephews Terry, Tim, Mike, and Fred; great-nieces Melisa, Julia, and Molly; and great-nephews Bruce, Tommy, Shane, and Max. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 21, at Messinger Pinnacle Peak Mortuary, 8555 E. Pinnacle Peak Rd., Scottsdale, (480) 502-3378. In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution to the Peter and Bruce Bidstrup Scholarship Fund at the National Kidney Foundation of Arizona, 4203 E. Indian School Rd., Suite 140, Phoenix, AZ 85018.
Carol was born Carol Anne Gillard in Milwaukee, Wisconsin January 13, 1936 while her father, Dr. Frederick Gillard, was attending Marquette University School of Dentistry. Dr. Gillard and his wife Elizabeth moved to Ajo, Arizona after his graduation in 1936. He became the company dentist for Phelps Dodge. The family grew in size with the addition of her brothers Tom in 1937, Jim in 1945, and Bill in 1946. In 1942 the Gillard family moved to Los Angeles, where Carol graduated from Dorsey High School in 1954.
She was active in the Christian Fellowship movement in her high school. This interest stayed with her when she enrolled as a scholar-ship student at the University of Southern California. She demonstrated an early interest in art. She was encouraged by her mother, who painted large floral canvases and taught art classes.
In 1954 Dr. Gillard entered the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel and a dentist in the Medical Corps. He moved his family to Giessen, Germany in 1955. Carol continued her education at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna, Austria and in an overseas program of the University of Maryland in Munich, Ger-many. She learned to speak German and later became fluent in Spanish after she returned to the United States. While in Germany she volunteered in an orphanage where children fathered by American soldiers were cared for by Ger-man nationals. Still a teenager herself, she acquired a strong sense of compassion for the plight of the children in this facility.
In 1956 she was married to Graham Peter Bidstrup, a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, in Giessen, Bad Neuheim, Germany. They returned to the United States in 1957. The service commitment was concluded, and they moved to Boston while her husband obtained a degree from Harvard. They had two sons, Peter, born November 5, 1957, and Bruce, born March 8, 1960.
Between 1970 and 1972 Carol assisted in the opening of a new hotel chain, Doubletree Inns. She directed initial advertising, interior design, restaurant and menu planning, room dcor, and uniform design. In 1973 Carol received her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Arizona State University. She was the first Executive Director of the Arizona Kidney Foundation in 1973-74. She established the Foundation's Women's Board in 1973. Her involvement with this organization began because both of her sons had kidney disease. Peter died in 1975 at the age of 17. Bruce died in 1984 at the age of 24. To honor both of them she established the Arizona Kidney Foundation Peter and Bruce Bidstrup Scholarship Fund to provide academic and financial support for Arizona kidney dialysis and transplant patients. Her compassion and kindness are truly exemplified by the countless patients and families who survive the financial devastation of kidney disease with aid provided through the scholarship fund and the Patient Services Fund, which she also helped establish.
From 1974 to the 1990's she was involved in commercial real estate with Grubb & Ellis, Kaiser Aetna, and Davidson Myers. In 1990 she established her own commercial real estate office. From 1976 to 1978 she was Director of Development at the Phoenix Art Museum. From 1997 to 2000, she was a consultant with the ASU Art Museum. She organized an exhibition of works from the Jean and Howard Lipman collection of American art, which ran at the museum from November 20, 1999 to February 13, 2000. The Lipmans had been dear friends of Carol's. In addition to her long-standing professional and volunteer service to the Arizona Kidney Foundation, Carol had a long history of community involvement. Other service and volunteer activities included: the City of Phoenix Board of Adjustment; Board member, Scottsdale Center for the Arts Board and Junior League of Phoenix; Docent, Phoenix Art Museum League; Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest; Visiting Nurse Service; Futures for Children; the Erma Bombeck Organ Donor Awareness Project; Arizona Town Hall; and Charter 100.
Carol had a special relationship with her eleven nieces and nephews. She loved her stepchildren, Elizabeth and Tiffany Bluemle and Betsy, Andy, and Matt Bombeck. She remembered birthdays and created unique and personalized cards with original verses and drawings. In the mid-1990's she began a tradition of taking a niece starting high school on a coming-of-age trip. They went to New York City for days of sightseeing, Broadway, and museum experiences.
Carol's kindness extended beyond her own family. She worked with the parents of a Mexican family to assist them in maintaining legal status by "sponsoring" them. The program required a sponsor to continue residency. Years later she was rewarded by being invited to the weddings of the siblings in that family. Carol received the National Kidney Foundation Volunteer Services Award in 1994 and the Arizona Kidney Foundation Virginia G. Piper Humanitarian Award with her husband, Bill Bombeck, in 2005.
Carol is survived by her husband, Bill Bombeck; her brothers Tom Gillard, Bill Gillard, and Dr. James Gillard; nieces Christine, Michelle, Jenna, Carol, Jennifer, Katherine, and Betsy; nephews Terry, Tim, Mike, and Fred; great-nieces Melisa, Julia, and Molly; and great-nephews Bruce, Tommy, Shane, and Max. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 21, at Messinger Pinnacle Peak Mortuary, 8555 E. Pinnacle Peak Rd., Scottsdale, (480) 502-3378. In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution to the Peter and Bruce Bidstrup Scholarship Fund at the National Kidney Foundation of Arizona, 4203 E. Indian School Rd., Suite 140, Phoenix, AZ 85018.
Carol Gillard Bombeck 1936 - 2011 Carol Gillard Bombeck, 75, died February 28, 2011. Her long fight with asthma ended at Scottsdale Healthcare Thompson Peak hospital. The official cause of death was respiratory failure.
Carol was born Carol Anne Gillard in Milwaukee, Wisconsin January 13, 1936 while her father, Dr. Frederick Gillard, was attending Marquette University School of Dentistry. Dr. Gillard and his wife Elizabeth moved to Ajo, Arizona after his graduation in 1936. He became the company dentist for Phelps Dodge. The family grew in size with the addition of her brothers Tom in 1937, Jim in 1945, and Bill in 1946. In 1942 the Gillard family moved to Los Angeles, where Carol graduated from Dorsey High School in 1954.
She was active in the Christian Fellowship movement in her high school. This interest stayed with her when she enrolled as a scholar-ship student at the University of Southern California. She demonstrated an early interest in art. She was encouraged by her mother, who painted large floral canvases and taught art classes.
In 1954 Dr. Gillard entered the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel and a dentist in the Medical Corps. He moved his family to Giessen, Germany in 1955. Carol continued her education at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna, Austria and in an overseas program of the University of Maryland in Munich, Ger-many. She learned to speak German and later became fluent in Spanish after she returned to the United States. While in Germany she volunteered in an orphanage where children fathered by American soldiers were cared for by Ger-man nationals. Still a teenager herself, she acquired a strong sense of compassion for the plight of the children in this facility.
In 1956 she was married to Graham Peter Bidstrup, a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, in Giessen, Bad Neuheim, Germany. They returned to the United States in 1957. The service commitment was concluded, and they moved to Boston while her husband obtained a degree from Harvard. They had two sons, Peter, born November 5, 1957, and Bruce, born March 8, 1960.
Between 1970 and 1972 Carol assisted in the opening of a new hotel chain, Doubletree Inns. She directed initial advertising, interior design, restaurant and menu planning, room dcor, and uniform design. In 1973 Carol received her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Arizona State University. She was the first Executive Director of the Arizona Kidney Foundation in 1973-74. She established the Foundation's Women's Board in 1973. Her involvement with this organization began because both of her sons had kidney disease. Peter died in 1975 at the age of 17. Bruce died in 1984 at the age of 24. To honor both of them she established the Arizona Kidney Foundation Peter and Bruce Bidstrup Scholarship Fund to provide academic and financial support for Arizona kidney dialysis and transplant patients. Her compassion and kindness are truly exemplified by the countless patients and families who survive the financial devastation of kidney disease with aid provided through the scholarship fund and the Patient Services Fund, which she also helped establish.
From 1974 to the 1990's she was involved in commercial real estate with Grubb & Ellis, Kaiser Aetna, and Davidson Myers. In 1990 she established her own commercial real estate office. From 1976 to 1978 she was Director of Development at the Phoenix Art Museum. From 1997 to 2000, she was a consultant with the ASU Art Museum. She organized an exhibition of works from the Jean and Howard Lipman collection of American art, which ran at the museum from November 20, 1999 to February 13, 2000. The Lipmans had been dear friends of Carol's. In addition to her long-standing professional and volunteer service to the Arizona Kidney Foundation, Carol had a long history of community involvement. Other service and volunteer activities included: the City of Phoenix Board of Adjustment; Board member, Scottsdale Center for the Arts Board and Junior League of Phoenix; Docent, Phoenix Art Museum League; Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest; Visiting Nurse Service; Futures for Children; the Erma Bombeck Organ Donor Awareness Project; Arizona Town Hall; and Charter 100.
Carol had a special relationship with her eleven nieces and nephews. She loved her stepchildren, Elizabeth and Tiffany Bluemle and Betsy, Andy, and Matt Bombeck. She remembered birthdays and created unique and personalized cards with original verses and drawings. In the mid-1990's she began a tradition of taking a niece starting high school on a coming-of-age trip. They went to New York City for days of sightseeing, Broadway, and museum experiences.
Carol's kindness extended beyond her own family. She worked with the parents of a Mexican family to assist them in maintaining legal status by "sponsoring" them. The program required a sponsor to continue residency. Years later she was rewarded by being invited to the weddings of the siblings in that family. Carol received the National Kidney Foundation Volunteer Services Award in 1994 and the Arizona Kidney Foundation Virginia G. Piper Humanitarian Award with her husband, Bill Bombeck, in 2005.
Carol is survived by her husband, Bill Bombeck; her brothers Tom Gillard, Bill Gillard, and Dr. James Gillard; nieces Christine, Michelle, Jenna, Carol, Jennifer, Katherine, and Betsy; nephews Terry, Tim, Mike, and Fred; great-nieces Melisa, Julia, and Molly; and great-nephews Bruce, Tommy, Shane, and Max. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 21, at Messinger Pinnacle Peak Mortuary, 8555 E. Pinnacle Peak Rd., Scottsdale, (480) 502-3378. In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution to the Peter and Bruce Bidstrup Scholarship Fund at the National Kidney Foundation of Arizona, 4203 E. Indian School Rd., Suite 140, Phoenix, AZ 85018.
Carol was born Carol Anne Gillard in Milwaukee, Wisconsin January 13, 1936 while her father, Dr. Frederick Gillard, was attending Marquette University School of Dentistry. Dr. Gillard and his wife Elizabeth moved to Ajo, Arizona after his graduation in 1936. He became the company dentist for Phelps Dodge. The family grew in size with the addition of her brothers Tom in 1937, Jim in 1945, and Bill in 1946. In 1942 the Gillard family moved to Los Angeles, where Carol graduated from Dorsey High School in 1954.
She was active in the Christian Fellowship movement in her high school. This interest stayed with her when she enrolled as a scholar-ship student at the University of Southern California. She demonstrated an early interest in art. She was encouraged by her mother, who painted large floral canvases and taught art classes.
In 1954 Dr. Gillard entered the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel and a dentist in the Medical Corps. He moved his family to Giessen, Germany in 1955. Carol continued her education at the Institute of European Studies in Vienna, Austria and in an overseas program of the University of Maryland in Munich, Ger-many. She learned to speak German and later became fluent in Spanish after she returned to the United States. While in Germany she volunteered in an orphanage where children fathered by American soldiers were cared for by Ger-man nationals. Still a teenager herself, she acquired a strong sense of compassion for the plight of the children in this facility.
In 1956 she was married to Graham Peter Bidstrup, a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, in Giessen, Bad Neuheim, Germany. They returned to the United States in 1957. The service commitment was concluded, and they moved to Boston while her husband obtained a degree from Harvard. They had two sons, Peter, born November 5, 1957, and Bruce, born March 8, 1960.
Between 1970 and 1972 Carol assisted in the opening of a new hotel chain, Doubletree Inns. She directed initial advertising, interior design, restaurant and menu planning, room dcor, and uniform design. In 1973 Carol received her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Arizona State University. She was the first Executive Director of the Arizona Kidney Foundation in 1973-74. She established the Foundation's Women's Board in 1973. Her involvement with this organization began because both of her sons had kidney disease. Peter died in 1975 at the age of 17. Bruce died in 1984 at the age of 24. To honor both of them she established the Arizona Kidney Foundation Peter and Bruce Bidstrup Scholarship Fund to provide academic and financial support for Arizona kidney dialysis and transplant patients. Her compassion and kindness are truly exemplified by the countless patients and families who survive the financial devastation of kidney disease with aid provided through the scholarship fund and the Patient Services Fund, which she also helped establish.
From 1974 to the 1990's she was involved in commercial real estate with Grubb & Ellis, Kaiser Aetna, and Davidson Myers. In 1990 she established her own commercial real estate office. From 1976 to 1978 she was Director of Development at the Phoenix Art Museum. From 1997 to 2000, she was a consultant with the ASU Art Museum. She organized an exhibition of works from the Jean and Howard Lipman collection of American art, which ran at the museum from November 20, 1999 to February 13, 2000. The Lipmans had been dear friends of Carol's. In addition to her long-standing professional and volunteer service to the Arizona Kidney Foundation, Carol had a long history of community involvement. Other service and volunteer activities included: the City of Phoenix Board of Adjustment; Board member, Scottsdale Center for the Arts Board and Junior League of Phoenix; Docent, Phoenix Art Museum League; Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest; Visiting Nurse Service; Futures for Children; the Erma Bombeck Organ Donor Awareness Project; Arizona Town Hall; and Charter 100.
Carol had a special relationship with her eleven nieces and nephews. She loved her stepchildren, Elizabeth and Tiffany Bluemle and Betsy, Andy, and Matt Bombeck. She remembered birthdays and created unique and personalized cards with original verses and drawings. In the mid-1990's she began a tradition of taking a niece starting high school on a coming-of-age trip. They went to New York City for days of sightseeing, Broadway, and museum experiences.
Carol's kindness extended beyond her own family. She worked with the parents of a Mexican family to assist them in maintaining legal status by "sponsoring" them. The program required a sponsor to continue residency. Years later she was rewarded by being invited to the weddings of the siblings in that family. Carol received the National Kidney Foundation Volunteer Services Award in 1994 and the Arizona Kidney Foundation Virginia G. Piper Humanitarian Award with her husband, Bill Bombeck, in 2005.
Carol is survived by her husband, Bill Bombeck; her brothers Tom Gillard, Bill Gillard, and Dr. James Gillard; nieces Christine, Michelle, Jenna, Carol, Jennifer, Katherine, and Betsy; nephews Terry, Tim, Mike, and Fred; great-nieces Melisa, Julia, and Molly; and great-nephews Bruce, Tommy, Shane, and Max. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 21, at Messinger Pinnacle Peak Mortuary, 8555 E. Pinnacle Peak Rd., Scottsdale, (480) 502-3378. In lieu of flowers, please consider a contribution to the Peter and Bruce Bidstrup Scholarship Fund at the National Kidney Foundation of Arizona, 4203 E. Indian School Rd., Suite 140, Phoenix, AZ 85018.
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