Carolyn attended the Rhode Island School of Design for art from 1941 to 1942. During WWII, she met Ensign Robert Stalter, USN, who served with the US Navy Seabees in the Pacific Theater. They were engaged in May 1944 and married on November 2, 1945, at Roger Williams Baptist Church in Providence.
Robert left the Navy after the war but remained in the Navy Reserve. Robert and Carolyn moved around the US over the next five years residing in Louisville, Kentucky, and Little Rock, Arkansas. They eventually moved to San Diego, California, where they would live for the majority of the rest of their lives.
Robert would be activated for the Korean and Vietnam Wars eventually retiring as a Commander.
Carolyn and Robert had three children, the oldest Lauren being born in 1946 in Louisville.
Robert passed away in 2010, and Carolyn would soon follow him in 2012 at the age of 88.
Carolyn attended the Rhode Island School of Design for art from 1941 to 1942. During WWII, she met Ensign Robert Stalter, USN, who served with the US Navy Seabees in the Pacific Theater. They were engaged in May 1944 and married on November 2, 1945, at Roger Williams Baptist Church in Providence.
Robert left the Navy after the war but remained in the Navy Reserve. Robert and Carolyn moved around the US over the next five years residing in Louisville, Kentucky, and Little Rock, Arkansas. They eventually moved to San Diego, California, where they would live for the majority of the rest of their lives.
Robert would be activated for the Korean and Vietnam Wars eventually retiring as a Commander.
Carolyn and Robert had three children, the oldest Lauren being born in 1946 in Louisville.
Robert passed away in 2010, and Carolyn would soon follow him in 2012 at the age of 88.