Beverly Joan Carbaugh, age 79, fourth generation Californian and Pacific Grove native died peacefully July 14, 2013 of natural causes. Born February 2, 1934 in Pacific Grove, Joan was the only child of Lucille Laughton Bambauer and Ferdinand Souther Bambauer. Her childhood years were spent in Pacific Grove and she enjoyed summer holidays at White Rock Lake in Carmel Valley. When her father volunteered to serve during WWII, she and her mother moved to accommodate the needs of being a naval family. After the war ended, and the death of her father, she and her mother lived in Oregon. Joan graduated from The Dalles High School and attended the University of Oregon and San Jose State College where she earned a BA in English and received a teaching certificate.
Joan married twice. Her first marriage was to David Browne. They met in college and married right after graduation. Together, they had two daughters: Lorraine, born in Napa, and Bev, born in Sacramento. Those years were marked by Joan being a teacher of ballet and tap dance, a Girl Scout leader, an active member of her daughters' school communities, camping and homemaking. Her second marriage was to Robert Carbaugh in 1975. After their divorce, she moved back to her beloved Pacific Grove in 1994.
Joan's work included teaching elementary school, substitute teaching for all grades in the Sacramento Unified School District, and working for 18 years in the Consumer Affairs Division of the Bureau of Automotive Repair. She was proud to say that she was one of the first state workers to use a computer on a regular basis!
Joan led a rich and complicated life. She loved to travel and enjoyed musical theatre, dancing and reading good books. She was true to herself, generous, exuberant and candid. Joan loved her friends and family unequivocally and had a soft spot in her heart for animals, especially dogs.
Joan is survived by her daughters, Lorraine Leedy and Bev Schubert; six grandchildren, Mariah Holdsworth, Nathaniel Holdsworth, Darin Leedy, Eli Browne, Drew Leedy and Jack Schubert; one great-grandson, McKinley Jelmini; her uncles, Eugene Grant and Robert Grant; and her cousins, John Laughton, Joyce Baker, Diane Meyer and James Laughton.
A memorial service will be held at The Little Chapel by-the-Sea (65 Asilomar Blvd., Pacific Grove) on Friday, July 19, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. A celebration of Joan's life will follow at Point Pinos Grill.
The family would like to express gratitude to the kind folks at Canterbury Woods where she lived for the past several years, and for the physicians and nurses at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula for the tender care they provided her last few days.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the donor's favorite charity.
Joan married twice. Her first marriage was to David Browne. They met in college and married right after graduation. Together, they had two daughters: Lorraine, born in Napa, and Bev, born in Sacramento. Those years were marked by Joan being a teacher of ballet and tap dance, a Girl Scout leader, an active member of her daughters' school communities, camping and homemaking. Her second marriage was to Robert Carbaugh in 1975. After their divorce, she moved back to her beloved Pacific Grove in 1994.
Joan's work included teaching elementary school, substitute teaching for all grades in the Sacramento Unified School District, and working for 18 years in the Consumer Affairs Division of the Bureau of Automotive Repair. She was proud to say that she was one of the first state workers to use a computer on a regular basis!
Joan led a rich and complicated life. She loved to travel and enjoyed musical theatre, dancing and reading good books. She was true to herself, generous, exuberant and candid. Joan loved her friends and family unequivocally and had a soft spot in her heart for animals, especially dogs.
Joan is survived by her daughters, Lorraine Leedy and Bev Schubert; six grandchildren, Mariah Holdsworth, Nathaniel Holdsworth, Darin Leedy, Eli Browne, Drew Leedy and Jack Schubert; one great-grandson, McKinley Jelmini; her uncles, Eugene Grant and Robert Grant; and her cousins, John Laughton, Joyce Baker, Diane Meyer and James Laughton.
A memorial service will be held at The Little Chapel by-the-Sea (65 Asilomar Blvd., Pacific Grove) on Friday, July 19, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. A celebration of Joan's life will follow at Point Pinos Grill.
The family would like to express gratitude to the kind folks at Canterbury Woods where she lived for the past several years, and for the physicians and nurses at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula for the tender care they provided her last few days.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the donor's favorite charity.
Beverly Joan Carbaugh, age 79, fourth generation Californian and Pacific Grove native died peacefully July 14, 2013 of natural causes. Born February 2, 1934 in Pacific Grove, Joan was the only child of Lucille Laughton Bambauer and Ferdinand Souther Bambauer. Her childhood years were spent in Pacific Grove and she enjoyed summer holidays at White Rock Lake in Carmel Valley. When her father volunteered to serve during WWII, she and her mother moved to accommodate the needs of being a naval family. After the war ended, and the death of her father, she and her mother lived in Oregon. Joan graduated from The Dalles High School and attended the University of Oregon and San Jose State College where she earned a BA in English and received a teaching certificate.
Joan married twice. Her first marriage was to David Browne. They met in college and married right after graduation. Together, they had two daughters: Lorraine, born in Napa, and Bev, born in Sacramento. Those years were marked by Joan being a teacher of ballet and tap dance, a Girl Scout leader, an active member of her daughters' school communities, camping and homemaking. Her second marriage was to Robert Carbaugh in 1975. After their divorce, she moved back to her beloved Pacific Grove in 1994.
Joan's work included teaching elementary school, substitute teaching for all grades in the Sacramento Unified School District, and working for 18 years in the Consumer Affairs Division of the Bureau of Automotive Repair. She was proud to say that she was one of the first state workers to use a computer on a regular basis!
Joan led a rich and complicated life. She loved to travel and enjoyed musical theatre, dancing and reading good books. She was true to herself, generous, exuberant and candid. Joan loved her friends and family unequivocally and had a soft spot in her heart for animals, especially dogs.
Joan is survived by her daughters, Lorraine Leedy and Bev Schubert; six grandchildren, Mariah Holdsworth, Nathaniel Holdsworth, Darin Leedy, Eli Browne, Drew Leedy and Jack Schubert; one great-grandson, McKinley Jelmini; her uncles, Eugene Grant and Robert Grant; and her cousins, John Laughton, Joyce Baker, Diane Meyer and James Laughton.
A memorial service will be held at The Little Chapel by-the-Sea (65 Asilomar Blvd., Pacific Grove) on Friday, July 19, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. A celebration of Joan's life will follow at Point Pinos Grill.
The family would like to express gratitude to the kind folks at Canterbury Woods where she lived for the past several years, and for the physicians and nurses at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula for the tender care they provided her last few days.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the donor's favorite charity.
Joan married twice. Her first marriage was to David Browne. They met in college and married right after graduation. Together, they had two daughters: Lorraine, born in Napa, and Bev, born in Sacramento. Those years were marked by Joan being a teacher of ballet and tap dance, a Girl Scout leader, an active member of her daughters' school communities, camping and homemaking. Her second marriage was to Robert Carbaugh in 1975. After their divorce, she moved back to her beloved Pacific Grove in 1994.
Joan's work included teaching elementary school, substitute teaching for all grades in the Sacramento Unified School District, and working for 18 years in the Consumer Affairs Division of the Bureau of Automotive Repair. She was proud to say that she was one of the first state workers to use a computer on a regular basis!
Joan led a rich and complicated life. She loved to travel and enjoyed musical theatre, dancing and reading good books. She was true to herself, generous, exuberant and candid. Joan loved her friends and family unequivocally and had a soft spot in her heart for animals, especially dogs.
Joan is survived by her daughters, Lorraine Leedy and Bev Schubert; six grandchildren, Mariah Holdsworth, Nathaniel Holdsworth, Darin Leedy, Eli Browne, Drew Leedy and Jack Schubert; one great-grandson, McKinley Jelmini; her uncles, Eugene Grant and Robert Grant; and her cousins, John Laughton, Joyce Baker, Diane Meyer and James Laughton.
A memorial service will be held at The Little Chapel by-the-Sea (65 Asilomar Blvd., Pacific Grove) on Friday, July 19, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. A celebration of Joan's life will follow at Point Pinos Grill.
The family would like to express gratitude to the kind folks at Canterbury Woods where she lived for the past several years, and for the physicians and nurses at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula for the tender care they provided her last few days.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the donor's favorite charity.
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