Born to Franz D. Grothe Sr. and Jennie (Goodrich) Grothe, Carol was the second of four children.
She attended San Francisco State College, earning her bachelor's degree and her teaching credential. There she met William “Bill” Kesey in the college band.
During World War II, Carol taught third grade in Petaluma while her fiancé Bill served as a navigator on a B-24 over occupied Europe.
In September 1944, Bill and Carol were married at her parents' Witter Springs home. Following Bill’s military service, the couple returned to Lake County and raised three children.
Carol is survived by her sister, Margaret Crane of Belmont, Calif.; brother, Dan Grothe of Lakeport; her children, Tom Kesey (wife Jane) of Potter Valley, Jim Kesey (partner Karen) of Sacramento and Laura Kesey-Farrell (husband Verne) of Forks, Wash.; her grandchildren, Roy Kesey (wife Ana Lucía) of Bethesda, MD, Kelly Kesey of Ukiah, Andrea Farrell of Bellingham, Wash., and Jonathan Farrell of Pullman, Wash.; and by her great-grandchildren Alexandria Clark of Colfax, Calif., and Chloe and Thomas Kesey of Bethesda, MD.
Carol was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Bill, her sister Connie Weaver, and three nephews, Lewis “Jeep” Grothe, Richard Crane and Paul Weaver.
She attended San Francisco State College, earning her bachelor's degree and her teaching credential. There she met William “Bill” Kesey in the college band.
During World War II, Carol taught third grade in Petaluma while her fiancé Bill served as a navigator on a B-24 over occupied Europe.
In September 1944, Bill and Carol were married at her parents' Witter Springs home. Following Bill’s military service, the couple returned to Lake County and raised three children.
Carol is survived by her sister, Margaret Crane of Belmont, Calif.; brother, Dan Grothe of Lakeport; her children, Tom Kesey (wife Jane) of Potter Valley, Jim Kesey (partner Karen) of Sacramento and Laura Kesey-Farrell (husband Verne) of Forks, Wash.; her grandchildren, Roy Kesey (wife Ana Lucía) of Bethesda, MD, Kelly Kesey of Ukiah, Andrea Farrell of Bellingham, Wash., and Jonathan Farrell of Pullman, Wash.; and by her great-grandchildren Alexandria Clark of Colfax, Calif., and Chloe and Thomas Kesey of Bethesda, MD.
Carol was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Bill, her sister Connie Weaver, and three nephews, Lewis “Jeep” Grothe, Richard Crane and Paul Weaver.
Born to Franz D. Grothe Sr. and Jennie (Goodrich) Grothe, Carol was the second of four children.
She attended San Francisco State College, earning her bachelor's degree and her teaching credential. There she met William “Bill” Kesey in the college band.
During World War II, Carol taught third grade in Petaluma while her fiancé Bill served as a navigator on a B-24 over occupied Europe.
In September 1944, Bill and Carol were married at her parents' Witter Springs home. Following Bill’s military service, the couple returned to Lake County and raised three children.
Carol is survived by her sister, Margaret Crane of Belmont, Calif.; brother, Dan Grothe of Lakeport; her children, Tom Kesey (wife Jane) of Potter Valley, Jim Kesey (partner Karen) of Sacramento and Laura Kesey-Farrell (husband Verne) of Forks, Wash.; her grandchildren, Roy Kesey (wife Ana Lucía) of Bethesda, MD, Kelly Kesey of Ukiah, Andrea Farrell of Bellingham, Wash., and Jonathan Farrell of Pullman, Wash.; and by her great-grandchildren Alexandria Clark of Colfax, Calif., and Chloe and Thomas Kesey of Bethesda, MD.
Carol was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Bill, her sister Connie Weaver, and three nephews, Lewis “Jeep” Grothe, Richard Crane and Paul Weaver.
She attended San Francisco State College, earning her bachelor's degree and her teaching credential. There she met William “Bill” Kesey in the college band.
During World War II, Carol taught third grade in Petaluma while her fiancé Bill served as a navigator on a B-24 over occupied Europe.
In September 1944, Bill and Carol were married at her parents' Witter Springs home. Following Bill’s military service, the couple returned to Lake County and raised three children.
Carol is survived by her sister, Margaret Crane of Belmont, Calif.; brother, Dan Grothe of Lakeport; her children, Tom Kesey (wife Jane) of Potter Valley, Jim Kesey (partner Karen) of Sacramento and Laura Kesey-Farrell (husband Verne) of Forks, Wash.; her grandchildren, Roy Kesey (wife Ana Lucía) of Bethesda, MD, Kelly Kesey of Ukiah, Andrea Farrell of Bellingham, Wash., and Jonathan Farrell of Pullman, Wash.; and by her great-grandchildren Alexandria Clark of Colfax, Calif., and Chloe and Thomas Kesey of Bethesda, MD.
Carol was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Bill, her sister Connie Weaver, and three nephews, Lewis “Jeep” Grothe, Richard Crane and Paul Weaver.
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