Carolyn always had an eye for fashion. It should come as no surprise she spent 40 years working in the clothing and retail industry. She spent time at Heironimus Department Store, Smartwear/BerryBurke, Bonomos, and The Wardrobe. Carolyn's retail success and passion for fashion resulted in her dream coming true – owning her own clothing store. In 1990 she opened Mimi's Plus Limited – a joint venture with her husband Max and her daughter. Her stores remained open until 2008 when Mimi was finally ready to retire.
Throughout her life, Carolyn enjoyed many hobbies, especially live theater, reading, traveling, and watching sports. She was very social, candid, and thoughtful. Her aversion to technology did not matter – her brain was an organized catalog of experiences, snapshots of memories, reels of her life, which she would often recount for her own amusement to any willing audience. She loved to laugh, especially when remembering something ridiculous her rowdy grandchildren had done. She never forgot to send a birthday card. She loved flipping between sports games all day long with Max. She was so proud of her children and often marveled at the blessing of her family.
Carolyn was preceded in death by her loving husband of 63 years Max O'Dell; daughter, Erin Leslie O'Dell; granddaughter, Megan Rian Clark; and sister, DeMeta Jenkins.
Carolyn always had an eye for fashion. It should come as no surprise she spent 40 years working in the clothing and retail industry. She spent time at Heironimus Department Store, Smartwear/BerryBurke, Bonomos, and The Wardrobe. Carolyn's retail success and passion for fashion resulted in her dream coming true – owning her own clothing store. In 1990 she opened Mimi's Plus Limited – a joint venture with her husband Max and her daughter. Her stores remained open until 2008 when Mimi was finally ready to retire.
Throughout her life, Carolyn enjoyed many hobbies, especially live theater, reading, traveling, and watching sports. She was very social, candid, and thoughtful. Her aversion to technology did not matter – her brain was an organized catalog of experiences, snapshots of memories, reels of her life, which she would often recount for her own amusement to any willing audience. She loved to laugh, especially when remembering something ridiculous her rowdy grandchildren had done. She never forgot to send a birthday card. She loved flipping between sports games all day long with Max. She was so proud of her children and often marveled at the blessing of her family.
Carolyn was preceded in death by her loving husband of 63 years Max O'Dell; daughter, Erin Leslie O'Dell; granddaughter, Megan Rian Clark; and sister, DeMeta Jenkins.
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