Carol E. Stephens

NORTHFIELD - Carol Elizabeth Stephens, 42, died Saturday, July 30, 2011, at her home.

She was born Sept. 16, 1968, in Niles, Mich., the daughter of Walter and Georgia (Bohmann) Hornberger.

She graduated from Niles High School in 1986. She earned a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Memphis.

She married her childhood sweetheart, Thomas Stephens, in Niles on June 20, 1987.

She joined the Norwich University faculty in 1996 as a professor of mechanical engineering.

She was a member of Grace Church in Northfield, Licensed Professional Engineers of Vermont, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Women Engineers and Tau Beta Phi.

She was active in her church as well as the Girl Scouts and Northfield Elementary School, mentoring young girls. She enjoyed sewing and was fond of the outdoors, hiking, gardening and snowshoeing.

Survivors include her husband, of Northfield; her children, Emma Lillian Stephens and James Walter Stephens, of Northfield; her parents, of Niles; two siblings, Donna Medlin, of Niles, and Tammy Perkins, of Rockford, Mich.; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at Norwich University's White Chapel in Northfield.

Burial will follow the service in the Vermont Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Randolph Center.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, at the Kingston Funeral Home, 35 Slate Ave. in Northfield. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to the Community Emergency Relief Volunteers, c/o Town Clerk, 51 S. Main St., or the Emma and James Stephens Scholarship Fund, c/o Northfield Savings Bank, P.O. Box 347, or the General Harmon Memorial Wall at Norwich University, 158 Harmon Drive, all of Northfield, VT 05663.