Caroline Worcester Obituary

Caroline Agler Worcester Of San Francisco died on January 9, 2011 in her Richmond District home after a short illness. She was 84. Caroline was born and raised in Youngstown, OH, and graduated 1947 from Wheaton College in Massachusetts. She spent many happy childhood summers on Squirrel Island in Maine. Before coming to San Francisco she ran a farm in Canfield, OH. Caroline came to San Francisco in 1956, where she met her future husband, Douglas Worcester, long-time owner of Gulliver's Travel on Sacramento St., who died in 1975. Caroline was active in the San Francisco Junior League and the St. Elizabeth's Infant Hospital Auxiliary. She worked for many years in the pension department of the IRS. As a newcomer to the city, she earned a mention in Herb Caen's column in 1956 for wearing Bermuda shorts to work in Union Square during a heat wave. Caroline is survived by her daughters Charlotte Worcester, Alison Worcester, and Kimball Worcester; daughter-in-law Margarita Rhodes; grandchildren Beatriz W. Coelho, Lucas W. Coelho, Jade L. Worcester, Douglas W. Kenter, and Malcolm W. Kenter, of San Francisco; sister, Mary Agler Rice, of Greenport, NY; niece Jo Bulkley of Bethesda, MD; nephews David Bulkley and Peter Bulkley of Youngstown, OH, Ben Rice of New York, and Thomas Rice of Guadalajara, Mexico. She will be missed. Memorial donations may be made to Pets Unlimited of San Francisco, St. Anthony's Foundation of San Francisco, and the Squirrel Island (Maine) Preservation Foundation.

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Published by San Francisco Chronicle from Jan. 13 to Jan. 14, 2011.

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January 17, 2011

Caroline and I worked in the same division but different section of the IRS. Caroline was an advocate of recycling and encouraged others to use the backside of paper for unimportant correspondence. She also seemed fascinated with stories I shared with her regarding my daughter's adventures in the Peace Corps in Mongolia. May fond memories be of some comfort to you at this time. Peace, Patrice

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