Carolyn Smith Flock

Carolyn Smith Flock

AGE: 87 • Colts Neck Township

Carolyn Smith Flock, 87, of Colts Neck Township, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, at her home. She was born in West Freehold and had resided in Colts Neck for many years.

She was the Monmouth County Potato Queen in 1947. In later years, Mrs. Flock and her sister-in-law Marge Flock packaged a line of tiny gourmet Green Mountain potatoes. She was a former employee of the First National Bank of Freehold.

Mrs. Flock was a longtime member of the Colts Neck Reformed Church and a former member of the First Baptist Church, Freehold.

She was the widow of C. Richard Flock who died in 2007, and was predeceased by two brothers, Karl Smith and T. Fred Smith. Surviving are three daughters, Lana C. Binaco, Sue A. Boyd and her husband Victor, and Dr. Lori E. LaRue and her husband Stephen; grandchildren, Michael Binaco, Josef and Ryan Boyd, and Carolyn and Ava LaRue; a great-granddaughter, Madelyn Binaco; and two sisters-in-law, Karlyn Smith and Louise Smith.

The viewing will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25 at the Higgins Memorial Home, 20 Center St., Freehold. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Colts Neck Reformed Church, 72 County Route 537, Colts Neck, with Rev. Scott D. Brown officiating. The interment will follow at Atlantic Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Colts Neck Reformed Church, PO Box 57, Colts Neck, NJ 07722 would be appreciated.