Carole Heller

Carole Heller
February 16, 2025
Carole Heller, 84, of Fairfield, CT, passed away peacefully on February 16, 2025.
Carole was born in NYC to Henry and Edith (Ostrick) Sussman. She graduated from the Bronx HS of Science and went on to earn a BS from Skidmore College in 1961.
As a biochemist at UPenn she published research on soluble RNA. While raising her kids, she was a tax accountant / office manager for H&R Block in Norwalk. She went on to work for Wallace Zuckerman, CPA in Fairfield, and also was the accountant for Saugatuck YC and the CT Dance School (also a Board member).
She set foot on every continent, made 5 transatlantic passages, and multiple sailing trips to the Caribbean/Bermuda (see 2015 WindCheck article). She was a 48-year member of Cedar Point YC in Westport, CT, a licensed Captain, and taught celestial navigation for the Power Squadron.
Carole is survived by her husband of 61 years, Warren, her 2 children, Robin of Bethesda, MD, Eric and wife, Beth, of Monroe, CT, and 2 grandchildren, Travis Schultz and Emily Heller.A memorial service will be held this spring at CPYC. For more info and to share a message, visit www.greensfuneralhome.com. Memorial contributions may be made to the Aspetuck Land Trust, The Connecticut Audubon Society, or Mystic Seaport. The family extends their gratitude to Memorial Sloan Kettering, Mozaic Senior Life, and her hospice care personnel. To her sailing family, "Fair winds and following seas"!