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Carol Calhoun Obituary

Calhoun, Carol J. Carol J. Calhoun, age 74 formerly of the East Side of Chicago Heights passed away on Sunday, May 8, 2011. She was the loving mother of Porter (Tasha) Calhoun Jr., Leland (Barbara) Calhoun and LaTonya (Booker) Wilson and the devoted grandmother of eleven and great-grandmother of two. She was the dear sister of Ronald (Dolores) Cain and Dr. Joyce Gavin-Exum. She leaves behind a host of relatives and loving friends to cherish her memory. She retired in 1997, after 36 years from the Radiology Department of St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights. Services are held at Union Evangelistic Baptist Church, 1625 Center Avenue, Chicago Heights, IL on Friday, May 13, 2011; Wake: 11:00am Funeral: 12 noon Visitation Thursday, May 12, 2011; 2pm to 7pm at Woods Funeral Home Ltd. at 1003 South Halsted Street Chicago Heights, Illinois (708)755-2010.

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Published by SouthtownStar on May 12, 2011.

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Lauretta Benford

May 6, 2021

In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.

Carol Calhoun

May 14, 2011

On behalf of the entire Jones family, we wish you love and peace during your loss. We all loved and cherished Ms. Carol and mourn with you. We will miss her but we know that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord, we know that Ms. Carol is with the Lord. Be blessed and take care. Love you always, the Jones Family (Shirley, Lauretta, etc.).

Clyde Jones

May 14, 2011

To the Cain Family; Ronald Sr. you are in my prayers and thoughts may GOD be with you.

May 14, 2011

To Carol's family, you will be in my prayers. I hope that Joyce will be healthy and on the mend. My Aunt Dee Falkenstien from California, knew Carol and is friends with Joyce. Aunt Dee use to be a music teacher in Dist. 170. I wish I had known Carol. Everyone is in our prayers. I sent Aunt Dee the obit from the star. Diana (Focareta) Spegon

Michael Alexander

May 13, 2011

To the Calhoun Family;
May God bless you and keep you through these difficult times. May he touch your heart and mine with comforting waves of his everlasting word. For precious in the eyes of the lord is the death of his saints.

Paula Gray

May 13, 2011

To the family, Porter ,Tanya and Leland: May the peace of God surround you with his loving arms. Comfort and Keep you in this time. Keeping you in my prayers for strength. God Bless,
Paula D. Gray & Family

CHARLENE HEART

May 13, 2011

PORTER,LELAND, & TANYA., HAVING THE CHANCE TO GROW UP WITH U ALL MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES.. YOUR MOTHER WAS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON. KNOW THAT SHE HAS NOT LEFT YOU;GOD JUST ELEVATED HER TO A HIGHER SEAT. NOW SHE WILL TRULY BE "WATCHING OVER YOU". KEEP YOUR HEAD TO THE SKY & SMILE AT YOUR MOTHER..:-) LOV U ALL.

Devon Waiters Jones Hamilton

May 13, 2011

My heart goes out to the Calhoun family.Be encouraged. God Bless.

BRENDA WHITLEY

May 12, 2011

To Carol's family as you mourn the loss of your mother remember she was fun loving,kind and a dear friend to me. She will be truly missed.
GOD BLESS

Henrietta Corbin-Underwood

May 12, 2011

To the family -
I happened to have been viewing the obituary of my cousin, Marcella Montgomery, this morning when I saw Carol's name. I, too, am from Wentworth Avenue . We lived in the same block and also attended the same church on Shields Avenue. We can still so vividly remember Ronald escorting Elder Cain into the pulpit on Sunday mornings. We attended Sunday School, HYPU, choir rehearsals, church conventions together...lots of shared memories. Thinking of you at this most difficult time. May God comfort you,
always.

albertha smith-ross

May 12, 2011

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Larry Clark

May 12, 2011

Dear Ronald,Joyce,and Family,

You have our profound sympathy in the passing of Carol. We all grew up together on Wentworth Ave. We think of you as family and share this sadness with you. We must remember the good days and times that we shared. May God be with you.

Sincerely,

Larry & Barbara Clark
Glendale,Az.

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