Carrie A. ZENTI

Carrie A. Zenti, 46, of Gwinn, died peacefully Thursday evening, September 22, 2016, at the Eastwood Nursing Center in Negaunee. Carrie was born on October 28, 1969 in Escanaba to Peter and Elizabeth (Olson) Zenti and was a Gwinn High School graduate. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design from Michigan State University and a K-12 Art Teaching Certification from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Carrie was employed for 12 years in visual arts at an art gallery with a kind and talented, fun loving group of artists at the Boulder Arts and Crafts Cooperative. She had also worked for five wonderful years in Bermuda as an art teacher and education coordinator at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art. Carrie was beloved by her young students and dynamic coworkers for her love of life, the arts and the kindness she shared with all. An artist and photographer, Carrie enjoyed skiing, hiking up Mt. Sanitas in Boulder, mountain biking, yoga, bird watching, following her faith and moral compass, and being a true friend to so many wonderful people who crossed her path throughout the years. Carrie had the good fortune to travel to Europe, Hawaii, South America, Easter Island, Bermuda as well as the West and Southwest. Ultimately though, her home was always the town and woods of Gwinn where she spent the last 7 years bravely battling metastatic breast cancer surrounded by family and friends. Survivors include her mother, Elizabeth Zenti of Gwinn; a sister, Elizabeth (Lyndon) Milliner of Austin, TX and their children, Matthew, Lauren and Michael Milliner; an uncle, William (Judy) Olson of Gwinn; aunt, Barbara (Ernest) Irwin of Flushing, MI; cousins, Tomoko Inoue, John Irwin, Christine Holland, Eric Irwin, Chris Emmendorfer, Peter Zenti, Rico Zenti, Kathy Fudjack, Marilyn Seigel and Julie Silc. Carrie was preceded in death by her father, Peter Zenti; maternal grandparents, Walter and Marion Olson; paternal grandparents, Ognibene and Cecilia Zenti; and many aunts and uncles. The Zenti family will greet relatives and friends on Tuesday, September 27th from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at the Canale Gwinn Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Anthony Catholic Church at 6 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Allen Mott officiating. A dessert social will take place immediately after the Mass in the parish hall. Burial will take place in the Gwinn Cemetery on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Escorts will be Bill Olson, Tomoko Inoue, Connie Sather, Geri Lynn Eden, John Irwin, and Chris Emmendorfer. The family would like to thank Dr. Catherine Kroll, Dr. Sheetal Acharya, UP Health Systems Neurology, her Mayo Clinic Health Team of Dr. Michael Link, Dr. Nadia Laack, Dr. Judith Kaur, Dr. Timothy Moynihan, Dr. Joon Uhm and the extremely caring and capable staff at the Eastwood Nursing Center in Negaunee. For those wishing to honor Carrie, memorials may be made to the Gwinn Clubhouse or the Forsyth Township Library at PO Box 1360, Gwinn, MI 49841. The Canale Gwinn Funeral Home is assisting the Zenti family where memories may be shared at canalefuneral.com.