Carol Feierabend

1940 - 2024

Carol Feierabend

White River Junction, VT - Carol Feierabend passed away on July 7, 2024. She passed peacefully at her apartment in White River Junction, VT, surrounded by her two children, Bruce and Amy Chiriatti, their spouses Rana Glasgal and George White, her sister Joan Feierabend and Joan's son Evan Dybvig.

Carol was born on April 21, 1940 in Poughkeepsie, New York to William (Bill) and Margaret (Peggy) Feierabend. Carol graduated from Vassar College with a Bachelor of Science degree. Carol married Louis Chiriatti in 1962. She and Lou had two children, Bruce and Amy. Carol worked for a few years at Bell Labs in Ohio. Carol and Lou moved to Richmond, Vermont, where he worked for IBM. There, they raised Bruce and Amy. Later, after her divorce from Lou, Carol remarried and became a much-loved stepmother to Robin and Jasmine Appleberry. Although their father and Carol eventually divorced, Carol remained a vibrant and important part of Robin and Jasmine's lives.

In Vermont, Carol taught Yamaha music to preschoolers, and established FireRobin Puppets where she designed and produced a wide array of creative, high-quality, and entertaining hand and finger puppets. After her children were grown, she sold her successful business and her Vermont home and traveled to Taiwan where she taught English as a Second Language (ESL) for six years. When she returned to the States she lived in Colorado and then Kansas with her sister Dale Schrader and her family (husband Mike Schrader and her son Glen McIntyre). While there, Carol established, supported and taught ESL to non or limited English speaking students and professionals. She also participated in local writing critique groups; Carol loved to write.

In the fall of 2010, Carol moved once again with Dale and her family to the historic town of Cambridge, MD. There she became an active member of the Dorchester Center for the Arts (DCA). She volunteered at the DCA, designing window displays, teaching memoir writing classes and offering workshops on paper art.

During her time in Cambridge, Carol designed and produced pop-up greeting cards. These cards were fun, creative and lively, covering all holidays, seasons and sentiments. Family members and friends knew that a colorful envelope from Carol, meant they were in for a treat!

Her special joy was joining the newly formed writing critique group, Choptank Writers. With this group she discovered an outlet for her writing, helped to expand the organization's membership and found opportunities to meet other writers. She was a member of the Eastern Shore Writers Association and attended their Bay to Ocean Writers conferences. Carol volunteered at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science at the Horn Point Laboratory. There she helped with conferences, open houses and offered ESL classes for foreign students and visiting faculty.

In 2016, Carol traveled to Ecuador to teach ESL in the beautiful mountain city of Cuenca. When she returned to Cambridge a year later, she established a local community ESL program. Though busy teaching and participating in the Choptank Writers, Carol found time to work in her gardens, and her surroundings were always graced with harmony and blooming beauty.

Carol is survived by her son Bruce Chiriatti (Rana Glasgal); daughter Amy Chiriatti (George White); her sister Dale Schrader (Mike Schrader); her sister Joan Feierabend; nieces, nephews and extended family - Jim McIntyre (Leila Rao); Michael McIntyre (partner Beth Kirkpatrick), Glen McIntyre, Evan Dybvig, Dana Dybvig, Robin Appleberry (Ken Forsberg), Jasmine Appleberry (Amber Guillet), Teagan White, Iris White and supportive neighbor and friend Judy Holland.

Memorial service plans are not available at this time. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to The Dorchester Center for the Arts, Cambridge, MD.