Carol Blackman
Died
Carol Darlene BlackmanJune 23, 1948 - November 28, 2019 Carol Darlene Blackman, age 71, passed away unexpectedly, yet peacefully, at home on Thanksgiving Day doing what she loved, preparing a beautiful Thanksgiving meal. Carol was a native San Franciscan who graduated from Lowell High School, obtained her B.A. in Communications from San Francisco State University, and her Masters Degree in Education from the University of Santa Clara.
Carol had a special love for children and worked on behalf of children for more than 30 years. With a B.A. in communications and a M.A. in educational psychology and the education of children with learning disabilities, she designed, managed and evaluated innovative special education programs that became the models for Santa Clara County schools and the State of California. In 1979, she worked as a volunteer to help launch Friends for Youth and served as one of the first board members. In 1998, she helped to create, and serve as the first director, of the Friends for Youth Mentoring Institute.
Her life and passions were very diverse and interesting with many success endeavors. She was an accomplished special education teacher, a journalist with two daily newspapers, the Peninsula Times Tribune and the San Jose Mercury News, a member of the US Support Committee for the League of the San Francisco Consular Corps, and the author of five non-fiction books.
She was predeceased by her mother, Annie Grimstad, and her father, Peter Grimstad, both of whom had emigrated from Norway. She is survived by many wonderful friends some of whom have known Carol since her preschool days.
There will be a Celebration of Life at Dugan's Mission Chapel, 525 West Napa Street, Sonoma, on January 17, 2020 from 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. and an interment gathering at her final resting place, the city of her birth that she loved and wrote about, at the San Francisco Columbarium, One Loraine Court, San Francisco, on January 29, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. She will be missed by many.
In lieu of flowers it is suggested that contributions be made in Carol's name to Pets in Need, https://www.petsinneed.org/donate, Redwood City, California.
Carol had a special love for children and worked on behalf of children for more than 30 years. With a B.A. in communications and a M.A. in educational psychology and the education of children with learning disabilities, she designed, managed and evaluated innovative special education programs that became the models for Santa Clara County schools and the State of California. In 1979, she worked as a volunteer to help launch Friends for Youth and served as one of the first board members. In 1998, she helped to create, and serve as the first director, of the Friends for Youth Mentoring Institute.
Her life and passions were very diverse and interesting with many success endeavors. She was an accomplished special education teacher, a journalist with two daily newspapers, the Peninsula Times Tribune and the San Jose Mercury News, a member of the US Support Committee for the League of the San Francisco Consular Corps, and the author of five non-fiction books.
She was predeceased by her mother, Annie Grimstad, and her father, Peter Grimstad, both of whom had emigrated from Norway. She is survived by many wonderful friends some of whom have known Carol since her preschool days.
There will be a Celebration of Life at Dugan's Mission Chapel, 525 West Napa Street, Sonoma, on January 17, 2020 from 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. and an interment gathering at her final resting place, the city of her birth that she loved and wrote about, at the San Francisco Columbarium, One Loraine Court, San Francisco, on January 29, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. She will be missed by many.
In lieu of flowers it is suggested that contributions be made in Carol's name to Pets in Need, https://www.petsinneed.org/donate, Redwood City, California.
Source: San Francisco Gate
Published on: 12-01-2020