Hartland, VT- Carol Young Mowry died Friday, June 2nd, 2023, at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. She was born December 26th, 1936, in Waltham, MA, the only daughter of Cora (Sargent) Young and David Bartlett Young. Carol was a 1954 graduate of Vermont's Thetford Academy, and a 1956 graduate of the University of Vermont, School of Dental Hygiene. She worked for many years as a hygienist in both Vermont and Massachusetts.

She was married in Burlington, VT in 1958 to Roderick Winnett and they had four children. After his death, she later married Wesley Whitman Mowry on October 20th, 1971. That date was chosen because Carol's great grandparents, grandparents and parents were all married on that date in the years 1869, 1903 and 1935 respectively, as well as Carol's Aunt and Uncle on her mother's side.

Carol's family history includes ancestors who arrived on the Mayflower as well as some who preceded that event and were living on the North Shore of what would become Massachusetts. She was proud of her Daughters of The American Revolution (DAR) eligibility on both family sides and held a lifelong interest in history. Carol was president of the Acton Massachusetts Historical Society and president of the Hartland Vermont Historical Society. She held other offices as well over the years. She was a life-long Congregationalist and a member of the Hartland Congregational Church.

Her greatest joy came from gardening. She loved to make places beautiful through landscaping with flowers, bushes, and trees. She planted dozens of trees and loved to imagine people years from now enjoying the shade of a sapling that she planted and nurtured. She believed in the importance of trees for the planet and for people's mental health. She loved animals and always had some variety of furry four-legged companions. She bred Saint Bernards and Black labs. She had cows, pigs, chickens, many cats as well as rabbits and hamsters. She never said no to bringing an animal home. She had compassion for the less fortunate and supported numerous charitable organizations over the years. She was a big supporter of environmental activist groups and did her part to limit her carbon footprint. She cared deeply about the planet and its people and believed in doing her part to make the world a better place.

She is predeceased by her daughter, Diane Winnett, of Burlington, VT, her first husband, Roderick Winnett, and her niece, Stacy Young.

She is survived by a brother, David Barlett Young, III, and nephew, David Bartlett Young, IV, her three surviving children, Jodie Winnett of Elgin, IL, Bill Winnett of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Nancy Sweeney of Bass Harbor, ME. She also leaves behind her grandchildren, Laura Nord, Jackie Nord, Kristina Farooq, Gabriella Mowry, Roderick Cushing, Martin Sweeney, and Delaney Sweeney. She has two great grandchildren, Zeeshan and Suleman Farooq. She adopted and raised Diane's two daughters, Kristina Mowry Farooq of Rome, NY, and Gabriella Mowry of Vermont.

A memorial service will be held at 1PM on Wednesday, June 7th, 2023 at the First Congregational Church of Hartland, at 10 Station Road in Hartland, VT. If you would like to honor her memory, please plant something. She would love that! Condolences may be expressed in an online guestbook found at www.knightfuneralhomes.com