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Maureen posted a symbolic gesture
Monday, May 23, 2022
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Hi Carole!
Well , yesterday was your Celebration of Life!! It was a wonderful service, lots of guests, lots of pictures and shared memories, good music too.
Your kids did a great job arranging the service luncheon etc, no doubt you would be very proud!
It was also hard, but just means there’s was a lot of love in that room! You mean so much to so many so I guess a few tears are to be expected!
Ok, just wanted to let you know how it went and to let you know you will never be far from my thoughts, Love You, Maureen
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Saturday, February 19, 2022
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Gramma,
It is difficult to put into words how much I love and admire you. You are the most amazing woman I have ever met (and probably will ever meet). The amount of influence you have had over my life and who I have become is immeasurable. I have been shaped by my experiences with you, the way you view family, yours and Papa’s relationship, everything.
I have often said that you are my favorite person (yes, the only person I like on this planet) and that continues to ring true. I connect with you more than I do with almost any other person. Whether this be when we’re venting to each other about our siblings, when we’re talking about our old jobs, even our politics LOL! I often wish that I could have one version of you to fill every relationship role in my life… my best friend, my partner, etc.
I have an insane amount of memories with you— happy, sad, hilarious… you name it. When you told Dana and I what a dork is! (I learned the other day that a gray whale has a six foot dork, and it's commonly known as “Pink Floyd.” I thought you’d appreciate that piece of knowledge LOL). When you said “You’re chokin’ me, John!!” when Papa was trying to buckle you up at Dairy Queen. When you’d bring me to school and my classmates would yell “Madeleine!!!!!” When I accidentally drank spiked apple cider in seventh grade at the neighborhood Halloween party. Way too many memories to name, I definitely could write a novel.
You have always been the best of friends, and as I was putting this gift together, I realized how common of a theme that is through everyone’s memories of you. Every relationship you build becomes significant in people’s lives. When my friends come to visit, even just for a few minutes, they immediately fall in love with you, too. You make everyone feel special, even if it’s just for a moment.
Anthony always says that he doesn’t understand how you can love him so easily, without question. He wonders how our whole family accepted him with open arms, something his family has never been good at. His grandma has been really absent from his life, and you filled that void for him. He loves that you call him “Tony” or “Antony.” He loves you and feels special that you love him too.
The way in which you move through life with such care, compassion, and grace is awe-inspiring. Your empathy is powerful and shows through in everything that you do. This trait has clearly passed down to my mom, to myself, and to Gracie. I feel that others come first, which can be difficult in some situations, but I am learning how to put myself and my happiness at the forefront when it’s necessary. I hope that you can too.
The love within our family begins with you, but does not end with you. It has no bounds. Accepting everyone, no matter their flaws, and always providing love (and food!) to those that lack it are normal actions of yours, some that others have a hard time doing naturally. I truly admire this as well. You’re an open ear when someone needs to talk, you’re open arms when someone needs a hug, and you’re words when someone needs to fill the silence.
If I could, I’d thank your high school friend for dragging you along on that double date, and thank Papa for realizing that he liked you instead, and thank you for deciding you would rather marry a big Italian man than be a nun. It’s crazy to think if that little series of events didn’t happen, this entire web of family would not exist, and none of our accomplishments would’ve been made.
You and Papa are the beginning of it all, the beginning of a timeline, one that continues to grow everyday. Your love is everlasting. If there are other realities out there, you and Papa, in whatever form that you may be, have met and fallen in love a million times over. That is no doubt to me. Your love is a power and strength that outlasts everything else. I hope to have a love like yours.
I love you so, so much. I will forever and ever. You will never be forgotten. You will live on through our stories, through our cries, through our laughs. There will be an empty hole in all of our hearts when you become an angel alongside Papa, but we will survive, and that is because you have taught us how to.
Your 13th grandchild (I think),
Sharon’s first child,
Your second middle-namesake,
One of your left-handed twins,
First to get a you-and-Papa-inspired tattoo,
Probably your favorite and definitely Papa’s favorite (even though you will never admit it),
Madeleine Rose
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Madeleine McDonough uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, February 19, 2022
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Shannon and Grammy
Tea Parties
But we drank coffee instead of tea
I loved having tea parties as a little girl and the tea parties I had with you were the best. You would always use your real china and we would drink coffee instead of tea. No wonder I grew up to be a coffee lover.
Hawaiian Hukilau
Cruise to Hawaii!
My favorite trip was our cruise to Hawaii. I loved making the flower leis, learning how to dance the hula and doing crafts with shells. Of course the afternoon tea and midnight deserts were the best part of every day.
Being There for Me
You’ve always been by number one fan
You have always been proud of me and given me the confidence to do big things, like start a challenging career, and smaller things like tell poems in your living room. No matter the size or importance you always make me feel like I can accomplish anything. You’re my number one fan and I am yours.
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Madeleine McDonough uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, February 19, 2022
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Dear Grandma,
I was so happy when I was able to hear your voice on Halloween when I called. That really made my whole night! I miss my family so much and often think about being reunited with everyone very soon.
It had me thinking a lot about when I was a kid. I remember being at your house when you lived behind 7-11 and giving us change from your coin purse so we can grab some snacks! I always thought it was the greatest thing =)
Being in here for the last 3.5 years I have had time to really reflect on things in my life. I also thought about how you would take Annie and I to visit little papa and help him around the house with chores. Teaching us how to divide his medication up. I think this is the first time I ever really experienced having compassion for someone else and the importance of family and sticking together. And I'm so thankful for that experience in my life.
Watching you and Papa always made me smile.. I mean who wouldn't smile when you two were around each other. You all have provided so much love in this world to so many of us!!
I love you so much Grandma!!
Love,
Kristina
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Madeleine McDonough uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, February 19, 2022
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Dear Grammy,
There are so many things you’ve taught me and so many memories we’ve created and so many things to love about you.
When I think about the type of person I aim to be, it’s easy to find myself pulling from your qualities. A lot of which have been passed down to my mom, too. The genuine love you have for everyone is astonishing. You consistently demonstrate that there is in fact something to like about everyone and to give people the benefit of the doubt. I really admire that and am still working on it myself. You always know just the thing to say or the right time to make a glass of warm milk.
That brings me to one of my favorite memories I have with you (and Madeleine). I remember sitting in the kitchen on Wild Jesse Way after the 10 PM news with just you and M. You were teaching us how to make a glass of hot milk - with a dollop of butter and a spoonful of sugar - and we were joking about all types of things. I don’t know how we got onto the topic, but you said, “Do you know what a whale’s weiner is called? A Dork!” I have not stopped laughing about it since and am even chuckling as I write this right now.
The second quality I love so much is how you always find just a little bit extra to give. Whether that takes the form of a spare $5 for one of my cousins that didn’t have a money collection, like me. Or spending 20 minutes on the phone with an old friend that needed it after you’ve already had a long day. You always inspire me to be there for my friends and family when they need it most. This is a testament to how the love you give to everyone gets spread through the world.
The last quality I clearly have inherited from only you is my obsessive need to keep every single card I have ever been given. Sorting and organizing the cards you’ve received over the years was such a treasured project to me. I loved seeing a tangible representation of all the special moments and relationships you’ve experienced. I especially loved all the cards from Papa.
I love you so so so much!
Dana (your favorite)
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Madeleine McDonough uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, February 19, 2022
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Dear Grandma,
I regret to admit it has been awhile, I am not the best at keeping in touch. Regardless of time and distance, I want you to know that I do think of you often. While I’ve likely never told you and Papa this, the year I lived with you guys was one of the best years of my life. I truly mean it. I find myself recounting memories to friends about the time I lived with my grandparents my freshman year of high school. I had so many great experiences within just a short time I don’t think I could ever run out of stories, or tire of recounting them. It’s a point in time that was only made possible by your hospitality and generosity. I know that and thank you for it. I might not have recognized it then, but I gained a lot of experiences, lessons and partook in opportunities that aided in molding me into who I am today. From time to time, I still talk to most of those girls who would come reck your house with teenage girl antics. We’ve all grown and have our own version of adulthood, but our youthful bond still lingers. I remember all of us sitting in the living room playing along to the show, ``the singing bee.” We weren’t the best at guessing the lyrics, but it was a good time regardless. As a musician, lyric memorization/ recollection tends to be a weakness, guess you can’t be good at everything!
I still can’t believe you allowed me to get that hamster, haha I had such anxiety when I lost it in the house and left banana slices all over to lure it out from hiding. Gosh what a brat that thing was. I have since moved on to larger mammals, Bean a 12 year old Pomeranian who has earned her right to be a crabby old lady, Chloe a freeloading mooch who lives in our barn and the newest Penny, my energetic ferret. Luckily my ferret is so obsessed with rubber chickens that when I lose her in the house I just squeak the chicken and she comes running. The down side is she is a thief! She has different hiding spots where she hoards things. One time I caught her stealing a power drill.
Apart from my animals I spend a lot of time gardening and landscaping. I start plants indoors as early as January, then I’m out in the yard when the snow melts to start preparing to plant. I spend my whole spring, summer and fall outside trying to perfect my growing and landscaping skills. I had a good laugh to myself at one point this past summer while watering. I used to dread Papa telling me to go pull weeds and water the handful of plants in the yard. Now it can take me three hours just to water the backyard and next to impossible to keep up on weeds, yet I still do it for mostly enjoyment. Funny how things end up working out. It was a lot easier watering Papa’s rocks.
Do you still sit next to a window to read the morning paper? I remember you always sitting at the breakfast table soaking in the first drops of sun and reading your paper. I too have my sunny window spot, but I prefer books to the paper. Are you ready for the holidays? It’s the week of Thanksgiving as I am writing this, I plan to make a meal and other family is bringing food. Truth be told after canning vegetables all summer, I could use a break from the kitchen. I chopped and preserved 90lbs of jalapeños, along with some other stuff. It’s a great skill, but a lot easier to just buy canned food haha! Mom wants to make bread and I am hosting the gathering so I got my work cut out for me, but you really can’t think of it as work when your end goal is making positive memories.
I’m sure I’ve gone on a tangent by this point, though I have plenty to say still. I'll try to be more attentive with keeping in touch. In the meantime I wish you amazing holidays full of new memories to be made and old ones to recount fondly. Kick back, relax you’ve earned it. I am sending you positive vibes and love from freezing Indiana!
Sarah
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Madeleine McDonough uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, February 19, 2022
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Dear Grandma,
One of my favorite characteristics about you is your ability to take the things that you've experienced and turn them into life lessons for your grandkids. Aside from teaching me how to make pancakes the right way, the most important lesson you've ever taught is the importance of loving all family no matter their differences. You love all your kids and many grand/great grandkids the same, but one of the best ways you've displayed this ability is through your relationship with Papa. Even when I was much younger, your relationship was (and still is) something I’ve always looked to. The true friendship is what amazed me the most and all the funny memories from when you and Papa were young. I remember one summer Paul and I stayed in Arizona with you for an extra week while my dad went back to work. In that week we went to Little Anthony’s and heard many stories of you and Papa. I remember thinking that it was so funny that he was nervous to kiss you at first. However, some of my favorite stories were told when we were driving up Mount Lemmon that same day. Paul and I couldn't stop laughing when you were telling us about Papa throwing up in your purse on the ferris wheel.
I can't wait to tell my future kids these stories!
Savannah Passananti
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Madeleine McDonough uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, February 19, 2022
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Grandma,
I love you so so much. I couldn’t have asked for a better grandma for me and all of my cousins (and sister). You’ve taught me so much in life; how to bake, cook, love, and be a woman. I have (and still do) looked up to you for so long.
You and Papa showed me what true love really is. All I hope for in life is for a love like the two of you had. I still remember when I would sleep over and Papa would snore so loud that I would have to go into the other room because it kept me awake. I’ll never forget all the dairy queen trips, yard sales, and cooking lessons we had together. I really miss being at your house all the time as a kid. We had the best sleepovers, especially when Papa would fall asleep and we would change the channel to the fun Christmas movies!
I hope you don’t feel sad. I hope you know that you are the glue to this family. I hope you know that everyone appreciates absolutely everything you do. I hope you go to sleep at night knowing Papa is happy and at peace and watching over you everyday. I hope you know you taught this whole family how to be so confident, happy, amazing, and loving.
My favorite thing about you is that you’re so welcoming. All of my friends loved visiting you because you didn’t care about what they wore, how they looked, or how they talked. All you cared about was giving them something to eat and giving them a fun experience. I hope to be just like you.
You are the best person I have ever met. I love you so much. Thank you for being the best mom, grandma, and great grandma in the entire world.
Love,
Gracie (and Jaycee)
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Madeleine McDonough uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, February 19, 2022
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Hi Grams,
What a wild and crazy world .. As ive told you before you are my best friend and my dear sweet sweet gramma its been and honor and blessing to know you and have you in my life. Being your 1st grand child, I, while watching my parents grow up I got to also watch you and papa grow even more. You two showed not just me But us all a world of love, kindness, and happiness. From our walks to the park at the very old apartments Grandma & Grandpa Magrady to our long phone calls. That time you and papa picked me up and we went to Mimi's cafe and before hand i had mentioned I wasn't hungry but when I ate all my food yours and what papa didn't want, He said, "well good thing you weren't hungry." You & I just laughed. Oh how I miss going to all the yard sales. That time Kenny & I hid under yours & papas bed and let you and our moms scream your heads off for us till you walked in your room seen one of our feet sticking out and said, " there's those two little shits" hahahahaaaaaa ..
You know how my ma is and growing up has been different for me in some ways but I consider you and my aunties my 2nd mom's. Living with you in high school to all the over nighters I ever had at your house with my cousins growing up has been beyond a great blessing. When gina lived in mid vale park and it was at the time as little kids a whole world away from you. Kenny, Annie in her car seat and I in the back seat gina in my ma in the front in Aunt G's Grey Honda I think it was... driving over was an adventure in it self with a sweet prize at the end because we ended up at your house. The countless weeds that we had to pull... Haha .. The Many walks to seven eleven to buy candy of all kinds. All the rides to and from school. All the advice ,early morning breakfasts you made, baggy lunches, you always made sure not only i but everyone was never hungry and always taken care of. My friends loved you. You're an Angel and we all were and still are blessed to know you and have you as our grandma. I love you to death..
All the rides to and from iceoplex with some of the other grand kids and or some friends.. THANK YOU GRAMS!! Thank for being a shoulder to lean on when I needed it.. You're one of the two people only that I truly talk to and share everything with.You know more about me than me! haha! I will truly miss that. Your voice is always very soothing. Thank you for being a strong kind loving caring positive woman to us all. The world will definitely be a less bright one when you go see papa. But thats life and I know you'll always be looking over us all and will stay in our hearts forever. Another thing me and my stomach will miss is your home made cooking that and my stomach growls for randomly is your scallop potatoes & ham. That and your potato soup. Yuuuuuuum!! You taught me how to cook, how to make dinners for my parents, how to take care of my self, laundry, etc etc .. You took me to get my drivers permit and were there for many countless doctor's dentist etc appointments. Forever thankful!!
The times you and papa saved my ass, one example being the time my glasses broke at work and you and papa came down and took me right away to get new one's because I couldn't see to drive. That time in second grade when I messed up the time for the play i was in and we got there late and missed my whole classes part haha. Loved visiting your parents with you even though kenny & I weren't allowed over there at the same time hahahahaaaa. Not sure if it was you or your mom or you both but as a kid going to Mcdonald's and you or her would get a plan hamburger with extra pickles and onions and then off to more yard sales. All the stops at the Chinese restaurant by palo verde yum yum and great family times not only there but Mama's pizza . . That was usually after church on Sundays. I loved how you were always up with papa making sure he had hot coffee to go and we had lunches snacks breakfast the works , before we headed out to one of many jobs papa did. Getting to see your faces when you watched your 1st grandchild graduate from high school, WOW!!! Love how you were/are super woman and would make it to different events of any of the grandchildren they had going on.
Just know these words are just an attempt to to let you know how I feel which as you know I have expressed to you on a phone call and in person. You're beyond special to us all. Worlds best gramma. Hands down 100 percent facts. I am and always will be a grandma's boy haha love you forever. Thank you for making a huge piece of my life that much better.
Love (your favorite) :wink wink::
Ronnie RaRa Captain Ron Dizzle
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Madeleine McDonough posted a condolence
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Carole,
Words are like flowers
We live life by the hour
Someday we are able to see
You love so kind
Leave no one behind
So I’d say that's one of a kind
Life is hard
You've made it very far
And I'm glad to know who you are
-Angel
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Saturday, February 19, 2022
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Grandma,
I want to thank you for always treating me like I am your blood grandson with so much love and care. You have made more of an impact on me than members of my blood family and I am so grateful for that. Thankyou for being so sweet and always being happy to see me. Your love for family and bringing everyone together will live on forever through all of us.
Love,
Anthony
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Anthony Scheid uploaded photo(s)
Saturday, February 19, 2022
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Grandma,
I think it's funny how every time I come to Tucson you have dinner ready or cooking... than tell me several times to have more because there's plenty of food, even if i already ate half the house ... how you get a kick out of the fact that I can clean the ceiling fans just by standing up... no step stool needed
Paul
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Saturday, February 19, 2022
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Carole,
Your sense of humor made me fall for you immediately, and it only got better with time. You’re a true matriarch. Thank you for welcoming me into this family.
Zoe
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Anthony Scheid posted a condolence
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Carole,
You have always made me feel like a welcome part of the family, free to be myself. The family that you and John built together, a family that continues to grow, is a reflection of your love and the goodness inside of you. I am filled with joy to know you and blessed to be a part of your family. I am forever grateful.
Lots of love,
Logan
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Saturday, February 19, 2022
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Grandma,
Some of my favorite memories with you are my baseball games and how you would always be there. Win or lose you would tell me that I was the best out there. You taught me a lot growing up on the importance of family always being there for the grandchildren! You are one of the most amazing gentle souls I ever had in my life.
Love,
James
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Saturday, February 19, 2022
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Grandma,
I loved eating your Irish spaghetti when visiting. When you and Papa came to Indiana I was the only one to get to go to Chicago with you. We also went to Indiana beach (the amusement park). It was the first time I went on a roller coaster and you went with me.
Steven
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Saturday, February 19, 2022
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Grandma,
Thinking of you and memories I have with you and all I can think of right now is that time when we were kids singing zuna, zuna zuna. And you started singing with us, and nobody knew what it meant, we just made it up.
Love,
Kenny
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Friday, February 18, 2022
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I will miss your beautiful smile. And our secret shopping trips to Ross. I love you mom miss you too.
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