Obituary: Retired Sikorsky Employee Loved Quilting, Dogs

Via Adzima Funeral Home:

Carol Elaine Studdiford, age 86, of Stratford, passed away May 2, 2020, in Bridgeport Hospital from complications relating to the COVID-19 virus. Carol was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the only child of the late Eli and Elsie Plant, and grew up in Hillside, New Jersey, where her father was a police officer. She graduated from Hillside High School in 1951 with honors and worked as a secretary until she met and married her handsome Marine, Lawrence (Larry) Studdiford, in 1954. Carol and Larry were married 58 years until his death in 2012. The couple raised their three girls (Cheryl, Donna and Tami) in Manville, New Jersey, until they moved to Enfield, Connecticut, in 1970, where Lawrence Jr. (Larry) was born. They lived there until 1973 before moving to Stratford. Carol retired from the federal government in 1995, where she worked as a quality assurance specialist at Sikorsky Aircraft and Avco. She loved to sew and learned to quilt after she retired, and enjoyed making quilts for family and friends. She was a member of the Stratford United Methodist Church, working at their thrift shop every other Saturday, where she enjoyed meeting new friends. Family was her life, and she loved her dogs, which you would see her walking almost every day. Carol is survived by two daughters, Cheryl Alusik and her husband, John, of Stratford; Donna Leroux and her husband, Don, of Uncasville, Connecticut; one son, Larry, and his wife, Donna, of Alexandria, Virginia; five grandchildren, Devan and John Alusik; Nicholas Leroux; and Lauren and Shea Studdiford; and one niece, Sharon Hendricks. Due to the current health situation and quarantine protocols, the family has elected to have a private service. In lieu of flowers, Carol wished for donations to be made in her name to the Stratford Animal Shelter and the Stratford United Methodist Church. The Adzima Funeral Home-Stratford has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.