Carol A Kearns

VILLA HILLS- Carol Albert Kearns, 73, passed away Friday April 22, 2016 at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. Carol spent many years serving on a Kenton County Foster Care Review Board, several of them as chair. She was honored as Outstanding Volunteer by the Kentucky Citizen Foster Care Review Board in 1997 and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the same organization in 2004. She also served as president of the Faculty Wives Club at the University of Delaware and was twice president of the P.E.O. Chapter T. in Northern Kentucky. She was a long time member of New Friends of Northern Kentucky, an avid member of book groups and bridge groups. She enjoyed cooking and was very good at it. She also liked to travel and visited all fifty states, as well as Europe, Africa, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Carol enjoyed life and loved people. She made friends wherever she went and leaves a wealth of friends, locally and around the country. Survivors include her husband of 52 years Thomas J. Kearns of Villa Hills, children James A. (Janice) Kearns of Los Angeles CA, Sheila Kearns (James) Christie of Dover NH, and Daniel F. (Lelanya) Kearns of San Jose CA. grandchildren Katharine Christie of Brooklyn NY, Emma Christie of Dover NH & Santa Cruz CA, Sarah, Mary, Anne, Thomas and Ruth Kearns of San Jose CA. Also surviving is a sister Laurel Torres of Portland OR. Memorial visitation will be held Thursday April 28, 2016 from 9:30am to 11:30am with mass of Christian Burial to follow at St Pius X Church in Edgewood KY. Burial of cremated remains will be private. It was Carol’s wish that in lieu of flowers memorials might be made to DCCH Center for Children and Families 75 Orphanage Road P.O. Box 17007 Ft Mitchell KY 41017 or a similar organization. Online condolences can be made at www.linnemannfuneralhomes.com