Carolyn Elizabeth Fowle Green (1921 - 2011)

Carolyn Elizabeth Fowle Green_1992     

Born March 2, 1921 in Constantinople (Istanbul) Turkey to American parents who were teachers there; Died peacefully February 2, 2011 in Takoma Park, Maryland - one month before her 90th birthday. 

Carolyn graduated from William Penn High School in York, Pennsylvania in 1938.  At Penn, she played flute in the school orchestra, was a member of the Glee Club, a member of Mu Alpha Theta and a scientific contributor to The Tattler weekly school newspaper.  She attended the University of Michigan, receiving an A.B. in Mathematics (Bachelor's degree), with  minor in Music in May 1943.  At U of M, she was a member of the Flying Club, played flute in the school band and was a business assistant for the Michigan Daily newspaper.  

During World War II, she also worked for a time for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA - predecessor of NASA) at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia.  At that time, most women were given typing jobs.  She used to tell us the story about taking a commercial airline flight and the pilot got sick.  The airplane crew asked if anyone on the plane knew how to fly, so she offered her services to help land the plane safely.  

Carolyn returned to the University of Michigan to earn a B.S. (Ae. E.) degree in Aeronautical Engineering in 1949, then went to work as a patent examiner for the US Patent Office in Washington DC until she retired.  

Carolyn loved music and flowers, and always had flowers in her yard where ever she lived. 

In 1974, Carolyn settled in Chelsea Beach, Pasadena, MD where she was an active member of the Magothy United Methodist Church and participated in many volunteer and community activities.  She remained active through her seventies and into her eighties, working as a sales agent for Mason Shoes and helping her friends with driving and other needs.  She was also well known for her concern about chemicals in the environment, and belonged to many health and environmental organizations.  In the past few years, she was weakened by a series of health challenges, and lived with her daughter Marilyn in Silver Spring, MD.

Carolyn is survived by three daughters: Barbara Taylor (Daniel) of Foothill Ranch CA, Pamela Cockrell (Rodney) of Huntingtown MD, Marilyn Cramer (Mrs.  Richard Jackson) of Silver Spring, MD; 5 grandchildren: Daniel F. Taylor Jr (Roxanna) of Yelm WA, Rusty L. Taylor (Rhonda) of Foothill Ranch CA, Kimberly Dudeck Kennedy (Ed) of Greencastle PA, Rodney L. "Stavros" Cockrell II of Poolesville MD, Michael T.  Cockrell (Sylvia) of Florida; 9 great-grandchildren and a number of cousins.  Carolyn was preceded in death by her son Kenneth Earl Cramer; her parents Theodore Wilson Fowle and Anne Eliza (Smith) Fowle of Dover, PA; her sister Eleanor Louise Fowle of Dover, PA; her husband Hugh Jerome Van Wyck Green of New York, New York and San Antonio, Texas; her husband Everett Earl Cramer of Stockholm, New York and Burke, New York; and her partner: William Edward Thornberry of Pittsburgh, PA and Cleveland OH. 

Carolyn was part of a family of four generations of Congregational missionaries, teachers and diplomats in Turkey and the Middle East.  Her great-grandparents, Rev. Dr. Wilson Amos Farnsworth and Caroline (Palmer) Farnsworth, founded the first American mission in Turkey in 1852; her grandparents, Rev. James Luther Fowle and Carrie (Farnsworth) Fowle, founded the first American school there in 1878; and her father taught at Robert College in Constantinople.  Carolyn is a direct descendant (on her mother's side) of William Bradford III who came to this country on the Mayflower about 1620 and is a direct descendant (on her father's side) of George Fowle who came to the colonies about 1638.  

May she be blessed for all she did and for all she was in this physical life.  She taught me to stand tall, to speak clearly, to be polite and respectful, to appreciate the beauty of nature and flowers, and to be a good person. 

Music: Hymn "In the Garden" (at her request)

"In The Garden" lyrics by Charles Austin Miles (now in the public domain)
I come to the garden alone
While the dew is still on the roses
And the voice I hear falling on my ear
The Song of God discloses.

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.

He speaks, and the sound of His voice,
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing.

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.

I'd stay in the garden with Him
Though the night around me be falling,
But He bids me go; through the voice of woe
His voice to me is calling.

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.


(photos from Barbara's house in Lacey, WA)

Flute Music (at her request):

Carolyn Elizabeth Fowle_1938_William Penn HS
photo: 1938 Seniors, 
William Penn High School 
"The Tattler" staff
~ Carolyn Elizabeth Fowle "Carrie"

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