Carolyn Schreiner Calder passed away peacefully on Jan. 25.
She was born in 1951 to the late Doris Moon Schreider and Samuel Schreider Jr. Carolyn grew up in Darien and graduated from Finch College. In 1979 she married the love of her life, Scott Calder. They were married for 44 years until Scott’s passing in May 2023. Along with the marriage came three adult children who Carolyn embraced as a gift of great good fortune.
Carolyn will be missed by her sister, Beverly Schreiner Carroll (Jonathan) of Vienna; her nephew Ryder Carroll of Brooklyn, New York; and her stepchildren: Scott (Charlotte) of Denver, Marshall (Nancy) of Newport, Rhode Island and Kimberly (Ben Yandell) of Manhattan.
Throughout her illness Carolyn benefitted from the counseling and support services of CancerCare, Inc. in New York City. Contributions in her honor are encouraged and greatly appreciated.
Carolyn’s memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at the chapel of Noroton Presbyterian Church, 2011 Post Road, Darien. A reception will follow.
— an obituary from Lawrence Funeral Home, where online condolences may be left