Carol Ann Simpson Chisholm, 85, loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother, was born on August 11, 1938, in Rochester, N.Y. and raised in Edison, N.J. She was the daughter of the late Winona Victoria Simpson. She moved to Charlottesville, Va. in 1958 at the age of 19 and married her husband Ernest “Lee” Chisholm, Jr. She resided here with her husband for the rest of her life.

She was preceded in death by her brother, Gary Gilbert Ottenstroer. She is survived by her sister, Heidi Ann Ottenstroer Karbownik and husband Walter. She is survived by her husband “Lee” of 65 years; her son Kevin Lee Chisholm and wife Lorrie; her son David Tyler Chisholm; and her daughter Deborah Lynn Chisholm Watson. She is also survived by her granddaughter Megan Nicole Chisholm Hattaway and husband “AJ”; her granddaughter Erin LeighAnne Watson; and her grandson Ryan Edward Davis Dean. She is survived by great grandchildren as well.

Her great loves were creating cross-stitch art, traveling, camping, books, and flower gardening in her five gardens. She loved her collections of gnomes, elves, and fairies.

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