Carol Lynn Kefalas Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Carol Lynn Kefalas was born December 19th, 1942 in West Palm Beach, Florida. She attended Iowa City High School, graduated with Bachelor in Art and a Master’s in German from the University of Iowa. She received her PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Georgia. She was nicknamed “Roadrunner” from the traveling that she did over her lifetime. She spent her early adult life traveling through Europe and studied at the University of Hamburg while working for American Express in Germany. Her professional career in Georgia included teaching German and assistant editor of the New Arts Review magazine. Later in her career she was hired as the Public Relations Director at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, Executive Director of Public Relations at Antioch College in Ohio, Assistant VP for Relations at James Madison University in Virginia, and retired after serving as Executive Advisor to the Chancellor at the Community College of Baltimore. Throughout the years roadrunner was always rooted in a restless heart and traveled through much of South America, Europe, and parts of Asia. She adored music and the arts, nature, bird watching, ice skating and cello as a young woman and treating every person with respect. Carol was preceded in death by mother Margaret Alton-Herr, brother David Alton, and father Everett Alton, ex-husband Asterios Kefalas and husband Robert Schuett. She leaves grandchildren Jaiden and Alexander, nephew Todd Alton, and son Paris and daughter in law Carrie Kefalas and a tight-knit group of friends all over the world. May your journeys and adventures continue on for eternity, Carol. Goldfinch Funeral Home, Beach Chapel, Murrells Inlet, is serving the family. The family is requesting no flowers.

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Carol Lynn Kefalas

December 19, 1942 - August 27, 2020