CAROL JEAN EBERT

Carol Sigl Ebert died August 9, 2014 at Granite Gate Senior Living in Prescott, Arizona. Carol J. Franzel was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in May, 1929 to Richard and Alfretta Franzel. She started piano lessons as a young child and by age 7 was giving concerts. She played on the radio in the 1930’s and 40’s. She also loved her bicycle and the Milwaukee Braves. Carol majored in Chemistry at Downer College in Milwaukee and then worked on her Master’s Degree at UW-Madison. Afterwards she taught Chemistry at UW-Milwaukee Extension for several years. Carol loved letters and corresponded with many people her entire life (her earliest was a girl she met when she was 5 yrs old on the New Jersey shore). She often talked of sitting on the pier at Green Lake in the 1940’s waiting for the mail boat to come to pick up the letters she wrote. She avidly wrote letters up until 2011 when her illness began. While at UW-Madison she met Ken Sigl (her first husband) and Louis Ebert (her 2nd). Carol married Kenneth L. Sigl in 1954, moved to Eau Claire where Ken practiced law (Herrick and Sigl) and they had three daughters. Ken died tragically in December, 1964. In 1968 Carol married Louis V Ebert III and moved to the Washington DC area with her children. Carol and Lou had a daughter, Barbara. Lou’s job took him all over the world – and so the family followed; living in Rhode Island, Zambia, Brazil and Virginia. Carol and Lou had many adventures in the countries they lived in and saw several of the World’s Seven Natural Wonders. In 1980 they moved to Prescott, Arizona and remained there the rest of their lives. In retirement they were RVer’s and traveled extensively through the Western United States, especially loving the “Four Corner’s” area. Carol traveled to 4 continents, at least 13 countries and 46 states. Carol was an avid Green Bay Packer fan and attended many games and watched them all on TV. She was an avid photographer (her Grandfather was a professional photographer) and took thousands of pictures, slides and movies during her lifetime. She leaves this legacy to us, her survivors. She is survived by four daughters: Jenny Ebert (Eau Claire), Susan and Ken Kissel (Prescott), Laurie Ebert (Phoenix) and Barbara and John Bruce (Prescott). She also is survived by four grandchildren; Kenneth and Jessica Kissel, Aydan and Jack Bruce. She was preceded in death by her parents and both of her husbands. Carol will be buried in Eau Claire, WI with her first husband. A Memorial Service will be held at Granite Gate in Prescott, AZ on August 31, 2014 at 3PM. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to the Prescott Alzheimer’s Association.

CAROL JEAN EBERT

May 11, 1929 - August 9, 2014