Obituary of Lucy E. Carroll

Lucy E. Carroll, DMA Local musician and lecturer, Dr. Lucy E. Carroll, died Friday, June 19, 2015. Born in New York City in October of 1946, she was the daughter of the late Edward Joseph Carroll and Lucy Sophie (Czapszys) Carroll. She earned music degrees from Temple University, Trenton State College, and Combs College of Music, with additional study at St. Pius X College of Liturgical Music and Westminster Choir College. She was the Organist and Choir Director at the Philadelphia Carmelite Monastery from 2001 to 2015. She was formerly organist/director at St. John's Lutheran Church, Hatboro, and St. John Bosco, Hatboro. Dr. Carroll was head of choral music and theatre at William Tennent High School, Warminster, for 25 years; for seven years she also served as Music Coordinator for the Centennial Schools. She also taught at Cabrini College and Combs College of Music. She was most recently an adjunct associate professor at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, N.J. Her articles on music appeared in such publications as the Journal of the American Choral Directors Association, the Pennsylvania Music Educators Journal, the Adoremus Bulletin, and others. Her Churchmouse Squeaks cartoons appeared regularly in the Adoremus Bulletin. She founded the Madrigal Singers in 1971 and directed them until 1998. The group won international recognition during many concert tours and sang for numerous civic and community organizations. Her fiction writing appeared in such magazines as The Leading Edge, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, and Writers of the Future Anthologies I and III. Her stories were collected into The Bastet Worry Stone and Other Tales in 2004 and published by RoseDog Books. She was the recipient of the Southampton Township Good Citizen Medal; the Sigma Alpha Iota Sword of Honor; the International Order of Merit, Cambridge, England; the Andrew Ferraro Award in Music, recognition from the Bucks County Commissioners for Contributions to Music, and many others. She lectured for such organizations as the Latin Liturgy Association, the Society for American Music, the Ephrata Cloister, the Benjamin Franklin Lodge, and the German Society, among others. She served as Scholar in Residence for the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission at the Ephrata Cloister, transcribing 18th century original music into modern notation. She also served as a Commonwealth Speaker for the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. She was a 2014 Wall of Fame inductee at Villa Joseph Marie High School in Southampton, Pa. She is survived by her brother, Edward Carroll of Oregon, his wife, Ruth Williams Carroll, and their daughter, Sarah Anne. Relatives and friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, at the Louis Swift Plunkett Funeral Home, 529 N. York Road, Hatboro. Her funeral Mass will be at 12:15 p.m., Friday, in the chapel at Our Lady of Czestochowa Shrine, 654 Ferry Road, Doylestown. Interment will follow in the Shrine cemetery. Donations to the Lucy S. Carroll Scholarship Fund at Villa Joseph Marie High School, 1180 Holland Rd., Southampton, PA 18966 would be appreciated. Louis Swift Plunkett Funeral Home, Hatboro Lucy E. Carroll, DMA Local musician and lecturer, Dr. Lucy E. Carroll, died Friday, June 19, 2015. Born in New York City in October of 1946, she was the daughter of the late Edward Joseph Carroll and Lucy Sophie (Czapszys) Carroll. She earned music degrees from Temple University, Trenton State College, and Combs College of Music, with additional study at St. Pius X College of Liturgical Music and Westminster Choir College. She was the Organist and Choir Director at the Philadelphia Carmelite Monastery from 2001 to 2015. She was formerly organist/director at St. John's Lutheran Church, Hatboro, and St. John Bosco, Hatboro. Dr. Carroll was head of choral music and theatre at William Tennent High School, Warminster, for 25 years; for seven years she also served as Music Coordinator for the Centennial Schools. She also taught at Cabrini College and Combs College of Music. She was most recently an adjunct associate professor at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, N.J. Her articles on music appeared in such publications as the Journal of the American Choral Directors Association, the Pennsylvania Music Educators Journal, the Adoremus Bulletin, and others. Her Churchmouse Squeaks cartoons appeared regularly in the Adoremus Bulletin. She founded the Madrigal Singers in 1971 and directed them until 1998. The group won international recognition during many concert tours and sang for numerous civic and community organizations. Her fiction writing appeared in such magazines as The Leading Edge, Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, and Writers of the Future Anthologies I and III. Her stories were collected into The Bastet Worry Stone and Other Tales in 2004 and published by RoseDog Books. She was the recipient of the Southampton Township Good Citizen Medal; the Sigma Alpha Iota Sword of Honor; the International Order of Merit, Cambridge, England; the Andrew Ferraro Award in Music, recognition from the Bucks County Commissioners for Contributions to Music, and many others. She lectured for such organizations as the Latin Liturgy Association, the Society for American Music, the Ephrata Cloister, the Benjamin Franklin Lodge, and the German Society, among others. She served as Scholar in Residence for the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission at the Ephrata Cloister, transcribing 18th century original music into modern notation. She also served as a Commonwealth Speaker for the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. She was a 2014 Wall of Fame inductee at Villa Joseph Marie High School in Southampton, Pa. She is survived by her brother, Edward Carroll of Oregon, his wife, Ruth Williams Carroll, and their daughter, Sarah Anne. Relatives and friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, at the Louis Swift Plunkett Funeral Home, 529 N. York Road, Hatboro. Her funeral Mass will be at 12:15 p.m., Friday, in the chapel at Our Lady of Czestochowa Shrine, 654 Ferry Road, Doylestown. Interment will follow in the Shrine cemetery. Donations to the Lucy S. Carroll Scholarship Fund at Villa Joseph Marie High School, 1180 Holland Rd., Southampton, PA 18966 would be appreciated. Louis Swift Plunkett Funeral Home, Hatboro