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Carole Anne (Jarvie) Dellacort was born in 1947 to Margaret and Andrew Jarvie in Edinburgh, Scotland. When she was two-years-old, her family moved to Wyvernwood, in the United States. Her younger sister, Margie, was born in Southern California. Proud of their Scottish heritage, her father often sang the song "Danny Boy," giving the girls a love of music. Her parents made other people feel good and her father had a generous heart. He loved talking to people and passed that love onto his daughters. Her father worked as a mason, while her mother worked for a title company. When Carole was six, the family moved to Scotland for six months. While attending school there, she was nicknamed, "Little Yankee." Returning to Southern California, the family lived in Eagle Rock. Carole and Margie had a great childhood, as they had wonderful parents. They were a very close family. They went to the beach on weekends with family and friends and they went to Disneyland every year. Carole went on to graduate from Eagle Rock High School.

Carole was delighted to become a mom with the birth of her daughter, Heather. She was a wonderful mother. A few years later, a party in Hollywood changed her life with a chance meeting. She was single again. She and Mike Dellacort had been invited to the party separately because they were supposed to meet other people. But, when Carole walked through the door, Mike knew she was "the one." The couple had a lot in common and started dating. Mike planned a 21st birthday party for Carole at the Castaway Restaurant in Burbank. When she got out of the car, her shoe fell off and went under the car. Mike crawled under the car to retrieve her shoe. It only occurred to them later, that they could have backed up the car to get the shoe. It was a memorable night because Mike proposed to her after the party. She said, "Yes!" In December 1968, Carole and Mike married in a lovely little wedding chapel across from Circus-Circus in Las Vegas. They also spent their honeymoon in Las Vegas. Mike adopted Heather and the couple welcomed their daughter, Laura, into the world. With two daughters, their family was complete.

Carole was a supportive mother who didn't miss a thing in their lives. She supported their interests and attended their school events in La Crescenta. When the girls were young, they had a black Cockapoo named Suzie. Carole loved that dog and taught the dog to lay on a raft in the swimming pool with her. Vacations were family oriented as the family drove to Wyoming to visit Mike's family and to Colorado to visit Mike's sister. They spent time vacationing in San Diego with Carole's parents, who lived in Eagle Rock. In 1974, they went to Scotland to visit family and do some sightseeing. Mike even got some golfing in on that trip. That was the same year that Carole got her first new car. It was a 1974 new yellow Honda that cost $3,400. Mike even showed her how to put gas into it. Eventually, Heather ended up driving that yellow Honda.

As the girls were growing up, Carole gave them a love of music as she played the piano beautifully. Heather learned to play by ear and when Laura was little, on rainy days, she'd sit on the couch and listen to her mother play the piano. Laura and her mom used to dance in the kitchen and Carole loved to sing along to the songs. She enjoyed listening to songs from hit Broadway and film musicals. Some of her favorite singers were Roger Whittaker, Don Williams, John Connolly, and more recently, Josh Groban. Carole and Mike liked listening to CDs in the car. While Carole would sing along, Mike would hum along. Over the years, she loved seeing musicals performed on stage. Mike took her to see "Fiddler on the Roof" and recently, Laura took her to see the musical "Wicked."

Holidays were traditional at the Dellacort home. For Easter, Carole made baskets and she'd hide treats such as jellybeans and chocolates all over the house for the kids to find. Thanksgiving was a traditional meal of turkey and stuffing and time spent with family. For Christmas, Carole loved decorating the tree and buying things for family members and friends. The kids had to wait in the hallway to open their presents on Christmas Day until everything was ready. The fireplace had to be lit, the candles had to be burning, the coffee had to be made and Christmas music had to be playing before the presents could be opened. It was great fun and a tradition that the girls have passed onto their children.

The girls' friends were always welcome to visit. Heather's friends were very fond of Carole's leftover stuffing after the holidays. As Carole loved to talk with their friends, before Laura married she had a boyfriend who Carole sat and talked with for hours. She was a great listener to everyone who stopped by. In fact, all of Heather and Laura's friends loved Carole and the family, visiting often. Carole invited people into her world with open arms. Carole and Mike attended both of the girls' high school graduation ceremonies in La Crescenta. Laura went on to San Jose State for college, and once told them she was coming home because she wanted to quit. The next day, Carole and Mike showed up at her door with words of support. She didn't quit and both of them attended her college graduation ceremony. When Laura's future husband, Aaron, was dating her, Carole liked him and said, "You're going to marry him." She was right and they did marry.

As a couple, Carole and Mike were best friends and partners in life. It was as though they shared one brain, because as they talked to each other, Carole could finish Mike's sentences. They knew each other through and through. Over the years, Mike loved giving her red roses for special occasions and anniversaries. Carole often told her husband and daughters, "I love you."

Professionally, Carole worked in Personnel as a Human Resources Specialist for 25 years at hospitals, including Hollywood Presbyterian and Valley Presbyterian. Carole was loved at the hospitals. She'd work late because she had a talent for listening to people. She could strike up a conversation with absolutely anyone and in moments, she'd know about their kids and their families. She had a knack for remembering names as well. She had wanted to be a social worker, so it made sense that she cared about people so very much. For Carole, it wasn't about her; it was about other people. She'd say, "It's not always about you." She knew when people needed someone else to listen. When she retired seven years ago, the girls at work threw her a big retirement party and she loved it.

To the grandchildren, Carole was known as "Grammie" or "Mahie," while Mike was known as "Bubbie" or "Bubba." Carole and Mike went to the hospital when each one of their grandchildren was born. The babies loved her and Carole enjoyed reading and singing to them. She'd sing songs to the girls and the grandkids when they were little, especially the Scottish lullaby "Shula, Shula, Bye-bye." She'd also put the grandchildren on her bed and sing, "10 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed." The grandkids loved it when she tickled them with her long, beautiful nails and she made them laugh. Laura's daughters often played dress up in Carole's walk-in closet putting on her dresses, hats, purses, high-heels and jewelry. Even though they'd make a mess, Carole didn't mind because they were having fun.

With many favorites in life, Carole's most delicious meals were spaghetti, Swiss steak, or pork chops. She was a wonderful cook. She absolutely loved drinking iced tea and even made her own. She liked going to Coral Café in Burbank and she loved to visit with friends and family at coffee shops. People loved meeting Carole because she was such a warm person. She still had friends from high school and she made friends wherever she went. She was always put together and ready to go as her hair and nails were always done and she liked wearing brighter colors. A voracious reader, Carole loved reading mysteries. She loved books by Patricia Cornwell and Dean Koontz. Carole had a talent for writing funny poems. She wrote original, personal poems on birthday cards. When Heather was 15 and had the chicken pox, she wrote a poem about Heather's chicken pox. When Laura's husband was sent to Saudi Arabia with the Air Force, she wrote a poem for him. Carole had a wonderful sense of humor and she loved to laugh. Her favorite TV shows were Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. She had a talent for knowing the answers to Jeopardy! and on the Wheel. Laura was good at it, too.

Mike and Carole traveled to Canada four times. In 1993, they were lucky to be alive after an accident totaled their car. Something always happened on their trips, but they enjoyed traveling. The couple took five trips to Hawaii and three of those times with friends Butch and Connie. They also took a cruise to Alaska, a cruise to the Caribbean, and there were three cruises to Mexico. The last two cruises to Mexico included Carole, Mike, Margie, Keith and Laura's family. In September 2009, Carole went to Scotland for three weeks with her sister, Margie, and her niece, Andrea. While they were in Scotland, Carole really wanted to see the cemetery where her aunt, uncle and grandmother were laid to rest next to each other. So, they made that visit. The family is thankful that they took so many pictures over the last year. Margie and Carole grew closer as they grew older and got along very well. In fact, they were super close over the last few years. Carole was also very close to her nieces Lindsey and Andrea; they just loved her.

In the days before, Carole was squeezing her family's hands and they told her over and over "I love you." Surrounded by her family, Carole passed away peacefully. Carole Dellacort will best be remembered as a wise, comforting lady who always put others before herself. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. The family will miss everything about Carole. Mike will miss spending peaceful times being with her by the ocean, taking drives and going out to lunch. Heather will miss their talks and she will remember the last time she saw her before her trip to Scotland. They had a good visit, she was really happy, and she'll remember her smiling. Laura will miss talking to her three times a week, hearing her voice, and looking at model homes with her because she loved touring model homes. Margie is so grateful for the time they spent together for nearly a week before this past Thanksgiving. Margie will miss being able to talk to her, telling her everything, as they were always there for each other. Margie will remember her as the best sister and her best friend. Carole's advice to everyone would be: Go on with your lives, don't be sad, and remember me. As Carole believed in angels, her family believes Carole is an angel watching over her friends and family. Carole will be laid to rest near her parents as bagpipes will lead her home...

Carole was preceded in death by her parents. She is loved and remembered by her husband Mike; daughter Heather and Heather's children Sullivan and Corinne; daughter Laura, her husband Aaron and their children Alexandra, Delaney, and Caroline; sister Margie, her husband Keith, and their children Lindsey and Andrea; extended family and many friends.