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Carol Anne Merriman

From Historic Saranac Lake Wiki
Adrienne Possenti (right) and her sister Carol Anne (left) in Saranac Lake, 1956, courtesy of Adrienne Possenti

Born: Dec. 31, 1945, Wishaw, Scotland

Died: July 17, 2020, Tucson, AZ

Married: James Merriman

Children: Lauren Merriman, Sean Merriman


Carol Anne (Glick) Merriman was born December 31, 1945 to Elizabeth Armstrong Glick and Joseph Glick in Wishaw, Scotland. The family moved to America in 1947 after World War II. When her mother contracted tuberculosis, the family moved to Saranac Lake as her mother cured at the New York State hospital in Ray Brook. Later in life, Carol pursued a career in healthcare as a Registered Nurse, earning her RN from Englewood Hospital School of Nursing, Englewood, NJ, in 1966. Carol Merriman died July 17, 2020 due to complications of pancreatic cancer at her home in Tucson, Arizona. 

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