Carol Sperry

Carol Skoglund Sperry passed away peacefully at VNA Hospice House on May 4, 2015. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on December 25, 1929. She was the daughter of the late Howell P. Skoglund and Margaret H. Skoglund of Edina, Minnesota.

Carol was a graduate of Northrop Collegiate School (now The Blake School), of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Smith College, of Northampton, Massachusetts.

After graduating from Smith College in the class of 1951, she resided in Washington, D.C., where she worked first for the Armed Forces Security Agency and then for American Security and Trust Bank as an investment research analyst in the Trust Department.

On April 24, 1954, she married Leavenworth P. Sperry, Jr., and moved to Waterbury, Connecticut. In 1958 the couple then moved to Middlebury, Connecticut, where Mrs. Sperry spent most of her married life.

Her favorite sport was golf, at which she excelled, winning many tournaments over the course of the years. She was a member and Treasurer of the United States Senior Women’s Golf Association, where she made many close friends and was a member of the Highfield Club of Middlebury, Connecticut, where she won the ladies’ club championship many times over the course of four decades. Carol was also a member of the Connecticut Women’s Golf Association and played in many tournaments throughout the state.

She was a member of the John’s Island Club of Vero Beach, Florida, from 1992 until her death. She was also a member of the Mill Reef Club of Antigua, West Indies, for more than forty years.

During her married life, Carol engaged in many philanthropic activities in Connecticut. She was the Treasurer of the Connecticut Child Welfare Association and the Elisha Leavenworth Foundation and was very active on behalf of the Mattatuck Museum, the Waterbury Hospital Auxiliary, and the Junior League.

She thoroughly enjoyed being a member of the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Vikings Football Club, of which her father was one of the founders.

She is survived by her husband Leavenworth of sixty one years, four sons: James and his wife Abigail of Madison, Connecticut, Charles and his wife Lisa of Woodbury, CT, Edward and his wife Holly of Denver, Colorado, and Grant and his wife Lynn of Houston, Texas; and twelve grandchildren: Nina, Ben, Blake, Brooks, Chase, Sarah, Hiller, Conner, Taylor, Parker, Caroline, and Adrienne.

A Memorial Service will be held at 11: 00 AM, Saturday, May 30, 2015 at the Middlebury Congregational Church in Middlebury, CT. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery at the convenience of the family.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Riverside Cemetery Association, Inc. C/O Bank of America, 157 Church St., 26th floor, New Haven, CT 06510.