Carolyn Rosen
After having courageously fought brain and lung cancer for the past three months, we are ever so sad to announce the passing of Carolyn Wexler Rosen of Needham, Massachusetts on Friday August 18, 2023. Carolyn was born February 10, 1942, the daughter of Murray and Gussie Wexler in Exeter, New Hampshire, but she lived most of her life with her loving husband of 48 years, George, in Newton, Massachusetts. She is also survived by her son Peter, stepchildren Jeffrey, Phillip and Patricia, her five grandchildren, Joseph, James, Keren, Sarah and Joshua, her sister Shirley Barkin and her nephews Peter, Samuel and James Barkin. Carolyn was beloved by family and friends who knew her to be generous, kind, and compassionate – always ready to help and to serve. She spent many years teaching school and volunteering at the Dana Farber Cancer Hospital. Described by some as a “force of nature” she fiercely loved her husband George, her son, her three stepchildren, and all of her grandchildren, and she will forever be missed.
Donations in Carolyn’s memory may be made to Friends of Dana Farber, Boston, MA