Carol Marie (Burns) Talmage died at her home in Riverhead on Jan. 27, 2023. She was 90 years old.
She was born in Riverhead on May 15, 1932 to Eleanor (Galow) and William Burns.
She attended Riverhead schools and SUNY Oneonta and SUNY Cortland, earning a bachelor’s degree in education.
Carol married her high school sweetheart John H. Talmage at the United Methodist Church in Riverhead on June 28, 1952. John was in the Army and they were stationed in Fort Sill, Oklahoma and Fort Bragg, North Carolina before John served in Korea.
After his service, they returned to Friar’s Head Farm and raised a family of four children. She was a homemaker and a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.
Carol was a Brownie troop leader and a member of the Central Suffolk Hospital Women’s Auxiliary. She enjoyed singing and was a member of the Methodist church choir and the Baiting Hollow Congregational Church choir, and sang with other local choirs. She loved the Baiting Hollow Congregational Church and in later days devoted time to the Thrift shop and other church activities. She was also a member of the Riverhead Garden Club and Friends of the Riverhead Library.
Predeceased by her husband of nearly 70 years on Feb. 14, 2022, she is survived by her children, Laura Talmage Goode, William Talmage and Ellen Talmage, all of Baiting Hollow, and Henry Talmage of Albany, New York. She is survived by 11 grandchildren: Meredith (Goode) Barry of Wading River, Emily (Goode) Flood of Aquebogue, William Goode of Baiting Hollow, Cory Bernagozzi of Baiting Hollow, Kyle Talmage of Baiting Hollow, Kelly (Talmage) Shauger of Southold, Kaitlyn Talmage of Baiting Hollow, Taylor Talmage of Wading River, Clayton Talmage of Riverhead, Arden Talmage of Saratoga Springs, and Corrine Talmage of Saratoga Springs, and by five great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her brothers, Roger Burns of Marco Island, Florida and Douglas Burns of Riverhead.
The family will receive visitors on Monday, Jan. 30 from 3 to 7 p.m. at McLaughlin Heppner Funeral Home, 336 Marcy Avenue, Riverhead.
A funeral service will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 10 a.m. at Baiting Hollow Congregational Church on Sound Avenue in Baiting Hollow, the Rev. Stan Knavel officiating. Interment will follow at Baiting Hollow Congregational Church cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to Baiting Hollow Congregational Church, Sound Avenue, Baiting Hollow NY 11933, East End Hospice or Kent Animal Shelter.
