Carol T. Hughen

FAYETTEVILLE — Carol (Thelen) Hughen, age 77, of Fayetteville, passed away on March 18, 2018.

She was born June 19, 1940, in Charles City, Iowa, to Ida Johanna (Rademacher-Thelen) McCoy and Almon Robert Thelen.

Carol was preceded in death by her parents and three of her brothers, Daniel Steven McCoy, Wayne Edward Swant and Jim Boll.

Carol was a graduate of Hot Springs High School, 1958, and then she and her husband, Rich, raised three children. For several years she was primarily a homemaker and a great Mom. When the children were older, she went to college and in 1982 graduated from the University of Arkansas with a B.A. in Education. She taught at the New School in Fayetteville for several years and then became a public school teacher in Ellis, Kan., retiring in 2005. In 2006, she was diagnosed with cancer (lymphoma) and suffered with various health problems the rest of her life.

She is survived by her husband of 59 years, Rich; four brothers, Randy, of Mount Vernon, Ill., Pat, of Knoxville, Tenn., Jim, of Amelia, Ohio, and Tim, of Edgewater, Md.; three children, Bill, of Belleville, Ill., Cindy and RT, of Fayetteville, Ark.; nine grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.

Memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, April 2,

2018, at Central United Methodist Church in the Church Activity Center.

Memorial contributions may be made to Central United Methodist Church of Fayetteville, Ark.

For more information, please contact Rich by text or call at

785-656-0140.

To sign the online guestbook, visit http://www.mooresfuneralchapel.com.