| Graduation Year | Class of 2013 |
| Date of Birth | Nov 12, 1994 |
| Date of Passing | Jan 02, 2015 |
| About | On Jan. 2, 2015, our beautiful daughter, granddaughter, niece and loving friend, Carolena Elowsky, went to join our heavenly father. A celebration of her life took place at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, at Charlevoix High School. Carolena was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Nov. 12, 1994. She moved to Charlevoix, Mich., with her family in 1997. She attended Charlevoix Public Schools, and graduated first in her high school class in 2013. She was an avid soccer player, a starter of four years, and earned Honorable Mention All State honors her junior and senior years. She was a member of the National Honor Society, student council, quiz bowl team, and was also a member of the volleyball, basketball and cross country teams. In the fall of 2013, Carolena began her studies in the honors college at Michigan State University. She was a member of the Tower Guard Honors Society, Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, and was employed as a teacher’s assistant. Carolena was a true Sparty with a heart of green! She attended all of the home football and basketball games. These game days filled her with some of her fondest memories at MSU. Carolena loved her family, her Charlevoix friends and her new MSU friends. She spent her summers as a gang leader/camp counselor at The Belvedere Club where she was loved by the Belvedere families and children. Carolena’s smile lit up a room. She was funny, smart, positive, kind and a born leader. She lived her life to the fullest and achieved all her dreams. Carolena will be missed by so many. Carolena leaves behind her loving parents, Grant and Bridget Elowsky; her two brothers, Parker and Hudson; her grandparents, Lowell and Jean Elowsky, and Patricia LaRue; her aunts and uncles, Jay Elowsky, Jennifer (Elowsky) and Daniel Fox, Greg and Jill LaRue, Mark and Sue LaRue, Brendan and Stephanie LaRue, Molly LaRue, Geoff and Michelle LaRue, and Megan (LaRue) and Brett Korbell; and many cousins. She was preceded in death by her grandfather Merrill LaRue. Contributions in Carolena’s honor can be made to the Carolena Elowsky MSU Scholarship Fund in care of the Charlevoix State Bank. Share a memory or condolences in Carolena’s guestbook at www.winchesterfuneralhome.com. FOREVER YOUNG, FOREVER BEAUTIFUL, FOREVER IN SO MANY HEARTS. WE LOVE YOU, OUR SWEET DAUGHTER, CAROLENA. |
