Carolyn J. Luick Obituary (1926 - 2019)

Carolyn Joanne Luick passed away on Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at her home in Carlisle. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, January 6, 2019 at Peterson Funeral Home in Carlisle. A visitation will begin at 1:00 PM prior to services at the funeral home. Interment will take place immediately after the service, followed by a lunch at the funeral home. Carolyn was born on December 21, 1926 and lived most of her life in the Carlisle area. She and Newt Bartholomew were married in 1944. After owning a small restaurant in Carlisle she decided to go to beauty school and opened her own shop. In 1961 she and Harold Luick were married. She worked with him in the country music industry along with managing the local movie theatre and bingo parlor. In later years she worked at Simpson College in food service. Carolyn's final employer was Hy-Vee Southridge. In retirement Carolyn enjoyed many family gatherings, birthday luncheons with her longtime friends, helping serve at the senior citizen meal site and having a monthly "Mom's day" with her daughter Janet, Marge Thompson, and Sandy Robinson. She also loved for her granddaughter Lindsay to come and play cards. During the last 25 plus years Carolyn and her best friend and companion, Lyle Ripperger of Milo, would go dancing, play cards with friends and go to movies almost every weekend. The last few years Lyle would come to Carlisle and pick her up and go for a ride out in the Iowa countryside. Those little trips made them both so happy. We could count on Lyle to be there for her and making her life a bit more enjoyable. For years mom and Lindsay would drive to the Southridge Hy-Vee for breakfast and talk to their friends James and Matt. Everyone knew them because they were there every weekend. Carolyn is survived by her 3 children, Charles Bartholomew, Janet(Dean)Van Ryswyk, and Larry Joe Bartholomew; grandchildren, Chuck Van Ryswyk, Julie (Dave) Jordan, Kris Kooiman, Mike (Rhonda) Bartholomew, Marc (Billie) Bartholomew, Lindsay Bartholomew, and Shawna Bartholomew; and 6 great grandchildren, Darien Bartholomew, Jadon Bartholomew, Anna Jordan, Kate Jordan, Logan Wolfe, Kyndal Chiles Carolyn was preceded in death by her parents Charles and Genevra O'field; and daughter, Karen Bartholomew. Memorials may be directed to the Carlisle Alumni Association Online condolences may be made at www.petersonfuneralservice.com