Carolyn (Slack) Kershner peacefully passed away on July 2, 2024, at Saint Luke’s Hospice after a lengthy battle with a brain tumor and multiple strokes.

Carolyn was born on May 26, 1947, in St. Joseph, Missouri, to Irving and Sylvia Slack. She was a lifelong member of Temple Adath Joseph.

She leaves behind her loving husband, David, of 30 years. She was preceded in death by her son, Adam Chesser, of the home; her sister, Jennifer Dennison and her husband, Jim, of Onalaska, Wisconsin; numerous nieces and nephews; and a stepson, Joseph Kershner. 

She was a graduate of the University of Oklahoma (Class of 1969) with an associate’s degree, and she went on to receive her Bachelor of Science from Missouri Western State College in 1987.

She was an account auditor for Aetna Life Insurance and for several federal organizations, recently retiring from the IRS as a final auditor examiner.

Carolyn will be dearly missed by all that knew her.