MELBOURNE

LT. COL. WILLIAM CAROLAN, BORN FEB 14, 1922 ENTERED INTO JESUS'S HANDS ON MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, GLORIA OF 63 YEARS AND 10 CIIILDREN, DOUGLAS CAROLAN, CYNTHIA TWITCHELL (JOHN), THERESA DESMARAIS (RONALD),VALERIE OTERI, CATHLEEN CURRY, WILLIAM CAROLAN JEFFREY CAROLAN, MICHAEL CAROLAN (LISSA), JOHN CAROLAN (KIMBERLY)AND DAVID CAROLAN(SUSAN); GRANDFATHER TO 15 AND GREAT GRANDFATHER TO 7. COLONEL CAROLAN AND HIS WIFE SPENT 23 YEARS TRAVELING WITH THE AIRFORCE, HE RETIRED IN 1965 TO RETURN TO MASSACHUSETTS. HE WAS A DEVOUT CATHOLIC AND LOVED AND CONSTANTLY BRAGGED ABOUT HIS FAMILY. SERVICES AND INTERMENT WILL BE HELD IN MASSACHUSETTS AT A LATER DATE. CONDOLENCES CAN BE SHARED AT WWW.DAVISSEAWINDS.COM.