Carole Short Rodgers

Carole Short Rodgers, 73, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, wife of loving and dedicated husband William "Bill" Sinclair Rodgers, Jr. of 51 years passed away during a stroke on Monday, January 23, 2017. The family will receive friends Friday, January 27 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the J. HENRY STUHR, INC. MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL. Her Rite of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. in the Stella Maris Roman Catholic Church, 1204 Middle Street. Entombment to follow at Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens Mausoleum.

Carole was born December 14, 1943 in Pittsburgh, PA and raised in Turtle Creek, PA daughter of the late James Short and the late Irene Farrell Short. She moved from PA to Washington, D.C. with her loving Aunt Mary Short working as a secretary for the National Security Agency where she met her husband. She and her husband, Bill, married and moved to Bowie, MD where they raised their three children for 26 years. She graduated from the John Robert Powers School of Modeling and became a model and a freelance make up artist in the Baltimore/Washington Area. She then became the Director of the Wendy Ward Modeling Program at Montgomery Wards graduating 3,000 girls teaching them etiquette and modeling. She then received her Associate of Arts Degree in Marketing from Prince George's Community College. She was the first in her family to earn a college degree. She also worked as a volunteer for four Presidents in the White House. After her husband retired, they moved to Mt. Pleasant, SC. She became a flight attendant for 12 years ending with United Airlines. She and Bill loved traveling and cruising. She loved casinos, beaches, shopping, and organizing her Turtle Creek High School Reunions.She was a faithful Irish Catholic and a longtime member of Sacred Heart in Bowie, MD and Stella Maris in Sullivan's Island, SC.

In addition to her husband, Bill she is survived by her children, Carole Ann Strange (Mike) of Davidsonville, MD, Cathy Tade (Mark) of Muenster, IN, William Rodgers III (Jen) Wahiawa, HI; and her nine grandchildren Michael, Connor, Brendan, Colby, Lily, John, Mikey, Valentina, and Camila. She is also survived by her sister in law Francis Finch of Mt. Pleasant, SC; two sisters, Maureen Blon of Turtle Creek, PA and Marjorie Short of Santa Clara, CA.

She was preceded in death by her brother, James Short, and sister, Rosemary Short.

Thank you to all our family and friends for their love and support through cards, text messages, calls, and emails over the years it meant so much to her.