ASU remembers

   

Carolyn Harris Lanners

Manager, Remote Computer Sites

   

  

Carolyn Lanners

  

December 19, 2017

Carolyn Harris Lanners, 81, died on December 19, 2017.  After the death of her first husband, Rolland L. Ooley, Carolyn and her children moved to Tempe in 1964. Carolyn worked at ASU in Computing Services. (Connie McNeill, former director of Computing Services, recalls that Carolyn was working at ASU when Connie arrived in 1976.) Carolyn retired as manager of the remote computer sites in 1992. She was a member of ASURA and worked in the ASURA office from 2009-2012. She married S. Nicholas Lanners in 1975. They purchased and managed a Phoenix neighborhood bar (The Buggy Inn), built a home in Star Valley, became RV Club members, traveled world-wide, and spent time with friends and family. Carolyn was a member of Sweet Adelines International, Tonto Community Concert, Mogollon Health Alliance Auxiliary, American Legion Auxiliary (Unit 69), Loyal Order of Moose Auxiliary Chapter 2012, and volunteered as a Pink Lady at the Payson Regional Hospital. Carolyn was preceded in death by three siblings, her first husband, Rolland L. Ooley, and one child. She is survived by her husband, S. Nicholas, a brother, step-brother, two children, a step-son, seven grandchildren, six step-grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and seven step-great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held on Thursday, December 28, 2017, at Green Acres Mortuary and Cemetery, 401 N. Hayden Rd. Scottsdale, AZ 85257. Visitation will be at 9:00 a.m., service at 10:00 a.m. and burial at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Ironwood Anaplastic Cancer Research, 6111 E. Arbor Ave. , Mesa AZ, 85206 or Seasons Hospice at 2020 N. Central Ave, Suite 170, Phoenix, AZ 85004. (Source: ASURA Office)