Christine M. Carroll, 76, of Southington, CT, beloved wife of William P. Carroll passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at Jerome Home in New Britain. Christine was born in Hartford, CT and was the daughter of the late Stanley and Lena (Bastien) Merski. Christine earned a Bachelors of Nursing from Boston University. She worked as a staff RN in various hospitals and medical centers until transitioning to a nursing instructor at St. Francis School of Nursing in order to raise her son. During this time she earned an MBA by taking night classes at UCONN. Subsequently, she took a job as an analyst at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Connecticut. Upon retiring from Blue Cross, she worked as a pool nurse, nurse instructor, and medical writer for various technical encyclopedias and books. Throughout these health care endeavors, she always demonstrated her passion and facility for learning. Chris and Bill loved to travel, seeing sights throughout the world.

Christine is survived by her husband William, also living at Jerome Home, her son Richard Niro and his wife Jennifer of Southington, CT, her sister Janet Cosenza and her husband John of Ivoryton, CT and her sister Susan Merski and her brother Stephen Merski and his(wife Sara  of Tucson, AZ. She adored her three grandchildren, Matthew, Andrew, and Emma Niro and had a special place in her heart for her cousins, their children, and her nieces and nephews.

Funeral service for Christine will be held Tuesday, January 7, 2024 at 10 am at Church of the Incarnation, 544 Prospect St., Wethersfield, CT. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford. Relatives and friends may call at the Dillon-Baxter Funeral Home, 1276 Berlin Tpke., Wethersfield, CT Monday from 4pm to 7pm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Vasculitis Foundation, PO Box 28660, Kansas City, MO 64188.  To share a memory of Christine, please visit www.dillonbaxter.com