lit a candle 4d ago"Beloved teacher, wife, sister and aunt who loved sailing, her cats and the outdoors." That's the whole obituary line. 93 years, Hamilton to Atlanta.
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Pauline Elizabeth Schwartz-Carlson was a retired educator and small business consultant who spent much of her later life in Buford, Georgia, after decades spent raising a family, teaching school and building a marriage that lasted more than three decades. She died on October 13, 2026, at the Fountain View Center…
Pauline Elizabeth Schwartz-Carlson was a retired educator and small business consultant who spent much of her later life in Buford, Georgia, after decades spent raising a family, teaching school and building a marriage that lasted more than three decades. She died on October 13, 2026, at the Fountain View Center for Alzheimer's in Atlanta, Georgia, at the age of 93.
She was born on August 22, 1933, in Hamilton, Ohio, to Adolph Schwartz and Margaret Vennefron-Schwartz. She grew up in Hamilton, graduated from Hamilton High School, and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, preparing her for a career in the classroom.
On June 15, 1963, she married DuWayne Carlson in the chapel at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, a union that would last until his death. Her teaching career placed her in southern classrooms during one of the most consequential periods in American education, as school systems worked to implement the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. After leaving the classroom, she and her husband started a consulting business together, working side by side until both fully retired.
Away from work, the couple built a lake house on Lake Tillery near the Uwharrie National Forest in North Carolina, where they spent many weekends on home projects and sailing. Pauline was known to those close to her for a love of sailing, her cats, theater, nature, tennis, reading and knitting, interests that filled her years after retirement. She was not a public figure in the sense of holding office, leading a company or working in entertainment, and no Wikipedia biography or substantial news coverage exists for her; what is known about her life comes from the obituary published by her family through Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband DuWayne, her sister Marilyn Schwartz-Wright, and her brother Edward Schwartz. Her family announced her death through an obituary published in late October 2026, and arrangements were handled by Flanigan Funeral Home and Crematory of Buford, Georgia. No specific cause of death beyond her residence at a center specializing in Alzheimer's care has been made public, and no public figures or organizations outside her family and funeral home are known to have issued tributes, which is typical for a private citizen rather than someone in public life.
Biography adapted from News reports and the sources cited on this page; death reported by Legacy | Obituary.
