CAROLE HALUPKE PASSED AWAY ON September 30th, 2011 IN MARIETTA, GA. SHE WAS BORN ON JUNE 7TH, 1941 TO LOUISE MAUNEY HEMRIC IN CHERRYVILLE, NC. THE NAME CAROLE MEANS “SONG” AND IT WAS SO APPROPRIATE FOR CAROLE. SHE WAS SINGING BEFORE SHE WAS TALKING. SHE HAD A LIFETIME PASSION FOR MUSIC. SHE HAD HER OWN RADIO PROGRAM WHEN SHE WAS 10 YEARS OLD. SHE PERFORMED FOR PRIVATE CLUBS AND ALL SCHOOL FUNCTIONS ALL THROUGH HER SCHOOL YEARS. SHE WROTE THE CLASS SONG WHEN SHE GRADUATED FROM SOUTH DADE HIGH IN HOMESTEAD, FL. CAROLE MARRIED WALTER HALUPKE ON JUNE 27TH, 1959. THEY STARTED A FAMILY AND CAROLE STARTED WRITING SONGS WITH ONLY HER CHILDREN AS HER AUDIENCE. AFTER YEARS OF WRITING AND PUTTING THEM IN A DRAWER SHE DECIDED TO LET A FEW PEOPLE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY HEAR THEM. HER EFFORTS WERE MET WITH MUCH ENTHUSIASM. SHE WENT ON TO HAVE SONGS RECORDED ON MAJOR LABELS SUCH AS MCA, RCA AND SUN RECORDS. SHE HAD SONGS THAT CLIMBED THE BILLBOARD CHARTS. SHE HAD THE TITLE SONG FOR THE GROUP “ATLANTA” ENTITLED “PICTURES”, WHICH WENT TO NUMBER ONE IN ALL MUSIC MARKETS. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE NAMED “GEORGIA SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR” AWARDED BY THE GOVERNORS OFFICE.
CAROLE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HER FAMILY AND HER CHILDREN. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND OF 52 YEARS, WALTER HALUPKE, SON: SCOTT HALUPKE AND WIFE CINDI OF PLEASANT VALLEY, NY, DAUGHTER: CHERI LYNN BAKER AND HUSBAND CHRISTOPHER BAKER OF ALEXANDRIA, VA. SHE WAS THE PROUD GRANDMOTHER OF CHARLES HALUPKE 14, MITCHELL HALUPKE 12, CAROLINE HALUPKE 6, NATASHA BAKER 6, NATHAN BAKER 4, AND MADELINE BAKER 4. CAROLE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER BELOVED SONS RICHARD ALLEN AND DOUGLAS TODD.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CHERRYVILLE, NC ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8TH AT 1:30 PM. BURIAL WILL BE IN ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH CEMETARY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 7TH AT CARPENTER’S FUNERAL HOME FROM 5:00 PM– 8:00 P.M.
