Carol Frances Chunglo, 82, passed away peacefully at her home in Pelham, Massachusetts, on November 1, 2022. She was born November 26, 1939, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, the daughter of the late Victoria Chunglo Greenough. She was the step-daughter of the late George Kenneth Greenough.

She retired in 2015 from Interface Precision Benchworks in Orange, Massachusetts, where she was honored as the company’s longest-serving employee, and one of its most productive workers. In 1997, she was featured by The Boston Globe Magazine in a cover story titled “Ready, Willing, and Disabled.”

Carol loved her job and the ocean, vacationing often on Cape Cod. Most of all, she loved coffee and ice cream.

She grew up in Florence, Massachusetts, and lived for several years at the former Belchertown State School until its closing in 1992. For the past 25 years, she has lived in a group home operated by Almadan, Inc., where other residents and loving caregivers became her extended family.

Carol is survived by her devoted sister, Gail Greenough Orzechowski of Florence, who advocated for Carol her entire life. Gail and her husband Ed were Carol’s co-guardians for many years. She is also survived by her brother Kenneth George Greenough of Chandler, Arizona. She leaves her nephews Darren and Scott Orzechowski, both of New Hampshire; nieces Donna Cantalupo and Lisa Rossiter of  South Carolina, Kenna Smith of California, and Sheila Cyr of Missouri; and several grand-nieces and grand-nephews.

There will be a calling hour at Douglass Funeral Service, 87 No. Pleasant St., Amherst MA at 10:00 AM on November 9, with graveside service to follow at 12:00 pm at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Northampton.

Donations may be made to: Cooley Dickinson VNA & Hospice, 168 Industrial Drive, Northampton MA 01060-9938; or Trees of Love & Thanksgiving, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, 30 Locust St., PO Box 5001, Northampton MA 01061-9915. Memorial guestbook at www.douglassfuneral.com