Carroll Kales Cahill
1926-May 25, 2006
Woodside, California

Carroll Kales Cahill of Woodside died May 25 at El Camino Hospital after a lengthy battle with rheumatoid arthritis and its complications. She was 80.

Ms. Cahill was born in Oakland and graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 1947. She married Peter Cahill in 1953, and the couple lived in San Francisco for 36 years before moving to Woodside in 1989.

Ms. Cahill was an artist who specialized in oil paintings of children and landscapes. Her portraits of children and grandchildren hang in the homes of many of her friends. She enjoyed hiking in the Sierra Nevada mountains and in the countryside surrounding Woodside, say family members. She also traveled extensively abroad.

Ms. Cahill is survived by her husband of 53 years, Peter; children, Sally Cahill of Alamo and Michael Cahill of Ojai; and a brother, Sheldon Kales, of Irvine. A daughter, Susan Cahill, preceded her in death.

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