Carolyn M. Vieira

Tucson, AZ - Carolyn Marie Vieira, 69, formerly of South Attleboro, MA, passed away Thursday, April 1, 2021 in Tucson, AZ after struggling with cancer for the past year. Her brother David, niece Heather and nephew Greg were by her side. Carolyn grew up in Eastern Massachusetts where she learned to love the Red Sox, French Canadian food, and Portuguese linguica and Easter sweetbread. She got her love of science and reading from the Attleboro School System. Carolyn received her BS in Biology at the Lowell Technological Institute which, at the time, had only 100 women students among 3000 men. After graduation, she worked in nuclear fuel safety for Texas Instruments in Attleboro, MA. She learned how to drive a stick and drove to Tucson, AZ to pursue a PhD in Immunology at the University of Arizona. After 5 years she switched careers and became Radiation Control Specialist at the University of Arizona, retiring in 2011. Carolyn lived a full and loving life. Until recently, Carolyn swam a mile every day except...