Carol Anne (Norcross) Frost, age 97, of Wilmington, Mass. and Fryeburg, Maine, passed peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on Oct. 22, 2025.
The youngest of three daughters of Evelyn (McGlone) and George Henry Norcross, she was born October 13, 1928, in Nantucket, Mass. While attending Nantucket High School she worked as a telephone operator and alongside her sister, Phyllis, at the Downyflake Restaurant. After graduating high school at the top of her class, she attended Boston University where she earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1950.
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