Carole attended Eisenhower High School. After graduating from Millikin University with a teaching degree, she completed a master's degree at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and taught at E. J. Muffley Elementary School in Decatur.
She married Steve High and lived in St. Louis; sometime after they returned to Decatur, they divorced. In 1970, she married Vern Barnet, then of Chicago. In 1971, they moved to Meadville, PA. The couple enjoyed traveling to Europe, Asia, and Central and South America. In 1975, they moved to the Kansas City area where she taught school and directed a church youth program. Their son, Ben, was born in 1980. After their divorce in 1994, she eventually returned to Decatur.
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