Saratoga Springs, NY - Carolyn West passed away on Monday, March 9, 2015 at Wesley Heath Care Center where she had been a resident since 2011. Carolyn was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on Christmas day, 1919 to the late Adina and Walter Downing, She was the youngest of four siblings Ruth, Walter, and Bernice, who all predeceased her. Carolyn grew up in Spencer, and lived in Worcester, Sterling, and Framingham, Massachusetts and Vivian, Louisiana. She married Irving Mann and they had two daughters, Gretchen (Mann) Pierce of Wakefield, Rhode Island and Priscilla(Mann) Cutler of Wilton, New York. Also surviving are her five grandchildren, Jim Cutler of Corinth, New York, Leslie (Cutler) Richards of Schuylerville, New York, Darin Pierce of Wakefield, Rhode Island, Suzanne (Cutler) Hermann of Berlin, New York and Amy (Pierce) McDowell of Emmitsburg, Maryland along with ten great grandchildren and two deceased. Carolyn loved her family. She enjoyed making things and was a good seamstress. She fellowshipped at the Village Bible Chapel in Framingham for many years and had good friends there. During her years in Sterling, Massachusetts, where her children were raised, she and her husband were involved in the Sterling Grange, Pomona Grange, and she was a State Grange officer. After 25 years with H&R Block in Vivian, LA, Carolyn retired to New York to live with her daughter, Priscilla in 2008 and fellowshipped at New Life Fellowship. Family and friends are invited to a gathering at Priscilla's home, 5 Pulver Blvd., Wilton on Saturday, March 14, 2015 from 1pm to 4pm. Arrangements are under the direction of the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes of 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs (518-584-5373). Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.