Cara M. Spicer

The spirit of Cara M. Spicer of Gary, Indiana moved on to a new dimension at the Hospice of the Calumet Area in Munster, Indiana on August 27, 2011. Cara was born on September 22, 1953 in Fairfield, Illinois. In the course of her life Cara was a singer, an artist, millwright apprentice, hair stylist/colorist, salon manager and adjunct professor of Public Affairs at Indiana University Northwest. Over the past five years she worked tirelessly as Program Officer at the Legacy Foundation of Lake County assisting non-profit organizations to find the resources to make their dreams come true as well as involving herself in the development of new programs to benefit the people of Northwest Indiana. Many years the President of Friends of Emerson, she was also an alumnus of Leadership Northwest Indiana. She was a daughter, wife, sister, mother and grandmother survived by her mother, Eva Marvel, wife of Bill Marvel of Fairfield, Illinois, husband Steve Spicer of Gary, Indiana, son and daughter-in-law Sam and Nicole King Spicer of Munster, Indiana and their children Annabelle Rose and Phineas James, sister and brother-in-law Jeanne and Cedric Johnson of Superior, Wisconsin and their sons Scott and Chuck, as well as numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. She was preceded in death by her father Charles McManis of West Bend, Wisconsin. A celebration of her life, love and work will be held in approximately one month’s time.Interment of her ashes will be at Shrewsbury Cemetery in Mill Shoals, Illinois.A complete story of her life, love and work can be found at http://caringbridge.org/visit/caraspicer Memorial donations in her name can be sent to the Legacy Foundation of Lake County, 1000 E. 80th Place, Suite 302 South, Merrillville, IN 46410 where a scholarship fund will be established in her name.