Carol Anne Staton

Carol Anne Schantz Staton, age 83 of Remington, IN died at home Plano, TX on October 10, 2025 from Alzheimer’s and Kidney Disease.

Born in Lafayette, IL on March 1, 1942 to Dr. Richard Schantz and Annie Lilly, she grew up in Remington. She graduated from Remington High School and SMU with a BA and Master’s in music. She played the piano while growing up every Sunday at First Methodist Church in Remington.

She married Larry McDougal in 1967. Together they served 20 years in the US Air Force and had a daughter, Anne. She taught music in public schools and lived in a house she built in Tucson after a divorce in 1980. She married Lanny Staton of Dallas, TX in 2001 and had almost 25 years of marriage with Lanny, her friend of 64 years from SMU. She was active in Delta Gama sorority alumni club, Christ United Methodist Church, Tucson and the SMU Mustang Band Alumni Club.

She is survived by her husband, Lanny Staton, daughter Anne (husband Mathew Kemp), grandsons, Gaberial, Michael, and David Kemp.

Graveside Funeral Service will be at Remington Cemetery on Saturday, October, 25, 2025 at 1:00 pm EST.