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Died March 5, 2021.
Aventura Waterways K-8 Center, Miami, FL
First Grade
She was a free spirit, a devoted teacher and a single mom who adored her one and only daughter 10-year-old Lacey.
Carol Zuckerman, a Davie resident who taught first grade at Aventura Waterways K8 Center, died in her sleep Friday while at home battling the coronavirus. She was 56.
Her family and friends were still reeling from the news Sunday.
“Your eyes sparkled whenever talking about Lacey,” one friend wrote on a memorial page. “You will be so deeply missed.”
Another wrote: “I pray you are at peace my friend sleeping on a cloud. I will forever love you and cherish the times we spent together. I will keep up with Lacey and watch over her for you. You will never be forgotten my friend.”
A native of Great Neck, N.Y., Carol Zuckerman had planned to travel to New York to visit her mother over Spring Break, but never got to make the trip.
No one knows for certain where she contracted the coronavirus, her brother, Charles Zuckerman, said from his home in Elmira, N.Y. Doctors have not yet determined whether the virus caused or contributed to her death, he said.
Zuckerman moved to South Florida 15 years ago, her brother said. She spent several years in Aventura but moved to Davie in 2019 with her daughter and their toy poodle, Lexie.
Charles Zuckerman said his sister was known for her fearless independence.
“She was a very active person who had a lot of friends,” he said. “She was like her grandmother. She had a bit of gypsy soul. Loved to travel. Had friends wherever she went.”
As a young woman, she spent several years living in Paris. Later, she lived in California, working at a talent agency. She also lived in Maryland before making the move to sunny Florida.
She earned a master’s degree in business administration, but chose a career in education instead.
“She loved kids and wanted them to feel special,” her brother said. “Teaching was a very satisfying career for her.”
Lacey, Zuckerman’s daughter, will move to New York and be raised by an aunt who has a daughter the same age.
“She’s doing as well as you can” under the circumstances, Charles Zuckerman said of his young niece. “She’s a positive little girl. Just like her mother. She’s looking forward to being with family.”
In addition to her daughter and brother, Carol Zuckerman leaves behind her mother, Anna Zuckerman of Great Neck, N.Y.; sister Marcia Feurer of Westchester, N.Y.; and extended family.