In Memory

Carmen Weiser (Smith)

Carmen Weiser (Smith)

Carmen Marie Weiser-Smith, OHS 1958

 

 

Carmen Marie Smith
January 26, 1940 - February 19, 2012

Carmen Marie Weiser-Smith, 72, from Ruidoso died February 19, 2012 in Albuquerque after courageously battling a lengthy illness.

She was born January 26, 1940 in Sterling, Colorado to Homer H. and Ruth M. Weiser who preceded her in death. She grew up in Colorado and graduated from Odessa High School. After receiving her LMSW from Our Lady of the Lakes University in San Antonio, she worked as a social worker and family counselor. She followed her husband who was in the Air Force to many assignments, including Germany, England, California, Maine, and Texas before retiring in Ruidoso. She had a great love for art, music, travel, playing the piano and reading.

She is survived by her husband of 53 years , Paul Clinton Smith; daughters, Susan Renee and her husband, Brad Vanek of Lamar, CO, Catherine and her husband Tom Wallace of Abilene, TX; grandchildren, Elisha Skinner, Kristin Mathis, Patrick Skinner, Ryan Skinner, Larabeth, Kaylynn, Michael, and David Vanek; and 16 great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Marilyn McDaniel and nephew Sean Weiser and niece Branwyn Strickland.

Graveside service will be Friday March 16, at 10:30 AM at the Ft. Stanton Cemetery. The family has requested memorials to Community United Methodist Church in Ruidoso.

  

  
 

 


 

Poem from Carmen's funeral service emailed to Linda Sides by Clinton Smith, husband of Carmen Marie Weiser-Smith, "OHS Class of 1958". 


"MISS ME BUT LET ME GO"

Author Unknown

 
"When I come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room
Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little -- but not too long
And not with your head bowed low,
Remember the love that we once shared
Miss me-but let me go

For this is a journey that we all must take
And each must go alone.
It's all a part of the Master's plan
A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick of heart
Go to the friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds.
Miss Me--But Let Me Go!"



April 11, 2012  8:58 am

To: Classadm@ohs58.net 

From: Paul C. Smith, Jr

Carmen Marie Smith (Weiser)

Moselle Alden Ford contacted me and asked if I'd let anyone know in Carmen's class that she had passed away on 19 Feb and I am sorry to say that I had not.  If at all possible I'd like to send you her Obit. We were married 53  years and I know she had many friends in her class.

Clinton Smith

pcscm58@windstream.net

PO Box 2247

Ruidoso, NM 88355









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