[Volunteers_fosm] In Memory of Carl Smith

[Bet Gendron]

Carl Smith's *Celebration of Life* will be 2pm, Saturday, Oct 19, 2024, at
10500 Lomas NE, at Lomas and Eubank.  See the French obituary-
frenchfunerals.com/obituaries/carl-smith.  Many of you have expressed
heartfelt thoughts of Carl.  Marilyn's address for cards is:
*Marilyn Smith*
*2212 Via Cadiz Ct NW*
*Albuq NM 87104*

On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 4:17 PM Bet Gendron <bettygendron at gmail.com> wrote:

> We are sorry to announce the passing on Sept 7 of Carl Smith, 86, a
> long-time friend and sawyer in the Friends of the Sandia Mtns for decades.
> In the words of Sam Beard, *” Carl and I were friends and colleagues for
> more than 45 years.  We shared our love of the outdoors in the Friends of
> the Sandia Mountains and the New Mexico Cross Country Ski Club.  A skilled
> photographer, Carl contributed many pictures to my Ski Touring in Northern
> New Mexico, and he used his chain saw to remove trees from ski trails in
> the Sandia and Jemez Ranger Districts.  We also enjoyed working together
> using chainsaws to fell hazard trees, cut logs, and clear meadows in
> projects organized by the Friends.”*   A former physicist with Sandia
> Labs, Carl was also a climber and an avid mountain biker as well as a road
> biker with NM Touring Society.  We all knew his sometimes exacting
> standards and we enjoyed hearing of his many world-wide climbing
> adventures, which he regaled with old-school amusement, no matter how
> harrowing it actually was.  In addition to photographing for Sam’s book, he
> contributed to Robert Julyan’s *The Mountains of New Mexico* and others.
> Carl was laid up for a few years in the companionship of his wife,
> Marilyn.  Please see French Funerals for the future Memorial Service
> schedule, frenchfunerals.com/obituaries/carl-smith
>
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