Carol Louise Carrington

Carol Louise Carrington, 59, passed away Sunday, January 23, 2011, at Marcus Daly Hospital in Hamilton, Montana. She was born April 5, 1951, in Williston, North Dakota, the daughter of Jackson and Ethel Carrington.

Carol grew up in Havre and graduated from Havre High School in 1969. She belonged to the Havre Rifle Club and obtained her National Distinguished Marksman Award in 1967. After graduation, Carol worked at Eddie's CafAC. in Apgar Village in Glacier National Park, Montana for three years. This was a special highlight in Carol's life as she so enjoyed living and working in Glacier Park and considered it, "one of the most beautiful places on earth".

Carol moved to Portland, Oregon in 1971, settling there for many years. She made many life-long friends during her residence in Portland and while working as a Keyboarder at American Bank Stationery. Years later, Carol returned to Hamilton, Montana to be close to her mother, step-father, brother and sister-in-law, and her nieces and nephews. Shortly after her return, Carol became a member of the Faith Lutheran Church and a long time resident of Sapphire Lutheran Retirement Homes. Carol had many close friends, family, and neighbors and will be dearly missed by all who knew her.

She was preceded in death by her father, Jackson Carrington, and her sister, Jane Richardson. Survivors include her parents, Ethel and Vance Warwick; her brother and his wife, Jim and Jamie Carrington; and her brother-in-law, Vern Richardson. She is also survived by her numerous nieces and nephews: Ondine and James Barnt and their child, Aurora; Jonathan Carrington; Nicole Carrington; and Jason Gardiner and his son, Mason. Also to be remembered are her step-brothers and sisters: Archie and Lee Warwick and their children, Ken and Lindsey; Buster and Roseanne Warwick and their children, Helen, Nathan, and Jill; Valerie and Ken Reeves and their children, Jacob, Matthew and Joy; and Butch Warwick's children Heather and Angela. She is also survived by her beloved cousins, Jean and Ray Witter and Mary and Jim Tauer.

High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds " and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of " wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, nor eagle flew "
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high, untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.

by John Gillespie Magee