Carlene McCarthy

Carlene McCarthy-Smith, loving mother and grandmother, died
peacefully March 7, 2010, she was 75.
She was born Carlene Caroline Raben on May 26, 1934 in
Clearfield, South Dakota to Carl Raben and Lillian Haag. Her
family migrated west during the dust bowl years and landed in
Monroe, Washington. She graduated from Monroe High School and
attended Seattle University for two years. She moved to Oakland,
California and worked for two years before returning to Monroe.
She married Dennis McCarthy in 1958. They had three children
while living in Seattle and then built a home in Maple Valley in
1964 and added four more children to their family. After 19 happy
years of marriage, Dennis died in 1977 leaving Carlene with seven
children at home. She went to work for the Boeing Company and
raised her family. After 21 year, she retired from Boeing in
1998.
In 2004 she fell in love with and married long time family
acquaintance David Smith, with whom she happily shared the last
five years of her life.
Carlene is survived by David Smith of Maple Valley and his
extended family. She leaves five daughters and two sons; Molly
(Larry) Hughes of Coupeville, Mary (Kevin) Nelson of North Bend,
Ellen (Jeff) Riley of Newcastle, Colene Good of Federal Way,
Jennifer (Doug) Skuce of Maple Ridge, BC, Canada, Michael (Eve)
McCarthy of Portland, Oregon and Dennis (Carrie) McCarthy of Maple
Valley. She has 23 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She
is also survived by three sisters and one brother; Lois Sorenson
in Snohomish, Mardella Nelson in Kent, Elaine "Rusty" Simon in
Sultan and Ron Raben in Olympia and proceeded in death by her
sister Billie Manning.
A funeral mass was held on March 11 at St. John the Baptist
Catholic Church in Covington. Remembrances can be made to
Evergreen Hospice, c/ o Evergreen Health Care Foundation, 12040 NE
128th Street MS #5, Kirkland, WA 98034.