Mehring Carol

Homemaker, 92

Carol J. Mehring of Golden passed away February 5, 2016. She was the beloved wife of the

late Clinton Mehring, mother of Jim, Chip and Martha; grandmother of Maddie, Carl, Walter,

Riley and Jack; sister of Richard and Tom Adams and the late Bonnie Rothgeb, She was born

on July 4, 1923 in New Haven, Indiana.

During WWII she joined the US Navy and served as an aircraft gunnery instructor at Kaneohe

Bay NAS, Hawaii. Following the war, she married her high school sweetheart and earned a BFA

from the Cleveland Institute of Art. She moved to Golden in 1950. She shepherded her family

on overseas assignments to Quito, Ecuador and Lahore, West Pakistan before returning to

Golden permanently in 1965.

A memorial service will be held Friday, February 12 at 10:30 at the Golden First United

Methodist Church followed by internment at Golden Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 1500 Ford Street,

Golden or the Foothills Art Center, 809 15th Street, Golden.