Clare Eberle Carr

She grew up in Sequim, Washington the daughter of immigrants from Switzerland. She graduated from Sequim High School in 1943 and went on to attend college at Seattle University earning a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology in 1947. Clare began her professional life working as a social worker in in the town of Aberdeen, Washington. She accepted a new job and relocated to San Francisco in 1949.

In 1950, she applied for a position with the US Department of State, United States Information Agency. Over the next ten years, she worked as a cultural attaché in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Japan, and briefly in Switzerland. During a break from overseas postings, she met her husband, the late Roland J. Carr, in Washington D.C. The two married in 1960 in San Francisco, California.

During her husband’s posting with the Navy in Taipei, Taiwan, Clare taught English for two years at the Republic of China’s National Defense College.

While she laid aside her professional endeavors to be a wife and mother, Clare was an avid reader and life- long learner attending lectures on topics as diverse as Art History and Political Science. She enjoyed cooking and was a consummate hostess, in her final years she delighted in coordinating dinner gatherings with friends at Patriot’s Colony.

Her husband of 50 years, Roland J. Carr, died in 2010. She is survived by her sons, Michael Carr of Auburn, Washington and James Carr of Lithia Springs, Georgia. A Catholic Mass commemorating her life will be held at St. Bede’s Church in Williamsburg on Friday, January 3 at 9am; she will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery.