Carolyn A. Smith

Car­olyn A. Smith, a re­tired For­eign Ser­vice Of­fi­cer, of Wau­paca, passed away at the age of 71 on Wednes­day, Dec. 14, 2022, of can­cer.
Car­olyn was born on Feb­ru­ary 9, 1951; daugh­ter of the late Thomas and Eu­nice (Just­man) Smith. She lived in north­east­ern Wis­con­sin.
Car­olyn joined the De­part­ment of State in 1975 and later, the US In­for­ma­tion Agency. Car­olyn served in Ecuador, Tan­za­nia, Turkey, Venezuela, Sri Lanka, Bul­garia, Mex­ico, Rus­sia, Ger­many, Afghanistan, and Wash­ing­ton DC. She loved to read and travel and en­joyed vol­un­teer ac­tiv­i­ties in re­tire­ment. She was an ar­dent fan of Wis­con­sin sport teams.
Car­olyn had a very spe­cial re­la­tion­ship with all of her nieces and nephews and loved spend­ing time with them. She had a deep faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and her faith brought her through her final trial.
Car­olyn is sur­vived by her sis­ter, Laura (Ker­mit) Mold­en­hauer of Wau­paca; brother, Alan (Dana) Smith of Fre­mont; also many nieces, nephews, other rel­a­tives and friends.
Fu­neral Ser­vice was held at 11 a.m. on Tues­day, Dec. 20, at Im­manuel Evan­gel­i­cal Lutheran Church in Wau­paca. Rev. Ben Kempfert of­fi­ci­ated. Vis­i­ta­tion was held from 10 a.m. until time of ser­vice at the Church.
In lieu of flow­ers, memo­ri­als ap­pre­ci­ated to Im­manuel Evan­gel­i­cal Lutheran Church or WELS World Mis­sions at https://​community.​wels.​net
Holly Fu­neral Home of Wau­paca as­sisted the fam­ily with arrange­ments. On­line con­do­lences avail­able at www.​hol​lyfu​nera​lhom​e.​com