Caroline Cartmill passed away peacefully at home with her husband Tom and dog “Zach” by her side on September 1, 2014, after a long illness. She was 72. Caroline was born June 26, 1942 in Los Angeles, CA, the youngest of three daughters of Rodney and Ted Barney. The family moved to Eugene, OR where Caroline graduated high school. After earning a BS in Nursing from Oregon Health & Sciences University, Caroline proudly served as a US Navy nurse at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Virginia. This was the start of a 40 year lifework dedicated to nursing that included nursing at the Klinik Hirslanden in Zurich, Switzerland; ICU and emergency room nursing in Portland; then a long career at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. At Harborview she worked as an emergency room nurse, head clinic nurse in orthopedics, head clinic nurse in oral surgery, primary nurse in gastroenterology, and finally in outpatient surgery recovery. Caroline loved being a nurse and found great satisfaction in caring for and supporting patients. It was at Harborview that she met her husband Tom. They shared 33 wonderful years together. In retirement Caroline enjoyed gardening, scrapbooking and journaling, reading, and traveling. She especially enjoyed trips to the beach with Tom and ever present terrier dogs. Caroline was always a positive, kind and caring person, upbeat and graceful even as she struggled with her prolonged illness. Her passing is that state in which one exists in the memory of others. Which is why it is not an end. No goodbyes, just very good memories.
Remembrances can be made to the Special Care Unit of the Northwest Kidney Centers
http://www.nwkidney.org/donate/contact/index.html
or to the Jane Goodall Institute