Carol Carraher, 77, of Richland, Washington died from cancer August 28, 2002. She was born in Anaconda, Montana on March 28, 1925, to Joseph and Wilhelmine Tiefenthaler. She graduated from Anaconda High in 1943. She was employed as a secretary by many organizations and retired from DSHS in 1982.

She was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church and had been a daily communicant for 18 years until her illness. She had been inducted into the Carmelites and was a member of the Young Ladies Institute.

She is survived by her son Michael J. Carraher and his wife, Annette; son Terrance Carraher, daughter Kathleen Schwartz and her husband, Greg; daughter Margaret Carraher, and daughter Kerry Engbarth and her husband, Jim; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gene, in October 1999, her parents, one sister, two brothers, and three infant children.

Visitation will be at Einan's Funeral Home from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on August 31, and from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. on September 1, 2002.

A rosary service will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 1,2002, at Einan's, and a funeral mass will be celebrated at Christ the King Church on Monday, September 2, 2002, at 10:00 a.m. A graveside service will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.