Carl W. Conrad

Carl and his wife Velma were among my parents close friends over the decades and distances that came to separate them. The telephone became a common tool that my mother and father used to talk at length about their lives and the many great memories and stories that they shared.
Carl was a true renaissance man..... not only a scholar of history and language, but a great cook !!! My best memory of his culinary skills was of a Halloween almost 60 years ago where Carl created platters of the most delicious food I had ever eaten..... these delicacies were refined from his childhood in New Orleans. I had never heard about beignets and Carl created so many of these that night that I must have set a record for eating so many.
On my numerous trips to New Orleans, I have eaten many over the years and yet none could compare to Carl´s !!!
Our families paralleled each other in many ways. Carl and my father were both university professors and my mother and Velma were both teachers in the elementary schools. Our families were made up of a son and a daughter and we had our share of pets.
I smile thinking that my father and Carl are both in heaven together discussing philosophy and biblical history as well as favorite cities of the world and architecture.
My sister Carmen and I were saddened by the news of Carl´s passing, but glad he was at home and peacefully enjoying the countryside he enjoyed so much.

Donald George King