Raymond Conley Carman

CARMAN, Raymond Conley, son of Jack and Reba Lee Carman, was born on February 25, 1935 in Bristow, Oklahoma. He passed away on April 21, 2010 in Tucson, AZ at the age of 75. Raymond attended both grade and high school and was a member of the First Christian Church in Bristow. He attended the University of Oklahoma for one year and then served the US Army in Europe for two years. Following his service, Raymond went to Oklahoma State University where he met the love of his life, Eva Anne Schoenhals. They both graduated from OSU in 1960 and were married for 51 loving years. Raymond worked as a soil conservationist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, Idaho and Oklahoma. He retired from the BIA in 1986 in Chickasha, OK where Eva taught school. Raymond and Eva moved to Tucson, Arizona in 2003. Raymond loved music and was especially fond of listening to, and playing, the fiddle. He was a member of the Arizona Old time Fiddlers, and the Arizona Cowboy Symposium Ranch Hands. He was a faithful, loving and kind hearted man with resolute integrity. He was loved by many, and will be dearly missed. Raymond is survived by his wife, Eva; his son, Roger and wife, Kathryn; his grandchildren, Roger Raymond Carman, Duncan, Ashley and Dustin Douglas of Albuquerque, New Mexico and his daughter, Lisa Fenton of Tucson, AZ and grandchildren, Chelsey, Ryan, Eric, Brett, Jamie and Ashley Fenton of Albuquerque, NM; his brother, J. Edwin and wife, Aureila of Duncan, Oklahoma and sister, Sue Ann Thompson and husband, Larry of Albuquerque.