As an “Army brat,” she moved frequently, attending three schools in the first grade alone while living in Japan. As a child, her first love was riding horses; and, during high school, she competed in equestrian events in Texas, Virginia and New Mexico.

While riding for the Potomac Horse Center in Northern Virginia, she was honored to be given a tryout for the 1968 US Olympic equestrian team.

After graduating from high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, she began a 30-year career in banking, beginning as a teller at the Sandia Area Federal Credit

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Union in New Mexico.

While working at various banks in Norman, Oklahoma, she frequently testified as an expert witness during FBI investigations of fraud during the Savings and Loan crisis of the 1980s.

Moving to Boerne, Texas, to be with her parents, she worked as a loan officer at the Security State Bank and Trust in Boerne, and she completed her career as a compliance officer in the commercial loan department at Frost Bank in San Antonio.

After surviving breast cancer in 2004, her second love became riding Harley Davidson motorcycles with the Texas Hill Country Chapter, Harley Owners’ Group. On one occasion, while purchasing lattes for her lady riders, she forgot to put gas in her Softail Deluxe. After running out of gas on a local ride, she was given the road name, “Latte.”

Over the years, she developed a special fondness for riding in New Mexico, Colorado, Big Bend National Park and the Texas Hill Country. Her epic adventure was riding to the Harley Davidson 105th birthday party in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 2008.

After her mother and father passed away, she moved to Bernalillo, New Mexico, to take advantage of the many days of sunshine and low humidity. Her third love quickly became walking and spending time with her dogs: Boomer, a large Airedale; Brodie, an energetic Irish terrier; and Clancy, a rambunctious 2-year-old Irish terrier.

She will be interred with both Boomer and Brodie. She is survived by her brother, Andy; sister-in-law, Frances; and niece Lindsey Coleman. Carolyn will be buried in her family’s plot in Norman, Oklahoma.

Memorials may be made to Alamo Hospice, San Antonio, Texas, or the Kendall House, Morningside Ministries, Boerne.

To leave condolences for the family, please visit www. ebensberger-fisher.com. Arrangements with Ebensberger Fisher Funeral Home of Boerne.