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Paul Haire

January 14, 1917 — December 3, 2008


Paul Francis Haire

Paul Francis Haire passed away peacefully at his home on December 3, 2008, his final goal accomplished on his journey back to God. BR BRA rosary will be held 7:00 p.m., Friday, December 5, 2008 at the Ballard Chapel. A funeral Mass will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, December 6, 2008 at St. Peter's Catholic Church. Burial will follow at South Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be his associates of the Ham Radio Operators.BR BRPaul F Haire was born on January 14, 1917 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts to Joseph and Helen Haire. Both now deceased. He was also predeceased by brothers and sisters and his first wife Helene Lyn Sydoriak Haire. BR BRSurvivors include his devoted wife, Karrie Haire, two children Thomas Rials and Amber Thompson and two grandchildren.BR BRPaul served in the Navy during World War II as a communications specialist on the USS St. Louis also known as The Lucky Lou. This description given by the Navy Department because she was know as 'The ship that couldn't be sunk, for they have torpedoed, bombed and strafed her, attacks that date back to the December 7 blitz at Pearl Harbor. Paul loved his country and had enduring feelings for the Navy and for the service he gave to his country.BR BRPaul obtained three BS degrees in Religion, Education and Scientific Engineering. He worked at the Los Alamos Labs in Los Alamos, New Mexico following the War until his retirement.BR BRHe was a member of St. Peters Catholic Church, USS St Louis Club, Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Ham Radio Operators, He was licensed by The United State of America Federal Communications Commission from 1945-1957. He received a Certificate of Service from the Department of the Air Force for Thirty years of Faithful Federal Service along with a certificate showing 1, 424 hours of unused sick leave.

aligncenterI am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says: There, she is gone

aligncenterGone where Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.

aligncenterHer diminished is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says: There, she is gone there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: Here she comes

aligncenterAnd that is dying. BRHenry Van Dyke

Arrangements have been entrusted to Ballard Funeral Home and Crematory. An online registry can be accessed at www.ballardfuneralhome.com

Visitation


Ballard Funeral Home
910 S. Main
Roswell, NM  88203
Friday, December 5, 2008
12:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m

Service


Rosary

Ballard Funeral Chapel
910 S. Main St.
Roswell, NM  88203
Friday, December 5, 2008
7:00 p.m.

Funeral Mass

St. Peters Catholic Church
109 E. Deming
Roswell, NM  88203
Saturday, December 6, 2008
11:00 a.m.

Cemetery


South Park Cemetery
3101 S. Main St.
Roswell, NM  88203
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