Kaarin (Friberg) Hays


Services were held Nov. 23, 2002 for former Bishop resident 
Kaarin (Friberg) Hays, 70, at Burton W. Chace Park in 
Marina Del Ray.

Born Sept. 9, 1932 in Bishop, Mrs. Hays died on Nov. 6, 
2002 after a battle with cancer.

Kaarin was an artist, skier, outdoor enthusiast, avid 
reader and intellectual thinker, but her great loves were 
being an accomplished sailor and her commitment to the 
Coast Guard Auxiliary and Search & Rescue. She was a crew 
member aboard the 78 ft. schooner Queen Mab on many Los 
Angeles to Ensenada/Mazatlan races, and two Los Angeles to 
Hawaii Trans Pacific Yacht races in 1967 to 1969.

She raced off shore race boats in POPBRA, handled 
communications for a number of Hennessey Cup Races and 
owned the Mercury boat dealership Aqua Marine, in Culver 
City.

Kaarin was an active Coast Guard Auxiliary member for more 
than 30 years. She was a commander of a Flotilla 42 and 
operations officer in 1998, 1999 and 2000.

She is survived by children, Toni Saarinen-Jorden, Kit Hay 
and Bill Hays; two grandchildren, Evan and Eliot Saarinen, 
son-in-law, Alex Jorden and close friend and companion, 
Olin K. "Smitty" Smith.

"She faced this last challenge with dignity and tremendous 
courage," her family said.

Bishop, Inyo County, California
The Inyo Register - Saturday, January 25, 2003
Page A-2
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Permission to post given by the Publisher, Sharon Dare.

Transcribed by Denise S. Flynn