Birth date: Jul 14, 1933 Death date: Feb 18, 2022
San Diego, CA – Carl A. Mehr, 88, died February 18th, surrounded by his wife and children at home. He passed peacefully after a battle with Parkinson’s. “Humble” Carl, an epitaph he anointed himself with after realizing his greate Read Obituary
Our prayers are with you at this difficult time. We only wish we would have had the pleasure to meet Carl. From everything we´ve heard, he was a great man full of love for life and adventure. The stories shared by Luke & Debbie are filled with love and respect. He showed them the value of family and hard work. May you find comfort in treasured memories.
Peter & Nancy Mojarras
Aloha to Carl Mehr
Nothing but fond memories of Mr. Humble. I still smile this very days when I flash back to moments and events where he had the chance to blow a fuse. He'd stop himself and find a solution, a humble solution. One where he'd eye me or the target another person made of themselves and then move on. Proud of his ability to be humble.
Carl and Marilyn were like mentors, while the girls , Karen, Debbie and Anita were sweet cousins to me and Eric be like a brother. One great family.
I met Carl through sailing and he handed me a job at the "Hotel California" The Oak Inn be. Provided me a apartment room for a year which helped me get a B.A. from SDSU that humble man did. Twice he flew out here to Hawaii, last time being 2015. When he came out to show his support for a book I wrote. Doubt he ever read a single word of it. It didn't then and doesn't now mean a thing as the show of support is what mattered.
Rest assured Carl will always get a spontaneous flash back prayer of support from me for the Day of Judgement.
Aloha, Bruce
Midnight March 14th
Island of Oahu
Carl was one of a kind. He sailed and raced with me often. I always enjoyed our times together. I sailed with Carl in HI on North Star in 1982. Sailing the islands was a 2 week memorable trip for me. We went to the America's Cup Ball in 1988. We had lunch often and visited at his home in University City.
My condolences Marilyn and to the rest of the extended family.
Sail on Carl my friend.
Jim Gruenwald
I have such wonderful memories of the trip round Hawaii in 1982. Carl was so generous in allowing us to join him. We had a fab time- apart from being sea sick on the first night and having a mouth full of ulcers from eating too many delicious pineapples!! (A local man thought we were someone else - a friend of his- and bought a huge box of the sweetest pineapples out to the boat from the Island of Lanai. He let us keep them !!
He was fun as well as kind and generous.
We sailed round several of the Islands seeing dolphins swimming with the "North Star"
He will be missed by you all. I am grateful to have known him!
Love and sympathy to you all
Isobel Greenman (Tingley)
