SANTA FE, N.M. — Caroline Ham Lumbard, 84, resident of Santa Fe, N.M., died peacefully in her home Nov. 23, after an eight-month illness.

She was born Oct. 20, 1927, in Lewiston, daughter of Henry Griffith Lumbard and Berniece Ham Lumbard, a sixth generation Lewiston resident. Her great-grandfather, Jacob Barker Ham, was the first mayor of Lewiston in 1863, and her uncle, Wallace White, was a Republican Congressman before becoming both a minority then a majority leader of the Senate. Her brother, Henry Griffith Lumbard Jr (Griff) was a lifetime Auburn resident until his death in 2001.

Most of Caroline’s life was spent in New England studying dance, music and languages. She graduated from Smith College before exploring a number of careers from computer programmer to property manager. For 10 years, she tuned pianos up and down the East Coast, then remodeled a series of houses in southern Maine.

Always the curious adventurer, she traveled widely starting in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and India in her early 20s. Later years had her hitchhiking toward the North Pole with bush pilots, trekking through Newfoundland, and touring extensively in Northern Europe.

At age 62, she moved to Santa Fe, where she blossomed as an artist. Her friends most treasure the small cards she sent for special occasions — brief pen sketches with a touch of watercolor and an endearing message.

She is survived by her niece, Lynn Lumbard and her husband, Richard Paine, of Whidbey Island, Wash.; her nephew, Mark Lumbard of Portand, and Cape Coral, Fla.; and her sister-in-law, Jacqueline Lumbard of Auburn.