Jannetta Carlson

OUR MOTHER JANNETTA ROSE CARLSON, 77, DIED APRIL 9, 2012 AT HER HOME IN COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS AFTER A FEARLESS STRUGGLE WITH LUNG CANCER. JANNETTA WAS BORN MAY 16, 1934 IN MONTANA. SHE WAS RAISED IN EASTERN WASHINGTON. JANNETTA MARRIED GLENN CARLSON IN 1949 AND RAISED THEIR TWO CHILDREN IN MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, WASHINGTON. SHE STARTED HER CAREER SELLING AVON AND LATER WORKED 30 YEARS FOR JOHN FLUKE, MFG. THEY RETIRED IN COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS IN 1996. JANNETTA LOVED TO COOK, SEW, READ, PLAY CARDS, DANCE, BOWL, TRAVEL, SWIM (TAUGHT WATER AEROBICS IN HER EARLY 70'S) AND WAS ACTIVE IN AARP AND RED HAT CLUB OF COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS. JANNETTA IS SURVIVED BY HER TWO CHILDREN; TRISTA FREDRICKSON AND HER HUSBAND GARY FREDRICKSON OF COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS. JESS CARLSON AND HIS WIFE DEBORAH CARLSON OF CAMANO ISLAND, WA., SISTER; LULA NIELSON AND HER HUSBAND RICHARD NIELSON OF COSTA MESA, CA., GRANDCHILDREN; ADIN FREDRICKSON OF HARLINGEN, TEXAS, DUSTIN CARLSON AND HIS PARTNER TYSON TAKAKI OF SEATTLE, WA., TESSA REESE AND HER HUSBAND JODY REESE OF COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS, AND CHANDRA LACY AND HUSBAND DEWAYLON LACY OF HOUSTON, TEXAS, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; CARSON VAUGHN, IAN FREDRICKSON, TAYLOR FREDRICKSON, GREY REESE, NYLA LACY, AND ZADE REESE AND MANY NIECES. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, GLENN CARLSON, AND HER THREE BROTHERS, HOMER, REX AND LEO. A SPECIAL LIFE HAS PASSED FROM OUR SIGHT BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEART. VISITATION WILL BE HELD THURSDAY APRIL 12, 2012 AT SHEPPARD FUNERAL HOME FROM 5 TO 7 PM. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SHEPPARD FUNERAL HOME.