Caroline Eicke was born February 7, 1921, in Stockton, California, daughter of Dana Perkins Eicke and Florence Gertrude Taylor. She was the youngest of three children. Her father was an attorney and the Mayor of Stockton, California when she was born. Her mother was an RN, and during the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 she treated the injured at a hospital in Oakland, California.
Caroline graduated from Stockton High School and attended the University of the Pacific for two years. During WW II she worked as a secretary in the shipyards in San Diego, California. In 1949 Caroline was employed by Bechtel Corporation in Saudi Arabia and also by Aramco and the U.S Army Air Force. She returned to the United States in 1959 and for a short time was a legal secretary for the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. She worked as a legal secretary for law firms in Reno, Nevada and Sacramento, California. In 1968 Caroline studied and passed the California State Exam to be a Certified Shorthand Reporter. She worked as a deposition and trial CSR until she retired at age 65. In 1982 she was selected as the sole reporter for the International Bankers Meetings in Brazil. She also studied and passed the Library of Congress Braille Transcriber Exam in 1987, and was for many years a voluntary Braille Transcriber translating books into Braille for the blind.
Caroline met her husband Vincent L. Anderson in 1970 and they were married on February 12, 1971. They lived in Tiburon, California from 1971 to 1998, and then they purchased a home in Del Webb Sun City Palm Desert. From the time they married they traveled the world extensively and loved every minute of their time together. Caroline, under Hospice Care, died at home of cardiac arrest on June 5, 2013
Caroline graduated from Stockton High School and attended the University of the Pacific for two years. During WW II she worked as a secretary in the shipyards in San Diego, California. In 1949 Caroline was employed by Bechtel Corporation in Saudi Arabia and also by Aramco and the U.S Army Air Force. She returned to the United States in 1959 and for a short time was a legal secretary for the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. She worked as a legal secretary for law firms in Reno, Nevada and Sacramento, California. In 1968 Caroline studied and passed the California State Exam to be a Certified Shorthand Reporter. She worked as a deposition and trial CSR until she retired at age 65. In 1982 she was selected as the sole reporter for the International Bankers Meetings in Brazil. She also studied and passed the Library of Congress Braille Transcriber Exam in 1987, and was for many years a voluntary Braille Transcriber translating books into Braille for the blind.
Caroline met her husband Vincent L. Anderson in 1970 and they were married on February 12, 1971. They lived in Tiburon, California from 1971 to 1998, and then they purchased a home in Del Webb Sun City Palm Desert. From the time they married they traveled the world extensively and loved every minute of their time together. Caroline, under Hospice Care, died at home of cardiac arrest on June 5, 2013
Caroline Eicke was born February 7, 1921, in Stockton, California, daughter of Dana Perkins Eicke and Florence Gertrude Taylor. She was the youngest of three children. Her father was an attorney and the Mayor of Stockton, California when she was born. Her mother was an RN, and during the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 she treated the injured at a hospital in Oakland, California.
Caroline graduated from Stockton High School and attended the University of the Pacific for two years. During WW II she worked as a secretary in the shipyards in San Diego, California. In 1949 Caroline was employed by Bechtel Corporation in Saudi Arabia and also by Aramco and the U.S Army Air Force. She returned to the United States in 1959 and for a short time was a legal secretary for the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. She worked as a legal secretary for law firms in Reno, Nevada and Sacramento, California. In 1968 Caroline studied and passed the California State Exam to be a Certified Shorthand Reporter. She worked as a deposition and trial CSR until she retired at age 65. In 1982 she was selected as the sole reporter for the International Bankers Meetings in Brazil. She also studied and passed the Library of Congress Braille Transcriber Exam in 1987, and was for many years a voluntary Braille Transcriber translating books into Braille for the blind.
Caroline met her husband Vincent L. Anderson in 1970 and they were married on February 12, 1971. They lived in Tiburon, California from 1971 to 1998, and then they purchased a home in Del Webb Sun City Palm Desert. From the time they married they traveled the world extensively and loved every minute of their time together. Caroline, under Hospice Care, died at home of cardiac arrest on June 5, 2013
Caroline graduated from Stockton High School and attended the University of the Pacific for two years. During WW II she worked as a secretary in the shipyards in San Diego, California. In 1949 Caroline was employed by Bechtel Corporation in Saudi Arabia and also by Aramco and the U.S Army Air Force. She returned to the United States in 1959 and for a short time was a legal secretary for the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. She worked as a legal secretary for law firms in Reno, Nevada and Sacramento, California. In 1968 Caroline studied and passed the California State Exam to be a Certified Shorthand Reporter. She worked as a deposition and trial CSR until she retired at age 65. In 1982 she was selected as the sole reporter for the International Bankers Meetings in Brazil. She also studied and passed the Library of Congress Braille Transcriber Exam in 1987, and was for many years a voluntary Braille Transcriber translating books into Braille for the blind.
Caroline met her husband Vincent L. Anderson in 1970 and they were married on February 12, 1971. They lived in Tiburon, California from 1971 to 1998, and then they purchased a home in Del Webb Sun City Palm Desert. From the time they married they traveled the world extensively and loved every minute of their time together. Caroline, under Hospice Care, died at home of cardiac arrest on June 5, 2013
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