Eleanor Raudebaugh Carpenter passed peacefully January 3, 2013 at Emeritus Senior Living in Lynnwood, WA. Born September 6, 1915, in San Mateo, CA, her family moved to McKenna, WA where her father operated a Standard Oil distribution facility and her family ran a cafe/delicatessen. While attending nearby Yelm High School, she met her future husband, Stanley, and continued school, earning a BA degree from Pacific Lutheran University in 1941. Later that year, on November 7th and a month before Pearl Harbor, she and Stan were married.
While Stan fought with the Army in the Pacific, she taught elementary school in Kirkland. The war over, they purchased their first home in 1946 adjacent to Lincoln Park in West Seattle and had two sons. She taught kindergarden at Fauntleroy Elementary until 1956 when they relocated to Opportunity, WA in the Spokane Valley. She loved teaching second grade at McDonald Elementary and stayed in contact with many students even after retirement in the mid 70's.
As "snowbirds", she and Stan traveled the country in their motorhome, summering at Liberty Lake, and wintering at Happy Trails Mobile Villa in Surprise, AZ where they made many friends. In 2001, they settled at Fairwinds/Brighton Court in Lynnwood. Stan passed away in 2006 after 64 years of marriage.
As a former teacher, she loved telling stories and would often open the Brighton Court monthly resident's meeting with carefully screened stories and jokes received from fellow residents. She was a wonderful, kind, and positive woman who loved butterflies, crafts, meeting new friends, and enjoying life to the end.
She is survived by her two sons, Larry Carpenter of Edmonds and Jay Carpenter of Spokane Valley, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She will be missed by many!
Seattle Times, The (WA) - Saturday, January 12, 2013
While Stan fought with the Army in the Pacific, she taught elementary school in Kirkland. The war over, they purchased their first home in 1946 adjacent to Lincoln Park in West Seattle and had two sons. She taught kindergarden at Fauntleroy Elementary until 1956 when they relocated to Opportunity, WA in the Spokane Valley. She loved teaching second grade at McDonald Elementary and stayed in contact with many students even after retirement in the mid 70's.
As "snowbirds", she and Stan traveled the country in their motorhome, summering at Liberty Lake, and wintering at Happy Trails Mobile Villa in Surprise, AZ where they made many friends. In 2001, they settled at Fairwinds/Brighton Court in Lynnwood. Stan passed away in 2006 after 64 years of marriage.
As a former teacher, she loved telling stories and would often open the Brighton Court monthly resident's meeting with carefully screened stories and jokes received from fellow residents. She was a wonderful, kind, and positive woman who loved butterflies, crafts, meeting new friends, and enjoying life to the end.
She is survived by her two sons, Larry Carpenter of Edmonds and Jay Carpenter of Spokane Valley, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She will be missed by many!
Seattle Times, The (WA) - Saturday, January 12, 2013
Eleanor Raudebaugh Carpenter passed peacefully January 3, 2013 at Emeritus Senior Living in Lynnwood, WA. Born September 6, 1915, in San Mateo, CA, her family moved to McKenna, WA where her father operated a Standard Oil distribution facility and her family ran a cafe/delicatessen. While attending nearby Yelm High School, she met her future husband, Stanley, and continued school, earning a BA degree from Pacific Lutheran University in 1941. Later that year, on November 7th and a month before Pearl Harbor, she and Stan were married.
While Stan fought with the Army in the Pacific, she taught elementary school in Kirkland. The war over, they purchased their first home in 1946 adjacent to Lincoln Park in West Seattle and had two sons. She taught kindergarden at Fauntleroy Elementary until 1956 when they relocated to Opportunity, WA in the Spokane Valley. She loved teaching second grade at McDonald Elementary and stayed in contact with many students even after retirement in the mid 70's.
As "snowbirds", she and Stan traveled the country in their motorhome, summering at Liberty Lake, and wintering at Happy Trails Mobile Villa in Surprise, AZ where they made many friends. In 2001, they settled at Fairwinds/Brighton Court in Lynnwood. Stan passed away in 2006 after 64 years of marriage.
As a former teacher, she loved telling stories and would often open the Brighton Court monthly resident's meeting with carefully screened stories and jokes received from fellow residents. She was a wonderful, kind, and positive woman who loved butterflies, crafts, meeting new friends, and enjoying life to the end.
She is survived by her two sons, Larry Carpenter of Edmonds and Jay Carpenter of Spokane Valley, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She will be missed by many!
Seattle Times, The (WA) - Saturday, January 12, 2013
While Stan fought with the Army in the Pacific, she taught elementary school in Kirkland. The war over, they purchased their first home in 1946 adjacent to Lincoln Park in West Seattle and had two sons. She taught kindergarden at Fauntleroy Elementary until 1956 when they relocated to Opportunity, WA in the Spokane Valley. She loved teaching second grade at McDonald Elementary and stayed in contact with many students even after retirement in the mid 70's.
As "snowbirds", she and Stan traveled the country in their motorhome, summering at Liberty Lake, and wintering at Happy Trails Mobile Villa in Surprise, AZ where they made many friends. In 2001, they settled at Fairwinds/Brighton Court in Lynnwood. Stan passed away in 2006 after 64 years of marriage.
As a former teacher, she loved telling stories and would often open the Brighton Court monthly resident's meeting with carefully screened stories and jokes received from fellow residents. She was a wonderful, kind, and positive woman who loved butterflies, crafts, meeting new friends, and enjoying life to the end.
She is survived by her two sons, Larry Carpenter of Edmonds and Jay Carpenter of Spokane Valley, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She will be missed by many!
Seattle Times, The (WA) - Saturday, January 12, 2013
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