David Carlisle (Carl) Jett, 74, of Yakima, passed away peacefully October 6, 2015 in the arms of his family. Born in Yakima July 6, 1941, to Benjamin Carlisle (Lisle) Jett and Cletus Youngblood Jett, he was raised on the family farm in Naches Heights. He made lasting friends during his years in the Highland School district, graduating in 1960.
Following in the footsteps of his scout-master father, he, along with several friends and neighbors became Eagle Scouts. Carl loved music, and during high school, he was guitarist in a rock group called the Ram Rods, playing mostly for school dances with the likes of Bud Williams, Stanley Hahn, and Darwin Young. He learned to love God as a member of the First Christian Church, and continued growing in faith when he converted to Catholicism.
After graduation, a friend, Tom Colgan, introduced Carl to his sister, Janet, and after several years’ engagement, they married December 28, 1963, at St. Joseph Church in Yakima. Their son David Benjamin was born the following October. After taking classes at Central Washington University, Carl took time off to attend Coastal School of Deep Sea Diving in Oakland, California. He worked in diving for a time, then returned to studies in education at Ellensburg and did graduate work at University of Washington in Seattle. He served our country in the Marine Corps Reserves.
Carl taught for a year at Broadway Elementary School in Yakima, then moved to Seattle where he taught in the Highline School District. He greatly enjoyed his summer job in Des Moines, Washington, restoring antiques and doing woodworking with beloved violin maker Hammond Ashley. Carl and his young family lived in Windsor, England, for a year, where he taught at William Penn Middle School. Their daughter, Maria Laurene was born in Windsor December, 1973.
Carl and family moved back to Yakima in 1980 and continued the family fruit growing business on the Jett home place. After he retired, he and Janet remained at the Jett homestead, where he did substitute teaching in the Yakima School District, especially at Eisenhower High School. He was a long-time board member of the Yakima YMCA, and was a member and dear friend in the notorious NSB (Not So Buff) group there. He and Janet enjoyed traveling, and he especially liked Mark Twain’s quote: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”
Carl is survived by his wife, Janet, son David, daughter Maria, and grandsons Jaxon and Noah Jett, as well as sisters, Dr. Mary Jett of Spokane, WA, and Ethel and Jon Giard of Walla Walla, WA, brother-in-law Omar Ali of Geneva, Switzerland, and their children and grandchildren, by the Colgan family and his Gust and Lambert Cousins, and a dear German exchange brother Bernhard Scharf. He is predeceased by his parents Lisle and Cletus Jett, grandson Raymond Jett, and very recently by his youngest sister Joyce Marie Jett-Ali.
Viewing begins at 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 9, 2015 at Brookside Funeral Home, 500 W. Prospect, Moxee and the Celebration of Carl’s life will follow at 6:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial is Saturday, October 10, 2015 at St. Joseph Catholic Church at 11:00 a.m. Burial will be Monday, October 12, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Calvary Cemetery.
Following in the footsteps of his scout-master father, he, along with several friends and neighbors became Eagle Scouts. Carl loved music, and during high school, he was guitarist in a rock group called the Ram Rods, playing mostly for school dances with the likes of Bud Williams, Stanley Hahn, and Darwin Young. He learned to love God as a member of the First Christian Church, and continued growing in faith when he converted to Catholicism.
After graduation, a friend, Tom Colgan, introduced Carl to his sister, Janet, and after several years’ engagement, they married December 28, 1963, at St. Joseph Church in Yakima. Their son David Benjamin was born the following October. After taking classes at Central Washington University, Carl took time off to attend Coastal School of Deep Sea Diving in Oakland, California. He worked in diving for a time, then returned to studies in education at Ellensburg and did graduate work at University of Washington in Seattle. He served our country in the Marine Corps Reserves.
Carl taught for a year at Broadway Elementary School in Yakima, then moved to Seattle where he taught in the Highline School District. He greatly enjoyed his summer job in Des Moines, Washington, restoring antiques and doing woodworking with beloved violin maker Hammond Ashley. Carl and his young family lived in Windsor, England, for a year, where he taught at William Penn Middle School. Their daughter, Maria Laurene was born in Windsor December, 1973.
Carl and family moved back to Yakima in 1980 and continued the family fruit growing business on the Jett home place. After he retired, he and Janet remained at the Jett homestead, where he did substitute teaching in the Yakima School District, especially at Eisenhower High School. He was a long-time board member of the Yakima YMCA, and was a member and dear friend in the notorious NSB (Not So Buff) group there. He and Janet enjoyed traveling, and he especially liked Mark Twain’s quote: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”
Carl is survived by his wife, Janet, son David, daughter Maria, and grandsons Jaxon and Noah Jett, as well as sisters, Dr. Mary Jett of Spokane, WA, and Ethel and Jon Giard of Walla Walla, WA, brother-in-law Omar Ali of Geneva, Switzerland, and their children and grandchildren, by the Colgan family and his Gust and Lambert Cousins, and a dear German exchange brother Bernhard Scharf. He is predeceased by his parents Lisle and Cletus Jett, grandson Raymond Jett, and very recently by his youngest sister Joyce Marie Jett-Ali.
Viewing begins at 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 9, 2015 at Brookside Funeral Home, 500 W. Prospect, Moxee and the Celebration of Carl’s life will follow at 6:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial is Saturday, October 10, 2015 at St. Joseph Catholic Church at 11:00 a.m. Burial will be Monday, October 12, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Calvary Cemetery.
David Carlisle (Carl) Jett, 74, of Yakima, passed away peacefully October 6, 2015 in the arms of his family. Born in Yakima July 6, 1941, to Benjamin Carlisle (Lisle) Jett and Cletus Youngblood Jett, he was raised on the family farm in Naches Heights. He made lasting friends during his years in the Highland School district, graduating in 1960.
Following in the footsteps of his scout-master father, he, along with several friends and neighbors became Eagle Scouts. Carl loved music, and during high school, he was guitarist in a rock group called the Ram Rods, playing mostly for school dances with the likes of Bud Williams, Stanley Hahn, and Darwin Young. He learned to love God as a member of the First Christian Church, and continued growing in faith when he converted to Catholicism.
After graduation, a friend, Tom Colgan, introduced Carl to his sister, Janet, and after several years’ engagement, they married December 28, 1963, at St. Joseph Church in Yakima. Their son David Benjamin was born the following October. After taking classes at Central Washington University, Carl took time off to attend Coastal School of Deep Sea Diving in Oakland, California. He worked in diving for a time, then returned to studies in education at Ellensburg and did graduate work at University of Washington in Seattle. He served our country in the Marine Corps Reserves.
Carl taught for a year at Broadway Elementary School in Yakima, then moved to Seattle where he taught in the Highline School District. He greatly enjoyed his summer job in Des Moines, Washington, restoring antiques and doing woodworking with beloved violin maker Hammond Ashley. Carl and his young family lived in Windsor, England, for a year, where he taught at William Penn Middle School. Their daughter, Maria Laurene was born in Windsor December, 1973.
Carl and family moved back to Yakima in 1980 and continued the family fruit growing business on the Jett home place. After he retired, he and Janet remained at the Jett homestead, where he did substitute teaching in the Yakima School District, especially at Eisenhower High School. He was a long-time board member of the Yakima YMCA, and was a member and dear friend in the notorious NSB (Not So Buff) group there. He and Janet enjoyed traveling, and he especially liked Mark Twain’s quote: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”
Carl is survived by his wife, Janet, son David, daughter Maria, and grandsons Jaxon and Noah Jett, as well as sisters, Dr. Mary Jett of Spokane, WA, and Ethel and Jon Giard of Walla Walla, WA, brother-in-law Omar Ali of Geneva, Switzerland, and their children and grandchildren, by the Colgan family and his Gust and Lambert Cousins, and a dear German exchange brother Bernhard Scharf. He is predeceased by his parents Lisle and Cletus Jett, grandson Raymond Jett, and very recently by his youngest sister Joyce Marie Jett-Ali.
Viewing begins at 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 9, 2015 at Brookside Funeral Home, 500 W. Prospect, Moxee and the Celebration of Carl’s life will follow at 6:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial is Saturday, October 10, 2015 at St. Joseph Catholic Church at 11:00 a.m. Burial will be Monday, October 12, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Calvary Cemetery.
Following in the footsteps of his scout-master father, he, along with several friends and neighbors became Eagle Scouts. Carl loved music, and during high school, he was guitarist in a rock group called the Ram Rods, playing mostly for school dances with the likes of Bud Williams, Stanley Hahn, and Darwin Young. He learned to love God as a member of the First Christian Church, and continued growing in faith when he converted to Catholicism.
After graduation, a friend, Tom Colgan, introduced Carl to his sister, Janet, and after several years’ engagement, they married December 28, 1963, at St. Joseph Church in Yakima. Their son David Benjamin was born the following October. After taking classes at Central Washington University, Carl took time off to attend Coastal School of Deep Sea Diving in Oakland, California. He worked in diving for a time, then returned to studies in education at Ellensburg and did graduate work at University of Washington in Seattle. He served our country in the Marine Corps Reserves.
Carl taught for a year at Broadway Elementary School in Yakima, then moved to Seattle where he taught in the Highline School District. He greatly enjoyed his summer job in Des Moines, Washington, restoring antiques and doing woodworking with beloved violin maker Hammond Ashley. Carl and his young family lived in Windsor, England, for a year, where he taught at William Penn Middle School. Their daughter, Maria Laurene was born in Windsor December, 1973.
Carl and family moved back to Yakima in 1980 and continued the family fruit growing business on the Jett home place. After he retired, he and Janet remained at the Jett homestead, where he did substitute teaching in the Yakima School District, especially at Eisenhower High School. He was a long-time board member of the Yakima YMCA, and was a member and dear friend in the notorious NSB (Not So Buff) group there. He and Janet enjoyed traveling, and he especially liked Mark Twain’s quote: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”
Carl is survived by his wife, Janet, son David, daughter Maria, and grandsons Jaxon and Noah Jett, as well as sisters, Dr. Mary Jett of Spokane, WA, and Ethel and Jon Giard of Walla Walla, WA, brother-in-law Omar Ali of Geneva, Switzerland, and their children and grandchildren, by the Colgan family and his Gust and Lambert Cousins, and a dear German exchange brother Bernhard Scharf. He is predeceased by his parents Lisle and Cletus Jett, grandson Raymond Jett, and very recently by his youngest sister Joyce Marie Jett-Ali.
Viewing begins at 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 9, 2015 at Brookside Funeral Home, 500 W. Prospect, Moxee and the Celebration of Carl’s life will follow at 6:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial is Saturday, October 10, 2015 at St. Joseph Catholic Church at 11:00 a.m. Burial will be Monday, October 12, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Calvary Cemetery.
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