Our sweet mother passed away peacefully at Shasta Regional Hospital due to congestive heart failure. She was 86.
Born in Redding to Walter and Edith Carpenter, she was a wonderful mother to Laura, 63, and Charlie, 61. She was predeceased by her parents, her older sister, Ethel Jo, and her loving husband, Noel Watkins.
Growing up, Mom and her family lived in several areas of the Northstate due to her fathers job with the highway department. The Carpenter family was one of the very early settlers in Red Bluff. She was part Native American (Wintun) from her fathers side of the family.
She attended high school in both Redding and Red Bluff and later attended Chico State University. She was the first member of her family to earn a college degree. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Education, and soon became a teacher. Her teaching career was cut short, however, when she met and fell in love with our father, who was living in Chico. They married in 1957, in Red Bluff. She continued to teach as a substitute while Dad opened a local law practice with the late Rawlins Coffman. She quit teaching altogether after her children were born, choosing to concentrate on being the best mother she could. She was very good at it.
As we grew older, Mom donated much of her time to volunteer work. For years she worked at the Hope Chest. She was also a member of Friends of the Library, and enjoyed shelving books, and serving on the Board. Additionally, she worked at the book sales held periodically. A veracious reader, she loved being around books.
Mom was a compassionate, loving person. She rarely met a person she didn't like. She looked forward to meeting with local members of the graduating class once a month at the Green Barn.
Her pomegranate jelly was much coveted by those who knew her, and she also made a marvelous persimmon pudding. The pomegranates and persimmons came from her own trees. She had a magic touch with all plants.
She and Dad instilled in us a hunger for knowledge and were always there for us.
She will be deeply missed by her family and friends.
Published by Daily News from Feb. 11 to Feb. 12, 2022.
Born in Redding to Walter and Edith Carpenter, she was a wonderful mother to Laura, 63, and Charlie, 61. She was predeceased by her parents, her older sister, Ethel Jo, and her loving husband, Noel Watkins.
Growing up, Mom and her family lived in several areas of the Northstate due to her fathers job with the highway department. The Carpenter family was one of the very early settlers in Red Bluff. She was part Native American (Wintun) from her fathers side of the family.
She attended high school in both Redding and Red Bluff and later attended Chico State University. She was the first member of her family to earn a college degree. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Education, and soon became a teacher. Her teaching career was cut short, however, when she met and fell in love with our father, who was living in Chico. They married in 1957, in Red Bluff. She continued to teach as a substitute while Dad opened a local law practice with the late Rawlins Coffman. She quit teaching altogether after her children were born, choosing to concentrate on being the best mother she could. She was very good at it.
As we grew older, Mom donated much of her time to volunteer work. For years she worked at the Hope Chest. She was also a member of Friends of the Library, and enjoyed shelving books, and serving on the Board. Additionally, she worked at the book sales held periodically. A veracious reader, she loved being around books.
Mom was a compassionate, loving person. She rarely met a person she didn't like. She looked forward to meeting with local members of the graduating class once a month at the Green Barn.
Her pomegranate jelly was much coveted by those who knew her, and she also made a marvelous persimmon pudding. The pomegranates and persimmons came from her own trees. She had a magic touch with all plants.
She and Dad instilled in us a hunger for knowledge and were always there for us.
She will be deeply missed by her family and friends.
Published by Daily News from Feb. 11 to Feb. 12, 2022.
Our sweet mother passed away peacefully at Shasta Regional Hospital due to congestive heart failure. She was 86.
Born in Redding to Walter and Edith Carpenter, she was a wonderful mother to Laura, 63, and Charlie, 61. She was predeceased by her parents, her older sister, Ethel Jo, and her loving husband, Noel Watkins.
Growing up, Mom and her family lived in several areas of the Northstate due to her fathers job with the highway department. The Carpenter family was one of the very early settlers in Red Bluff. She was part Native American (Wintun) from her fathers side of the family.
She attended high school in both Redding and Red Bluff and later attended Chico State University. She was the first member of her family to earn a college degree. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Education, and soon became a teacher. Her teaching career was cut short, however, when she met and fell in love with our father, who was living in Chico. They married in 1957, in Red Bluff. She continued to teach as a substitute while Dad opened a local law practice with the late Rawlins Coffman. She quit teaching altogether after her children were born, choosing to concentrate on being the best mother she could. She was very good at it.
As we grew older, Mom donated much of her time to volunteer work. For years she worked at the Hope Chest. She was also a member of Friends of the Library, and enjoyed shelving books, and serving on the Board. Additionally, she worked at the book sales held periodically. A veracious reader, she loved being around books.
Mom was a compassionate, loving person. She rarely met a person she didn't like. She looked forward to meeting with local members of the graduating class once a month at the Green Barn.
Her pomegranate jelly was much coveted by those who knew her, and she also made a marvelous persimmon pudding. The pomegranates and persimmons came from her own trees. She had a magic touch with all plants.
She and Dad instilled in us a hunger for knowledge and were always there for us.
She will be deeply missed by her family and friends.
Published by Daily News from Feb. 11 to Feb. 12, 2022.
Born in Redding to Walter and Edith Carpenter, she was a wonderful mother to Laura, 63, and Charlie, 61. She was predeceased by her parents, her older sister, Ethel Jo, and her loving husband, Noel Watkins.
Growing up, Mom and her family lived in several areas of the Northstate due to her fathers job with the highway department. The Carpenter family was one of the very early settlers in Red Bluff. She was part Native American (Wintun) from her fathers side of the family.
She attended high school in both Redding and Red Bluff and later attended Chico State University. She was the first member of her family to earn a college degree. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Education, and soon became a teacher. Her teaching career was cut short, however, when she met and fell in love with our father, who was living in Chico. They married in 1957, in Red Bluff. She continued to teach as a substitute while Dad opened a local law practice with the late Rawlins Coffman. She quit teaching altogether after her children were born, choosing to concentrate on being the best mother she could. She was very good at it.
As we grew older, Mom donated much of her time to volunteer work. For years she worked at the Hope Chest. She was also a member of Friends of the Library, and enjoyed shelving books, and serving on the Board. Additionally, she worked at the book sales held periodically. A veracious reader, she loved being around books.
Mom was a compassionate, loving person. She rarely met a person she didn't like. She looked forward to meeting with local members of the graduating class once a month at the Green Barn.
Her pomegranate jelly was much coveted by those who knew her, and she also made a marvelous persimmon pudding. The pomegranates and persimmons came from her own trees. She had a magic touch with all plants.
She and Dad instilled in us a hunger for knowledge and were always there for us.
She will be deeply missed by her family and friends.
Published by Daily News from Feb. 11 to Feb. 12, 2022.
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