She was born on March 20, 1936 in Englewood, Colorado. She died peacefully with family and friends at her bedside on July 17, 2024 at Frye’s Care Home in Eureka, aged 88. She resided in Fortuna for most of her adult life.

In her life Jeanette was a loved and loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter and sister. She enjoyed her family very much. She worked 25 years as a receptionist at an orthodontist office in Fortuna. She devoted much of her spare time to the Fortuna Seventh Day Adventist Church and School, where she and her children attended.

She enjoyed nature, travel, taking walks, and learning new skills, and she loved socializing. She was well known for her ever present smile, enthusiasm and good humor. She always accepted a challenge.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Cooper, her son, Dennis Cooper and three of her four sisters — Betty Ralph, Lorraine McDonald, and her twin sister Joanne Nix.

Jeanette is survived by sister Gail Pittman; two daughters, Nancy Cooper and Linda Endicott; and five grandchildren: Ray, Hannah and Laura Endicott, Kaitlin Bodiroga and Seth Cooper-Font.

A very special thank you to the dedicated caregivers of Frye’s Care Home that so lovingly cared for her during her last years with Alzheimer’s disease. Also, a heartfelt thank you to Hospice, which stands by to support family and patient in a most competent and compassionate way.

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