Carole Presson was born December 1945 in Plattsburgh, N.Y. and died August 18, 2024 in Eureka.

After high school at St Peter’s, Carole Capone met Airman Wayne Presson, who she married on Oct 10, 1965. Shortly after, she moved to Eureka. She attended College of the Redwoods; became a teachers’ aide, then a nurses’ aide at Pacific Convalescent and Granada Convalescent hospitals. In her mid-thirties, while working at Mad River Community Hospital, she was diagnosed with MS. She continued her work as a home health care aide until her illness advanced.

She then entered the Eureka Rehabilitation and Wellness Center. In her 13 years there she made many friends among the patients, staff, and nursing. Carole’s kindness, patience, and composure, and her ability to see the good in others kept up her own and others spirits. Her daughter, husband, and old friends were steady company; she went home frequently, and her dear companion Barbara Paige took her out to stores, movies, parks, and craft shows. She was able to persevere here, many thanks to its staff, to Patty and Joe, Magdalina, and Ozadiah to name but a few who provided special care and compassion. Her care home friends, Irene and Carol were also cherished.

Carole was the mother of three children: Karen Hernandez of Eureka. Calvin Presson of Reno, and Brian Presson of Pattaya, Thiland. She had two grandchildren: Marisa Hernandez of Eureka and Andrew Presson in Bangkok. Her parents were Frank Capone and Pearl LaMora of Plattsburgh, N.Y.. Her close sister, Gloria Hutchinson, of Port Orange, Florida died eight weeks before Carole. Her brother Gerry Capone, a retired professor, lives in Hartford, N.Y.

The Presson family wants to thank St Joseph’s Hospital for the memorable and dedicated care it offered Carole in her several times of need; Hospice of Humboldt and Katasha and Leticia, for providing swell and commendable care during the final months of her life; and, of course, the Rehab Center and its entire staff for its longstanding and compassionate care over the course of Carole’s residency.

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