Natalie R. Turner passed away April 30, 2025, after a hard-fought battle with cancer.

The youngest of five children, Natalie was born in September 1964 to Vern and Jean Sedersten of Burnt Ranch, California. The family moved to Eureka, where Natalie attended school, after the flood. Natalie held many jobs over the years, preferring to follow a non-traditional path, reflecting a curious and searching soul.

The first word that comes to mind when thinking about Natalie is stubborn! When she had an idea about how something should be done, there was no way talking her out of it or changing her mind. But the next, and much more important, way to describe my mom would be selfless. She cared so deeply about the people in her life, both family and friends. There was nothing you could ask of her that Natalie wouldn’t bend heaven and Earth to accomplish. This was her greatest strength. She put the needs of others above hers until her last breath. Her generosity will be severely missed.

The greatest joy of Natalie’s life was being a grandmother. She poured her heart and soul into spoiling her grandchildren. Taking them on adventures during the summer and school breaks, and always magically having McDonald’s money she never seemed to have while raising her own kids. Isn’t that usually how it goes!

Natalie was also an excellent baker and could often be found in the kitchen trying out new recipes. Her unofficial job for the holidays and family gatherings was dessert-making, specifically pie. Her pie crust recipe was perfection and she knew it by heart. Thanksgiving will forever taste a little different and birthdays will seem a little less special without the inevitable question, “What kind of pie do you want for your birthday?” — even though she always knew the answer.

Natalie also had a passion for jam-making, which she learned from her mother. She spent hours every summer picking berries in all of her secret spots, often dragging my brother, cousins, and I along. We always complained about the task but were happy to help eat the spoils of our hard work. Once the buckets of berries were picked and cleaned, days and sometimes weeks would be spent making jam and jelly. Every countertop in the kitchen, and usually the dining table, would be covered in jam jars. Her remaining jars will be cherished forever.

Natalie is preceded in death by her parents Lavern and Ganeva (Swan) Sedersten. Natalie is survived by her children Miranda Beadle (Kyle McCracken) and Shane Turner (Candy Claus), grandchildren William, Elliana, and Dashiell Beadle, River, Sky, and Troy Turner, and Madden Wenworth, and siblings Karen Babcock (Tom), Darrell Sedersten (Dana), Julie Clendenny, and Susan Wentworth, and several nieces and nephews whom she thought of as her own.

The family is beyond grateful for the exemplary care Natalie received over the last few years from the oncology departments at Providence St. Joseph’s Hospital and California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco.

Services will be held at the Trinidad Cemetery on Saturday, September 13, 2025 at noon with a small gathering afterward in McKinleyville.