Jeannette Fielder, 84, passed away August 23, 2012, at Margaret's House, Longview. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Sunday, August 26, 2012, at Rader Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Monday, August 27, 2012, at Valley View Baptist Church, Longview and officiating will be Pastor Tim Lindsay. Interment will follow in Hallsville Cemetery.
Jeannette was born in Big Spring, Texas, to the late William Worthy and Ellen Gertrude Wood. When she was 10 years old the family moved to Longview, where she attended local schools and graduated from Longview High School in 1945.
Through a blind date, Jeannette met Noel Fielder whom she later married on June 26, 1948. They spent the next 60 years together raising a family in both Longview and Hallsville; moving to Hallsville in 1972.
Jeannette worked for Eastman Kodak Co – Texas Chemical Division, as one of the first women to be employed in the Longview plant. She enjoyed both camping and fishing with her family. Jeannette also loved to garden and was a member of Winterfield Garden Club.
Jeannette was a devoted Christian and a faithful member of the First Baptist Church in Hallsville for many years, later transferring her membership to Valley View Baptist Church in Longview.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Noel Fielder; and siblings, Hazel Jensen and Roy Wood.
Survivors include her daughter, Paula Jean Schroeder and her husband, Jerry, of Longview; sons, Eugene Olin Fielder and his wife, Marianna, of Oklahoma City, OK, and Alan Owen Fielder and his wife, Jill, of Rochester, NY; grandchildren: Bryan Lunsford, Laura Lunsford, Rachel Fielder, Rebekah McCauley and husband, Bryan, Anna McNeil and husband, Sayre, Allie Fielder, Sam Fielder, and Katlyn Fielder; great-grandson, Lane McNeil; sisters: Eva Ruth Long, Reba Harbour, Lucille Hancock, and Mary Jane Mowery; other relatives and many friends.
Jeannette was born in Big Spring, Texas, to the late William Worthy and Ellen Gertrude Wood. When she was 10 years old the family moved to Longview, where she attended local schools and graduated from Longview High School in 1945.
Through a blind date, Jeannette met Noel Fielder whom she later married on June 26, 1948. They spent the next 60 years together raising a family in both Longview and Hallsville; moving to Hallsville in 1972.
Jeannette worked for Eastman Kodak Co – Texas Chemical Division, as one of the first women to be employed in the Longview plant. She enjoyed both camping and fishing with her family. Jeannette also loved to garden and was a member of Winterfield Garden Club.
Jeannette was a devoted Christian and a faithful member of the First Baptist Church in Hallsville for many years, later transferring her membership to Valley View Baptist Church in Longview.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Noel Fielder; and siblings, Hazel Jensen and Roy Wood.
Survivors include her daughter, Paula Jean Schroeder and her husband, Jerry, of Longview; sons, Eugene Olin Fielder and his wife, Marianna, of Oklahoma City, OK, and Alan Owen Fielder and his wife, Jill, of Rochester, NY; grandchildren: Bryan Lunsford, Laura Lunsford, Rachel Fielder, Rebekah McCauley and husband, Bryan, Anna McNeil and husband, Sayre, Allie Fielder, Sam Fielder, and Katlyn Fielder; great-grandson, Lane McNeil; sisters: Eva Ruth Long, Reba Harbour, Lucille Hancock, and Mary Jane Mowery; other relatives and many friends.
Jeannette Fielder, 84, passed away August 23, 2012, at Margaret's House, Longview. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Sunday, August 26, 2012, at Rader Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Monday, August 27, 2012, at Valley View Baptist Church, Longview and officiating will be Pastor Tim Lindsay. Interment will follow in Hallsville Cemetery.
Jeannette was born in Big Spring, Texas, to the late William Worthy and Ellen Gertrude Wood. When she was 10 years old the family moved to Longview, where she attended local schools and graduated from Longview High School in 1945.
Through a blind date, Jeannette met Noel Fielder whom she later married on June 26, 1948. They spent the next 60 years together raising a family in both Longview and Hallsville; moving to Hallsville in 1972.
Jeannette worked for Eastman Kodak Co – Texas Chemical Division, as one of the first women to be employed in the Longview plant. She enjoyed both camping and fishing with her family. Jeannette also loved to garden and was a member of Winterfield Garden Club.
Jeannette was a devoted Christian and a faithful member of the First Baptist Church in Hallsville for many years, later transferring her membership to Valley View Baptist Church in Longview.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Noel Fielder; and siblings, Hazel Jensen and Roy Wood.
Survivors include her daughter, Paula Jean Schroeder and her husband, Jerry, of Longview; sons, Eugene Olin Fielder and his wife, Marianna, of Oklahoma City, OK, and Alan Owen Fielder and his wife, Jill, of Rochester, NY; grandchildren: Bryan Lunsford, Laura Lunsford, Rachel Fielder, Rebekah McCauley and husband, Bryan, Anna McNeil and husband, Sayre, Allie Fielder, Sam Fielder, and Katlyn Fielder; great-grandson, Lane McNeil; sisters: Eva Ruth Long, Reba Harbour, Lucille Hancock, and Mary Jane Mowery; other relatives and many friends.
Jeannette was born in Big Spring, Texas, to the late William Worthy and Ellen Gertrude Wood. When she was 10 years old the family moved to Longview, where she attended local schools and graduated from Longview High School in 1945.
Through a blind date, Jeannette met Noel Fielder whom she later married on June 26, 1948. They spent the next 60 years together raising a family in both Longview and Hallsville; moving to Hallsville in 1972.
Jeannette worked for Eastman Kodak Co – Texas Chemical Division, as one of the first women to be employed in the Longview plant. She enjoyed both camping and fishing with her family. Jeannette also loved to garden and was a member of Winterfield Garden Club.
Jeannette was a devoted Christian and a faithful member of the First Baptist Church in Hallsville for many years, later transferring her membership to Valley View Baptist Church in Longview.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Noel Fielder; and siblings, Hazel Jensen and Roy Wood.
Survivors include her daughter, Paula Jean Schroeder and her husband, Jerry, of Longview; sons, Eugene Olin Fielder and his wife, Marianna, of Oklahoma City, OK, and Alan Owen Fielder and his wife, Jill, of Rochester, NY; grandchildren: Bryan Lunsford, Laura Lunsford, Rachel Fielder, Rebekah McCauley and husband, Bryan, Anna McNeil and husband, Sayre, Allie Fielder, Sam Fielder, and Katlyn Fielder; great-grandson, Lane McNeil; sisters: Eva Ruth Long, Reba Harbour, Lucille Hancock, and Mary Jane Mowery; other relatives and many friends.
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