Jeanette Trask

Jeanette Trask, age 85 and lifelong resident of Oak Harbor, went to be with her Lord, Jesus Christ, Jan. 8, 2015.

She was born in Oak Harbor to Hank and Stena Hilberdink April 8, 1929. Jeanette graduated from Oak Harbor High School and was a life member of the First Reformed Church, where she participated in various activities, attending Sunday School and other youth groups.

In later years, she taught Sunday School and participated in the church choir.

In 1953, Jeanette met Jim Trask at a local coffee shop-restaurant in Oak Harbor.

They were married May 14, 1954. Together, Jim and Jeanette raised three children, Susan, Karen and Mike.

Jeanette is survived by her husband, Jim, at the family home; daughter, Karen (Craig-Dec) Fenwick, of Oak Harbor; and Mike (Candy) Trask, of Mountain Home, Idaho. Also surviving are a grandson, Joe Trask, of Oak Harbor; granddaughter, LeAnn (Kevin) Williams, of Marysville, Wash.; stepgrandsons, Chris Noah, of Phoenix; Calvin Caudell, of Tucson, Ariz.; stepgranddaughters Megan Caudell, of Mountain Home, and Jennifer Caudell, of Carlin, Nev.; and a great-grandson, Trae Williams. Jeanette is also survived by sisters Pat (Bob) O’Dell and Betty (Bob) Van Dyke; a brother, Hank (Ruth) Hildberdink; and numerous nieces and nephews in Oak Harbor and Pennsylvania.

Jeanette’s mother and father, daughter Susan and her husband Peter Boyle, and grandson D.J. Fenwick have all gone ahead to heaven, greeting her when she arrived.

The family has a special thank-you in their hearts for the caretakers at Carriage of Whidbey for their loving care while Jeanette was there.

Funeral services for Jeanette will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, at the First Reformed Church in Oak Harbor with the Rev. Matt Waite presiding. A reception will follow in Wezeman Hall.

The family suggests donations to the First Reformed Church or Oak Harbor Lions Club.

God saw she was getting tired

And a cure was not to be

So He put His arms around her

And whispered, ”Come with me.”

Many times with tearful eyes,

We saw her suffer

And saw her slowly fade away,

A golden heart stopped beating,

Hard working hands to rest

God broke our hearts to prove

To us,