Jeanette Trask, age 85 and lifelong resident of Oak Harbor went to be with her Lord, Jesus Christ on January 8, 2015. She was born in Oak Harbor to Hank and Stena Hilberdink on 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 on 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, ID. Also surviving are a grandson, Joe Trask of Oak Harbor and granddaughter LeAnn (Kevin) Williams of Marysville, WA., step-grandsons Chris Noah of Phoenix, AZ, Calvin Caudell of Tucson, AZ, step-granddaughters Megan Caudell of Mountain Home, ID and Jennifer Caudell of Carlin, NV and a great-grandson, Trae Williams. Jeanette is also survived by sisters Pat (Bob) O’Dell, Betty (Bob) Van Dyke and 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 on Friday, January 16, at 1:00 pm at the First Reformed Church in Oak Harbor with 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 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,
He only takes the best.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Wallin Funeral Home, Oak Harbor. To share memories or condolences please visit Jeanette’s’ Book of Memories page on the funeral home website at www.wallinfuneralhome.com.

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