Jeannine Carpenter

Celebration of Life 2:00 PST May 13th, 2023 St. Pancratius Church 3519 St. Pancratius Place Lakewood, CA 90712

Small Gathering Proceeding: 2917 Daneland St. Lakewood, CA 90712

LONG BEACH, California – Mrs. Marie Jeannine Elizabeth (Gendron) Carpenter, died 9:15 pm, Thursday evening, February 2, 2023 at Long Beach Memorial Hospital; after battling an extensive illness. She was 74 years old.

Oldest daughter, Jeannine, was born and raised by her beloved parents Roger and Lucille (Beliveau) Gendron, also from Manchester, New Hampshire. She graduated from Manchester West High School in 1966; then later from Sacred Heart Hospital School of Nursing as a registered nurse. She began her professional career at Sacred Heart Hospital in Manchester, New Hampshire. As a nursing angel for 54 years, Jeannine cared for others unconditionally in the units of Critical, Intensive, and Emergency Room Care at: St. Francis of Lynwood, Doctors Hospital of Lakewood, Long Beach Community Hospital, Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance, and lastly Long Beach Memorial Hospital.

She is survived by her husband, Robert Francis Carpenter Senior of Long Beach, California; daughter, Charlene Anita Carpenter Fernandez of Lakewood, California; son, Robert Francis Carpenter Junior, of Star, Idaho; two grandchildren, Steeler and Brooklyn Fernandez of Lakewood, California; six younger sisters: Pauline Montminy of Manchester, New Hampshire; Rose Aimee Gendron of Belmont, New Hampshire; Susan Gendron of Coalinga, California; Noella Saldana of Huron, California; Denise Leclerc of Loudon, New Hampshire, as well as, Ann Linehan of Ladera Ranch, California; and younger brother, Richard Gendron of Manchester, New Hampshire; followed by a plethora of nieces and nephews.

Her generous spirit and devotion to serving others was evident in her life’s work and human connections. A beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, godmother, friend and colleague…she knew no strangers and shined love and light into everyone she met.

"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."-Matthew 6:21

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