CHARLOTTE M. FOUTS

Charlotte M. Fouts, 63, died May 30, 2005, at Valley Hospital in Palmer, after a nine-year battle, from complications caused by cancer. She was surrounded by her family when she died.

There will be a celebration of life at the Fouts' home in Big Lake on June 25 at 2 p.m. If more information is needed, contact Terry Fouts at 892-9291.

Please do not send flowers, but if you wish to make any donations, please do so in Mrs. Fouts' name to any cancer organization of your choice.

Mrs. Fouts was born January 31, 1942, in Langdon, N.D., where she was raised on a farm in Hannah, N.D. She graduated from Hannah High School in 1959. She attended and graduated from nursing school in Minot, N.D., where she met her beloved husband, Terry Fouts,.

His service in the U.S. Air Force led them to Anchorage in November 1973, where she was employed by A.S.A.G. and Alaska Treatment Center.

They moved to Big Lake in 1981 to build their dream home, where she owned Krazy Prices for Kool Kids. She had and was loved by many friends and family members. She enjoyed snowmachining, gardening, pool, darts, horseshoes, barbecues and friends and family.

She is survived by her husband of 39 years, Terry Fouts of Big Lake; daughters, Beth Westland and husband, Erick, of Wasilla and Tamara Spaulding and husband, Troy, of Big Lake; son, Brian Fouts of Big Lake; granddaughters, Jamie Keel, Cheree Keel and Jessica Smithley, all of Big Lake, and Morgan Fouts of Gile, Wis.; grandsons, Terry Keel and Conner Westland of Wasilla and Dakota Fouts of Madison, Wis.; great-granddaughter, Shayne Casquiera of Big Lake; sisters, Linda Smaltz and husband, Phil, of Devils Lake, N.D. and Lois Drumwright of Iowa; brothers, Red Anderson and wife, Ardella, of Grand Forks, N.D., Rich Anderson and wife, Shar, of Devils Lake, N.D., and many nieces and nephews from all over the Lower 48.

Her children wrote, "Mom, you taught us a lot of things and everything you've given us, we'll always keep it inside. You were the driving force in our lives. There isn't anyone who we could be if we didn't have you by our sides. You were there for us to love and care for us when skies were gray. When we were always down, you were always there to comfort us.

"No one else could be what you have been to us. Mom, you know we love you, and you will always be the queen of our hearts. Your love is like tears from the stars. Mom, we just want you to know loving you is like food to our souls.

"You were always down for us and have always been around for us even when we were bad. You showed us right from wrong. You took up for us when everyone was down on us. You always did understand. You gave us strength to go on. No one else could do what you've done for us. We will never go a day without thinking of you! We love you, Beth, Tami and Brian."

Arrangements were with Valley Funeral Home & Crematory.