Mrs. Jeannette Lynn Peters

Mrs. Jeannette Lynn Peters

Passed away at her home in Wasilla, Alaska, on October 24, 2019.

Jeannette, or “Jo,” as she was often called by her family, was born on February 22, 1963 in Monroe, Washington to Ernest and Jacqueline Anderson. During her childhood Jeannette lived with her family in several states and British Columbia. She remembered her time in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley most fondly. Her oldest son, Travis Sandvik, was born in the Bitterroot in 1978. A couple years later she moved to the Matanuska Valley where she raised two sons, Travis, and Jacob, who was born in 1983. While she never attended high school, Jeannette was precociously bright and diligently pursued higher education, graduating from the University of Alaska Anchorage with a degree in computer programming. She worked for the Municipality of Anchorage as a computer programmer for 17 years and a shorter time for State of Alaska. In 2006 Jeannette married Gary Peters. After living in Anchorage for several years, Jeannette and Gary moved to the Valley to be closer to other family members, including her sister, Shelly, her son Jacob, his wife, Katie, and their two children, Daniel and Jackie. Jeannette’s grandchildren were her passion; spending time with them was most important to her and she devoted much of her time to them. In her spare time, she loved to spend our short Alaskan summers outdoors bicycling and working in her garden. When winter arrived, she would sew and had recently taught herself beading, making beautiful earrings with her most memorable being the Seahawks earrings she made for her Seattle family. Jeannette will be remembered for the bravery and determination she brought to the challenges she faced over the course of her life. She shared love and compassion selflessly with family and friends.

She is survived by her husband, Gary, two sons, Jacob and Travis, five grandchildren, and her siblings, Leon, Gene, and Shelly.

A memorial service will be held at 1:00 pm Friday, November 8th, at Janssen’s Evergreen Memorial Chapel in Anchorage.