Vida North
Obituary
Vida Mae North, 89, passed away
peacefully Nov. 25, 2018, in her sleep at Asbury Park in Newton. Vida
was born Dec. 3, 1928, in southern Colorado to Elmer and Vivian Mae
(Mathews) Burnette.
Vida graduated high school and earned
her teaching certificate. She married Jessie Raymond Carpenter Dec.
4, 1949, and then focused her energy and love on their home and
raising their four children – David Carpenter of Virginia, Gary
Carpenter of Kansas, Donna Cruz of Kansas and Lena Baugh of Kansas.
Vida was a grandmother of 18, great-grandmother of 16 and
great-great-grandmother of three.
In the mid '70s, Vida returned to
college and earned her Associate of Arts Degree. Vida then married
Earn North – they were happily married until he passed in the early
'80s.
Vida loved sewing, quilting and
crocheting. She was always working to make something beautiful to
give to someone. Oftentimes, Christmas and birthday gifts to the
children and grandchildren were homemade clothes or decorations she
made.
Vida is remembered by her children as a
woman who was strong and independent. She was extremely intelligent,
mechanically-inclined and lived through some very rough and sorrowful
times in our country, yet she remained kind and caring.
Although our family is sad for Vida's
passing, we come together in comfort knowing that she had accepted
Christ as her Savior and Grandma is at peace in her heart, spirit,
mind and body.
A memorial service was scheduled for
10:30 a.m. Friday (Dec. 7, 2018) at First Baptist Church in Parsons,
with Pastor Travis Ball presiding. A private family burial is
scheduled for a later date.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist
Church of Parsons or Caring Hands Humane Society of Newton, in care
of the funeral home. www.petersenfuneralhome.com.
