Jeanette was born to Thomas A. and Alice Hull Nelson on March 11, 1922, near Nacogdoches, TX. The family moved to Sudan, TX, for a few years, then returned to east Texas near Beckville.
The search for better job opportunities brought her to Houston in the early ‘40’s. Eventually, during WWII, she went to work at Hughes Tool Company as a welder on drill bits where she met the love of her life, John Crnko. They enjoyed 57 years of marriage before his death.
After 25 years at Hughes Tools, Jeanette retired. Then, she enjoyed being a homemaker, cooking, gardening, sewing, and entertaining. She and John enjoyed traveling, hunting, fishing, and spending time with friends and family. They were members of Lazybrook Baptist Church. Jeanette enjoyed playing “42,” time with her Ladies Lunch Bunch, eating boiled crawfish, and watching the Houston Rockets. She was fiesty, fun-loving and fabulous, and she was loved by many.
Jeanette is predeceased by her parents, her husband, John, and 11 siblings and their spouses. She is survived by her sister June Jones Saxon, and numerous nieces, nephews, and their children and special friends Max and Dottie Koehler, Ada Tomczak and Dorothy Cloud.
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