Carol Blacker

Carol Blacker of Ferndale, Washington passed away peacefully on June 14, 2023. Surrounded at the end by her husband Don, her sister and brother-in-law Laurie and Rick Frye and sister-in-law Marla Barnett, who lovingly cared for Carol the last year after having suffered a catastrophic brain aneurysm and stroke. Born, Carol Hansen on January 23, 1957 to Raymond and Rosalie Hansen. Carol was the youngest of five and grew up in North Seattle on Linden Avenue.

She graduated from Ingram High School in 1975, she was the class secretary, participated on the track team and spent a semester in Japan. Upon graduation, she enrolled in Edmonds Community College in the paralegal program. She played recreational softball, where she met her husband of forty-two years Don Blacker. Settling in Marysville Washington they raised two children, BreeAnna (Eddie) and Beau (Celia). She was a proud sports wife, mom and grandma serving on the Marysville Youth Football board for several years and helped organize many a golf tournament to support youth and school sports.

Carol proudly served the membership of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 19, Seattle for forty years and retired in 2020. Carol loved to spend time with family and cherished her grandchildren Maksim, Aleksandr, Koal and Bjorn. You could always count on Carol for a smile, some good advice and to go the extra mile to help someone. She enjoyed reading a good book in the hammock at her beach cabin that she and her husband built in 2016.

Carol was an excellent cook and enjoyed cooking a feast every Thanksgiving. A lover of a Sunday drive, a round of golf, a party, a good bargain and time spent with her childhood friends, the four musketeers. She is widely loved and will be badly missed. 

Published by The Herald (Everett) from Jul. 15 to Jul. 16, 2023.