Joanne Marie Carlson January 11, 1929 - June 25, 2016

Joanne Marie Carlson, a resident of Sisters, died June 25, 2016. She was 87.

A celebration of her life will be held sometime later. No other services will be held.

Joanne was born January 11, 1929, in Eugene. Her parents were Thor Frydenlund and Marie (Saari) Frydenlund. She attended Eugene public schools, graduating from Eugene High School in 1946.

As a student at the University of Oregon, Joanne was a member of Alpha Phi sorority, mortar board senior women's honorary, and Phi Beta Kappa. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 1950.

In 1952 she married Charles Kitchel, with whom she had two children, a daughter and a son. They were later divorced. She married Richard Carlson in Eugene in 1973.

Joanne worked at the University of Oregon for 23 years, holding several administrative positions, including editor of a national research center in the College of Education, and then as director of the University's Office of Federal Relations. Her last position from 1981-86 was in the central administration of the university where she served as a vice provost. She chaired the university committee appointed in 1976 to administer the evaluation of the university's compliance with Federal Title IX legislation, which banned discrimination in educational and athletic programs.

Appointed by President Gerald Ford, she served a two-year term, 1975-77, on the Congressionally authorized National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs. She served earlier on the Oregon Manpower Planning Council and on the Pacific Northwest Manpower Advisory Committee to the Secretary of Labor.

In 1988 she and her husband retired. She did volunteer work for the Habitat for Humanity Thrift Store, and for the Visitors Center at the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce. She also served on the Friends of the Sisters Library Board of Directors. From 1990-92 she worked as a correspondent for The Nugget Newspaper.

She is survived by her husband, Richard, in Sisters; her daughter, Jenness Roth (Jeff) in Memphis, Tennessee; her son, Dirk Kitchel (Cheryl) in Valdosta, Georgia; two grandsons, Nathan and Samuel Roth; a granddaughter, Savannah Kitchel; three stepchildren, Aenne Carver, Lakeside, California, David Carlson, Ottawa, Canada, and Jane Lewis, Lowell, Oregon; and eight step-grandchildren.

Remembrances may be made in her name as contributions to the Sisters Library or to Sisters Habitat for Humanity, or to the National Wildlife Federation, Reston, VA 20190-5362.