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Carol Jane Burnett, 56, of Anna died Sunday, September 16, 2001 at Harrisburg Medical Center. Burial in Anna City Cemetery.
Mrs. Burnett was born on May 16, 1945 in Olney, the daughter of Charles Sherman and Cathryn Fildes Fee. She married Don Burnett on September 2, 1967 in Olney. He survives.
She was a member of Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Anna where she sang in the choir, taught Sunday School and was a deacon. She was a graduate of Southern Illinois University and a former school teacher of language at Egyptian High School. She taught English and French. Her faith in God, her family, her friends and her church were her life.
Mrs. Burnett is survived by her husband, Don Burnett of Anna; three daughters, Andrea Lynn Burnett, Laura Susan and Jane Ann; one brother, Charles J. Fee of Lakeland, Fla.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Frederick Fee.
Published in Olney Daily Mail (IL)
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Mary Beth Shafer (Dietrick) (1963)
Carol was my best friend during high school despite our rivalry for first chair clarinet! I was in her wedding. She died in September of 2001 after years of struggling with schizophrenia. One of her dear friends in Anna gave a beautiful talk at the funeral about how we understand and sympathize with illnesses of the body, but we don't understand, and often don't sympathize with, illnesses of the mind. A lesson I hope I never forget.