Mae Elizabeth Carlson

Mae Elizabeth Carlson, 94, former Sandpoint, Idaho resident passed away on June 19, 1921 in Casa Grande, AZ after a long and exciting life. Funeral services for Mae will be conducted 1:00pm, Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at Coffelt Funeral Service. Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Park. She was born July 27, 1921 the daughter of Elmer and Clara Mansfield in Sampsel, MO and moved with her family to Sandpoint in grade school. She and her friends organized and started the 1st cheerleader squad at Sandpoint High School. She had grown up in Sandpoint with most of our family. She married our father Robert E. Carlson in 1938. She had the great privilege to live many places around the world and experience a lot that many of us will never have a chance. She will be missed by everyone's life she touched. She was proceeded in death by her parents, sister Hazel Marre, her husband Robert E. Carlson, and two of her daughters, Carmen Ashburn and Cristy Crane. She is survived by her sister Arlene Thompson, her daughter Betty Jane Helmandollar, her son Robert E. Carlson II, 7 Granddaughters, 5 Grandson, 9 Great Granddaughters, 7 Great Grandsons plus 1 Great Great Grandson, Many Nieces & Nephew that she was also their Godmother.