Jean Phillips Carter See died April 29, 2006, at her Bainbridge Island home after a long illness, surrounded by her family. She was 86.

She and her husband of 63 years, Samuel See, lived in Spokane for 31 years before they moved to Poulsbo in 2002 and then in 2004 to Bainbridge Island. Mrs. See was born in 1920 in Bremerton, the daughter of Dayton Otis Carter and Clara Carter. Her mother was a pioneer school teacher in Kitsap County, at Central Valley Elementary School and at the Holly School. Mrs. See graduated at age 15 from Silverdale High School, and attended the University of Washington for music for two years. She was an accomplished pianist and soprano.

From 1939 to 1943, she worked in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, where she met her husband, a naval officer. They lived with their three daughters in Seattle until 1969, when Mr. See, an engineer with the Standard Oil Co. of California, was transferred to Boise, and then to Spokane.

Mrs. See was a vivacious, outgoing individual whose main interests aside from her family were music, gardening, and traveling. She was an avid reader, always keenly interested in ideas, and instilled the love of music, books and ideas in her children and grandchildren. She and her husband made numerous trips to England, Ireland, Europe and China, and prepared slide show presentations, particularly of the gardens they visited. They enjoyed trips to the Yakima Valley at harvest time, where they gathered wine grapes for the vintages they made for 30 years. Mrs. See was active for nearly 50 years in PEO. For many years she also was active in the libraries of Seattle, Boise and Spokane. She participated in the early planning for a new Boise public library, and for two years was president of the Foley Library Associates at Gonzaga University.

Mrs. See is survived by her husband of the family home; daughters Katherine See Kennedy and Janet See, both of Bainbridge Island, and Emily Wilson of New Westminster, B.C.; granddaughters Megan Kennedy and Jessica Kennedy of Seattle; grandsons Samuel Reddy of Bainbridge Island and Ian Wilson of Vancouver, B.C.; sons-in-law Alfred Kitching and William Reddy and a soon-to-be grandson-in-law, Nathan Schlicher of Bremerton.