Jeanette McDonald Springer

Jeanette McDonald Springer passed away peacefully in Amarillo, Texas, on June 1, 2024.

Memorial service will be held June 22 at 2:00 PM at the Amarillo Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

She was born December 11, 1937, in Calhoun County, Texas, in a home on Half League Road, to parents A. B. McDonald and Edris (Strait) McDonald.

Jeanette graduated from Port Lavaca High School. She then went on to the University of Corpus Christi where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education. She also earned a Master of Education degree from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos.

She married Charles W. Springer in 1958.

Jeanette's love of children led her to teach school in Corpus Christi, Port Lavaca, and Austin, Texas. She also taught special education students in Southwest ISD in San Antonio, Highland Park in Amarillo, and Stinnett ISD in Stinnett, Texas. She was a diagnostician in Highland Park, Northwest Texas Coop in Sunray, Parmer County Coop in Friona and Dumas ISD. Jeanette taught a total of 39 years in Texas public schools.

She was a member of the Amarillo Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and of the Amarillo League of Women Voters.

Jeanette loved to play dominoes, cards and always had a puzzle out to work on. She loved to hike, camp, ski, travel and watch birds at her feeders in the back yard.

She is preceded in death by her parents, A.B. and Edris McDonald.

Jeanette is survived by two brothers, Larry McDonald and wife Betty and Jerry McDonald; three sons, Rodney (Rango) Springer and wife Sheryl, Roy Springer and wife Kate, Roger Springer; four grandchildren, Laura Springer and husband Jeremy Nelissen, Ryan Springer, Glen Springer and Levi Springer; daughter-in-law, Barbara Springer; numerous relatives; and wonderful friends.

The family suggests in lieu of flowers that memorials be made to Amarillo Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, High Plains Food Bank or Planned Parenthood.