Services:  2 p.m. Sunday, July 12,  chapel at Presbyterian Manor of Kansas City, Kan.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Carol J. Palmer (Paetz), 61, of Kansas City, Kan., died Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at her daughter’s home. 

Ms. Palmer was born Jan. 30, 1948, in Muscatine,  the daughter of Harold Paetz and Donna Paetz. 

She was a registered nurse who specialized in geriatric care. She loved being a caregiver.

Survivors include her daughter, Jami Pannell, Portland, Ore.; a son, John “Mike” Pannell, Kansas City, Mo.; her mother, Donna Buckman (Paetz), Portland, Ore.; her father, Harold Paetz, Marshall, Texas; her sisters, Vickie Albertson, Kansas City, Mo., and Linda Portman, Buffalo, Mo.; her brother Eric Buckman, Ocean City, Wash. and her son-in-law, Jeff Petersen, Portland, Ore.