Charlotte Mae Fortune

Charlotte Dishong Fortune died on May 12, 2015 in Austin, Texas at the age of eighty three. She was born and raised in Nebraska City, Nebraska. Her town, family, and friends were always close to her heart. Charlotte was an airman in the United States Air Force and while stationed in New Mexico she met and married Robert Carr with whom she had two children, Karen and Barbara. She later married John Fortune and resided in Fort Worth, Texas for many years. Professionally, she worked as an accountant and owned her own tax consulting business. Her passion was politics, always quick to retell the story of meeting Ronald Reagan when she served as a delegate for the Republican National Convention. She was an avid traveler and visited many countries with her children and grandchildren.

Charlotte is survived by her daughters, Karen Carr, Bobbi Carr and husband Greg Thagard, and Karri Thagard; her grandchildren, Thomas Carrington, Erin, Jordan, Simon, Camden Torres, Claire Kelly, and Meredith and Madeline Thagard; her great-grandchildren Locklyn and Cullen; and her adopted African elephant Lempuete.

She will be laid to rest at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 16, 2015 at Cook-Walden/Memorial Hill Cemetery in Pflugerville, Texas.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Wounded Warrior Project or the American Cancer Society.

Please visit Charlotte’s memorial at www.cookwaldencapitalparks.com.