Jeanie E. Preston was born February 17, 1929 in Brookfield, Vermont. She graduated from Randolph High in Randolph, Vermont and worked as a candy striper and later as a nursing assistant. She moved to Fargo in 1969. She worked at Sheyenne Manor in Valley City, ND for a short time (1975-1979) then moved back to Fargo and worked as a LPN at Bethany Retirement Living from 1980 until her retirement in 1995.

Jeanie loved animals, frogs, people, dancing, spending time with friends and her cats, Midnight and Jerry Lee.

Jeanie died, Friday, February 12, 2016 in Bethany Retirement Living, Fargo. She was 86.