Amesbury - Beloved mother of Charles and Patrick Lord, passed away on Saturday, November 22 with family by her side. Born in Lynn, MA, she was the daughter of the late Frederick Kingsley Jackson and Virginia Stewart Jackson.

Carolee grew up in Swampscott, MA and graduated from Swampscott High School in 1967. She raised her family in Amesbury, MA, where she owned her own business, Carolee's Custom Curtains. Community was very important to Carolee. In 1981, she became one of the original members of the Amesbury Educational Foundation Inc. (AEFI).

In 1994, Carolee moved to Las Cruces, NM where she worked as a real estate agent. Upon her return to New England in 2007, she worked at JoAnn Fabrics until her retirement.

Carolee enjoyed quilting, sewing, country style folk painting, cross stitch and other hand crafts. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister and friend who will be missed by all who knew her.

Surviving her are her two sons, Charles and Patrick Lord, daughters-in-law Lynette Bernard Lord and Marie Germono Lord, siblings Judith Hapgood, Joanne Jackson, Stewart Jackson and Jeffrey Jackson, nieces, nephews, grandchildren and extended family John Gill and Linda Lord.

A Celebration of Life is scheduled for Monday, January 5, 2026 at Sylvan Street Grille in Salisbury, MA from 4 to 8 p.m. Her final resting place will be at Pine Grove Cemetery in Lynn, MA.