Jennetta grew up in Palmer, Alaska. She married her childhood friend Ken, and after four years of marriage, they moved to Three Hills, Alberta, where Ken attended Prairie Bible Institute. After graduation, he received his airplane mechanic and flying licenses from Clover Park Technical in Tacoma, Washington. They returned to Alaska in 1966 and served in the village of Grayling for four years. They then moved to Big Lake, where Ken worked as a mission carpenter, Bible teacher, pilot, and mechanic, and Jennetta taught Bible classes and provided hospitality. In 2006 they retired. They have six grown children. In 2016 Ken passed away, but Jennetta continues to minister through women’s Bible studies in her home, participating in outreach to other widows and meeting with a home group of young families from her church.