Obituaries
From our weekly issue dated February 10, 2010
Elizabeth Ross Jacobs
Elizabeth Ross 'Betsy' Jacobs (Photo provided)
A local memorial/potluck will be held Sunday, Feb. 14 at the Deer Creek Center, 1241 Illinois River Road, in Selma, beginning at 1 p.m.
Memorial donations can be made in her honor to Heifer International, www.heifer.org.
Mrs. Jacobs was born Jan. 29, 1931, in Indianapolis to Elizabeth Green and Roy G. Ross, an ordained minister and general secretary of the National Council of Churches. She grew up in Chicago, graduated from Knox College in 1953, married William E. Thompson, and had three children: Peggy Jackson, Bill Thompson, and Mark Thompson.
She eventually settled in Claremont, Calif., in 1969, and went to work for the Dept. of Social Services, where she met and eventually married Charles (Chuck) Jacobs on June 20, 1982. The marriage added four step-children to her family: Lynell Miller, Cynthia Suchomel, Jeanette Jacobs, and Gary Jacobs.
The couple encouraged one another to follow their dreams. While he became a maker of fine furniture, she owned a women“s boutique, Rayne Beau Raggs. Upon retirement, they moved to Selma, where they became active members of the community. Following her husband“s death, she moved to Helena, Mont.
Mrs. Jacobs loved to play the piano, compose music, entertain friends and family, and make a difference in people“s lives. She hosted a monthly neighborhood “Soup Sunday,“ helped establish the Selma Community and Education Center, co-organized a local chapter of Women in Black, volunteered in a variety of community organizations, and was an active member of the Unitarian churches in Montclair, Calif., and Grants Pass.
She had a large and loving network of friends and family who miss her generosity, warmth, gentle spirit, and lively sense of humor.
She is survived by her three children, four step-children, 14 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
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Della June Gibbons
Della June Gibbons (Photo provided)
She was the fifth of six children born to Harold Burtis Tweedy and Gertrude Ann Briscoe. Brothers Harold and Everett Dow Tweedy, sisters Ana Peltier, Lela Christy and Geraldine Lewis have also preceded her in death.
Robert Tweedy Sr. (my mother“s great-grandfather) and family came to California from Conway Country, Arkansas in 1852. They were part of the Capt. Johnson wagon train that arrived in El Monte, Calif. in November 1852, after spending seven months on the Santa Fe Trail.
The Tweedy Family was one of the earliest white settlers in Southern California. Robert and his wife, Mary, acquired more than 2,000 acres of land which was part of the old “Rancho San Antonio“ and when subdivided in 1917 became the city of South Gate. Tweedy Blvd. was named after the family, and a school was named “Tweedy School.“
My parents, Hector and June, met in high school, fell in love, and on April 1, 1937 eloped to Las Vegas, Nev., and were married. They were loving parents of five daughters.
Surviving daughters are Nancy Brolliar, of Cave Junction, Joan Saxvy, of Townsend, Mont., Merry Walker, of Cave Junction, and Charlotte Hansen, of Elk Grove, Calif.
There were many adventures of a marriage of 62 years. Memories of the Long Beach earthquake, a 6.3 magnitude. After 75 years there are still aftershocks being felt. In 1992 my parents were married for 55 years when they experienced the Camp Mendocino earthquakes, three major earthquakes in 24 hours. April 25 a 7.2 happened at 11:07 a.m., after midnight on the 26th a 6.5 and at 4:19 a.m. there was a 6.7. There was a lot of damage to their house.
Forty years ago my mother was told she had colon cancer and had five years to live. My father took an early retirement and bought an RV. For 20 years my parents traveled and fished all over. They especially enjoyed Padra Island, Texas and Panama City, Fla.
Their daughters were busy raising their own families. As of today, there are 61 descendants from that marriage: five daughters, 15 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren with one due anytime, eight great-great grandchildren with two due in March 2010.
June was a lifetime member of the I.V. Senior Center and attended social functions, Mother“s Day Tea was one of her favorite gatherings.
She was also a member of Immanuel United Methodist Church and was a United Methodist woman and crafter. She loved crocheting baby blankets and hats, which she gave to the I.V. Safe House Alliance for unwed mothers. She enjoyed reading and watching Westerns on TV.
She started a handmade quilt at the age of 80! It is beautiful and cherished by all.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held Thursday, Feb. 18 at 11 a.m. at Immanuel United Methodist Church, 200 W. Watkins St., Cave Junction.
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