Jacque was left a widow after only three years of marriage and raised her two boys on her own. They lived in Tempe and the boys went to Curry school where I was a teacher. Of course we didn't know each other back then.
Jacque taught home economics at Westwood High for over 25 years. She was an accomplished seamstress and musician. Greg gave her life history and each of her 8 grandchildren had an endearing story to tell about her. Her son David spoke about families and the plan of salvation.
Jacque was a go getter, a positive person who never said no to an assignment and was such an example to me. While serving her mission in West Virginia she was the ward Relief Society president and every month would visit all 84 sisters in her ward. She was 11 years older than me and I often wondered where she got all of her energy. She influenced so many people. After we were released from the stake RS she served in her ward Young Women's program and helped all of the girls make pajama pants for camp. This was when she was in her late 60's.
Here is a picture of Jacque with her grandkids on their yearly trip to Newport Beach, California. Two of her granddaughters are married and their spouses are in the picture.
The blond in the front row is David's daughter Ulia.
She is adopted and is from Russia
Jacque's family
Hal & Jackie on their wedding day in 1960.
We saw several of our dear Chandler friends at the funeral: Martin & Suzanne Kempton, Cheryl Horne, President Heyman, Trudy Lamb, Barbara Keith, and Bishop and Annette Auxier.
After the funeral was over we went home and changed our clothes and headed to Rio Rico for taco Tuesday.
We like the food better than Tia Rosa's but it's
still not as good as Elmer's or Senor Tacos.
James was going to take a piece of equipment to the cabin this afternoon but he decided to wait until tomorrow.
Of course we took a nap this afternoon and read from our book,
"Lady Emma's Campaign."
I had two appointments to go visiting teaching this afternoon with my partner Bunny Miner. One of our appointments, Gerry Price, cancelled and indicated she was fine without a visit. Bunny and I met at Karen Payne's and had a nice visit with her. The lesson was on being without guile, as the Savior was. We talked about what being without guile meant to us and we discussed how little children are without guile. I showed them the picture of our Primary class that I posted on Sunday. It was a good visit.
I am still feeling very miserable and I think it's about time to call the arthritis center for some help. I am living on about 8 aspirin a day and I know that's not good for my stomach. I will call tomorrow morning and see if there is something they can do for me. I am speaking in stake conference Saturday night and I want to be able to walk to the stand.
