This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: JACKSON, NAZRO, SHEW, TANAKA, LORELEI, WRIGHT-JACKSON, BOYD Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AY.2ADE/1038 Message Board Post: Eleanor May Jackson Eleanor May Jackson of Woodland died May 25, 2001, at the Palm Gardens assisted living residence. She was 81. Born June 30, 1919, in Stockton, she was the first of two daughters of Charles Henry Nazro, an executive with an industrial pump manufacturer, and the former Nell Shew, a homemaker. She grew up in Stockton and Berkeley with her parents and her sister Jeanne, graduating from Berkeley High School in 1937. After graduation, she attended Pomona College, where she met her future husband in a freshman history class. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in psychology in June 1941, and she and Hal were wed the same month. After graduation, the couple moved to Arizona and had two daughters, Anne and Catherine. When World War II intervened, she and her daughters moved to San Marino to live with parents, while Hal served in the U.S. Navy. After the war, the young family settled in Arcadia where their three sons, Christopher, Lee and Harold Jr. were born. She returned to college while her two youngest children were still in high school and earned a teaching credential. She taught elementary school in the Rosemead school district for 15 years. When the couple retired in 1980, they moved to Ukiah to be near their daughter Catherine and grandchildren, John, Charles and Aileen Boyd. In February 2001, she and Hal moved to Woodland to reside in the Palm Gardens assisted living residence. She enjoyed reading, gardening, sewing, crossword puzzles, and, especially, her children and grandchildren. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Hal Jackson; her children, Lee Jackson and his wife Christa of Davis, Anne Jackson of Davis, Catherine Tanaka and her husband Sanford of Ukiah, Christopher Jackson and his wife Lorelei of Mohnton, Pa., and Harold Jackson Jr. and his partner T Santora of Washington, D.C.; nine grandchildren, Jeremy, Allison and Tim Jackson of Davis; Jessica Wright-Jackson of Davis, John Boyd and his wife Erika of Pasadena, Charles Boyd of New Haven, Conn., Aileen Boyd of San Francisco, Christopher Jackson of Medford, Mass., and Kate Jackson of Washington, D.C.; and two great-grandchildren, Katrina and Luke Boyd of Pasadena. A memorial service was held May 27 in Davis, followed by a burial service on June 3 at the Davis Cemetery. The family would like to express its gratitude to the Palm Gardens assisted living residence and to Yolo Hospice for the kind and excellent care provided to Eleanor during the last months of her life. (Obituary from the "The Davis Enterprise," July 9, 2001, (Yolo County). Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616, <http://www.davisenterprise.com/>. Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)