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- Jacqueline Pearl ‘Jackie’ Brown
Feb. 10, 1933-June 2, 2015
Fruitland — Jacqueline Pearl “Jackie” Brown, 82, of Fruitland, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2015 of natural causes.
A visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, June 10th at Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette. Interment will be held privately for family.
Arrangements and services are under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette.
Condolences may be made to Jackie’s family at www.shaffer-jensenchapel.com.
Jackie was born Feb. 10, 1933 in Eagle Point, OR to Sharon H. and Pearl (Phelan) Hawk. She joined an older sister, Joan.
She lived for a few years in Lewiston, ID, and then moved to Ontario, OR; graduating from Ontario High School in 1951.
She attended Eastern Oregon College of Education in La Grande, OR where she graduated with a degree in elementary education.
She was a teacher for several years in Portland, OR, and then in 1959 she married Paul Plaza and moved back to Ontario. They had two children, Kathleen and John. She was a devoted stay at home mom for all of their growing up years.
She started her own business, a ceramics studio in her basement, which was very successful with a wait list for students wanting to take classes from her. Jackie was a natural teacher, and loved passing on her knowledge to her students.
She won several awards for her work, including the Peggy Award given to professional level ceramicists. She was talented in many diverse areas of crafts, including card making and tole painting. She always had a “project” going and it was always something beautiful.
After her marriage to Paul ended, she worked for a while at the Argus Observer, using her artistic talents in designing ads for the paper.
In 1982 she married Carl Brown of Boise.
She enjoyed living in Boise and continued her many hobbies, adding on a new one—collecting antiques of the Victorian era. She loved beautiful things, and loved decorating her home with them.
Jackie was a very generous person, and giving beautiful gifts was something that gave her a lot of pleasure. Christmas was her favorite holiday.
Her husband Carl passed away in 2000, and a few years after this she decided to relocate to Fruitland, ID.
She continued to enjoy her hobbies, and being near her grandchildren, Alex and Alyssa.
Jackie was preceded in death by her sister, Joan, her mother and father, and her husband Carl.
She is survived by her son John Plaza (Wendy) of Payette and their children Alex and Alyssa; her daughter Kathleen Dowd (Jim) of Loveland, CO and their children Michael and Rachel.
Donations in her memory may be made to XL Hospice, c/o Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, P.O. Box 730, Payette, ID 83661.
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1933 - 2015 (82 years)
