Elizabeth L. Jacks

Elizabeth Louise Jacks passed away peacefully on Thursday morning January 19th at the age of 96. She was born in Seattle, WA and was the 6th child of Jonathan Taylor and Mary Liddle Taylor. The Taylors and the Liddles were Northwest pioneer families that settled in the Snoqualmie Valley and were instrumental in founding the town of North Bend. She grew up in the Ballard/Greenlake area of Seattle. After caring for her father when he was ill she decided to enter the nursing profession and was part of the last class at the Seattle General Hospital School of Nursing graduating as a registered nurse in 1938. While on her way home from a trip to Chicago in 1941 she met a young man on his way to Seattle. He was a crew member of a bomber squadron and they were on their way to Seattle's Boeing Field to pick up their plane and fly to India as part of the war effort in the Pacific. The flight was delayed due to fog for several days and during that time a relationship began that would last 65 years. After corresponding during the war Mike and Elizabeth were married in October of 1943. Mike was from Mississippi but they decided to settle in Seattle. Their son Steve was born in 1949. After a few years in Seattle they moved to the Wenatchee Valley in 1953. The family attended Calvary Bible Church in Wenatchee and Elizabeth was an active participant in vacation bible school, Sunday school, choir and women's ministries. You could always count on her to host the visiting missionaries and out of town guests. She loved to have a house full for dinners. Mike and Elizabeth were also an integral part of the Wenatchee Fellowship for many years. Her beloved Mike passed away in 2008 and she has now followed him into the arms of their precious Lord Jesus. Most recently she has resided at Columbia Heights retirement community where she enjoyed playing piano for the after dinner sing-a-long every night at 6:00. She is survived by her son and daughter in law Steve and Debbie Jacks of Redmond, WA. Three grandchildren Philip Jacks, Amanda Griffith and her husband Peter of Portland, Oregon and Patrick Jacks and his wife Rebekah of Muncie, Indiana. Three great grandchildren Kassidy and Devin Jacks and Destiny Griffith all residing in Portland Oregon. She was a loving mother, grandma Liz to the grandkids and great grandkids a wonderful friend to many all of whom she loved so dearly. She will be truly missed. A Funeral Service for Elizabeth will begin at 1:00 PM Friday, January 27, 2012 at Telford's Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee with a reception to follow at the Columbia Heights Retirement Community, Wenatchee, WA. Arrangements are by Telford's Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee, WA

Elizabeth L. Jacks

April 2, 1915 - January 19, 2012