Lou Ann Jones was born on February 3, 1926 to Robert and Mae Jones in Independence, Kansas. The family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1928 when she was only two.
After graduating from Albuquerque High School, Lou went on to study nursing at the Regina School of Nursing in Albuquerque during World War II. She then attended the University of New Mexico where she became a cheerleader and met her first husband, William E. (Bill) Hall, Jr. They married in 1947. Bill became Director of the School of Journalism at the University of Nebraska, while Lou Ann completed her M.A. degree in Theater at the University of Nebraska. She directed productions at the University and worked with the Lincoln Community Playhouse. Together Lou Ann and Bill had three children two daughters and a son.
Lou Ann and Bill divorced in 1965, and Lou moved to the San Francisco Bay Area with her children. In 1968 she married Ross Graham in Santa Clara, California. She and Ross, founded the Young Conservatory of the American Conservatory Theater, and later started their own company, The San Francisco Attic Theater. They fell in love with Europe over several vacation trips and moved to the south of France in 1985 after their theater company closed down where they lived for 10 years until moving back to San Francisco on the death of Lou's son, Bill.
Her children and her family meant everything to Lou, and in 2001 she returned home to Albuquerque to live. She and Ross separated, but remained friends. After returning to Albuquerque, she was active as a substitute teacher at Manzano High School, taught drama, and had been active in local theater productions and events.
Lou Ann was the youngest sister of actress Vivian Vance of I Love Lucy fame. She hosted presentations about Vivian at the Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque Little Theater, the Kimo, Oasis and venues throughout the city as well as at the annual Lucy/Desi Jamestown (NY) Festival. In 2014, she was flown to Los Angeles to accept Vivian's award into the Academy of Television's Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame. Lou wrote two books - Viv's Scrapbook and Memories of My Big Sister, Viv - and the second edition of her book on teaching acting, We Are Players, was published.
Lou Ann Graham, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, teacher and friend passed away peacefully on November 1, 2016 at the age of 90 at the Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque. Lou Ann was full of life and love for family, the arts, nature, animals and social justice. Lou donated her body to the University of New Mexico with cremation taking place at a later date.
-- Dragonfly
After graduating from Albuquerque High School, Lou went on to study nursing at the Regina School of Nursing in Albuquerque during World War II. She then attended the University of New Mexico where she became a cheerleader and met her first husband, William E. (Bill) Hall, Jr. They married in 1947. Bill became Director of the School of Journalism at the University of Nebraska, while Lou Ann completed her M.A. degree in Theater at the University of Nebraska. She directed productions at the University and worked with the Lincoln Community Playhouse. Together Lou Ann and Bill had three children two daughters and a son.
Lou Ann and Bill divorced in 1965, and Lou moved to the San Francisco Bay Area with her children. In 1968 she married Ross Graham in Santa Clara, California. She and Ross, founded the Young Conservatory of the American Conservatory Theater, and later started their own company, The San Francisco Attic Theater. They fell in love with Europe over several vacation trips and moved to the south of France in 1985 after their theater company closed down where they lived for 10 years until moving back to San Francisco on the death of Lou's son, Bill.
Her children and her family meant everything to Lou, and in 2001 she returned home to Albuquerque to live. She and Ross separated, but remained friends. After returning to Albuquerque, she was active as a substitute teacher at Manzano High School, taught drama, and had been active in local theater productions and events.
Lou Ann was the youngest sister of actress Vivian Vance of I Love Lucy fame. She hosted presentations about Vivian at the Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque Little Theater, the Kimo, Oasis and venues throughout the city as well as at the annual Lucy/Desi Jamestown (NY) Festival. In 2014, she was flown to Los Angeles to accept Vivian's award into the Academy of Television's Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame. Lou wrote two books - Viv's Scrapbook and Memories of My Big Sister, Viv - and the second edition of her book on teaching acting, We Are Players, was published.
Lou Ann Graham, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, teacher and friend passed away peacefully on November 1, 2016 at the age of 90 at the Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque. Lou Ann was full of life and love for family, the arts, nature, animals and social justice. Lou donated her body to the University of New Mexico with cremation taking place at a later date.
-- Dragonfly
Lou Ann Jones was born on February 3, 1926 to Robert and Mae Jones in Independence, Kansas. The family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1928 when she was only two.
After graduating from Albuquerque High School, Lou went on to study nursing at the Regina School of Nursing in Albuquerque during World War II. She then attended the University of New Mexico where she became a cheerleader and met her first husband, William E. (Bill) Hall, Jr. They married in 1947. Bill became Director of the School of Journalism at the University of Nebraska, while Lou Ann completed her M.A. degree in Theater at the University of Nebraska. She directed productions at the University and worked with the Lincoln Community Playhouse. Together Lou Ann and Bill had three children two daughters and a son.
Lou Ann and Bill divorced in 1965, and Lou moved to the San Francisco Bay Area with her children. In 1968 she married Ross Graham in Santa Clara, California. She and Ross, founded the Young Conservatory of the American Conservatory Theater, and later started their own company, The San Francisco Attic Theater. They fell in love with Europe over several vacation trips and moved to the south of France in 1985 after their theater company closed down where they lived for 10 years until moving back to San Francisco on the death of Lou's son, Bill.
Her children and her family meant everything to Lou, and in 2001 she returned home to Albuquerque to live. She and Ross separated, but remained friends. After returning to Albuquerque, she was active as a substitute teacher at Manzano High School, taught drama, and had been active in local theater productions and events.
Lou Ann was the youngest sister of actress Vivian Vance of I Love Lucy fame. She hosted presentations about Vivian at the Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque Little Theater, the Kimo, Oasis and venues throughout the city as well as at the annual Lucy/Desi Jamestown (NY) Festival. In 2014, she was flown to Los Angeles to accept Vivian's award into the Academy of Television's Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame. Lou wrote two books - Viv's Scrapbook and Memories of My Big Sister, Viv - and the second edition of her book on teaching acting, We Are Players, was published.
Lou Ann Graham, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, teacher and friend passed away peacefully on November 1, 2016 at the age of 90 at the Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque. Lou Ann was full of life and love for family, the arts, nature, animals and social justice. Lou donated her body to the University of New Mexico with cremation taking place at a later date.
-- Dragonfly
After graduating from Albuquerque High School, Lou went on to study nursing at the Regina School of Nursing in Albuquerque during World War II. She then attended the University of New Mexico where she became a cheerleader and met her first husband, William E. (Bill) Hall, Jr. They married in 1947. Bill became Director of the School of Journalism at the University of Nebraska, while Lou Ann completed her M.A. degree in Theater at the University of Nebraska. She directed productions at the University and worked with the Lincoln Community Playhouse. Together Lou Ann and Bill had three children two daughters and a son.
Lou Ann and Bill divorced in 1965, and Lou moved to the San Francisco Bay Area with her children. In 1968 she married Ross Graham in Santa Clara, California. She and Ross, founded the Young Conservatory of the American Conservatory Theater, and later started their own company, The San Francisco Attic Theater. They fell in love with Europe over several vacation trips and moved to the south of France in 1985 after their theater company closed down where they lived for 10 years until moving back to San Francisco on the death of Lou's son, Bill.
Her children and her family meant everything to Lou, and in 2001 she returned home to Albuquerque to live. She and Ross separated, but remained friends. After returning to Albuquerque, she was active as a substitute teacher at Manzano High School, taught drama, and had been active in local theater productions and events.
Lou Ann was the youngest sister of actress Vivian Vance of I Love Lucy fame. She hosted presentations about Vivian at the Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque Little Theater, the Kimo, Oasis and venues throughout the city as well as at the annual Lucy/Desi Jamestown (NY) Festival. In 2014, she was flown to Los Angeles to accept Vivian's award into the Academy of Television's Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame. Lou wrote two books - Viv's Scrapbook and Memories of My Big Sister, Viv - and the second edition of her book on teaching acting, We Are Players, was published.
Lou Ann Graham, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, teacher and friend passed away peacefully on November 1, 2016 at the age of 90 at the Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque. Lou Ann was full of life and love for family, the arts, nature, animals and social justice. Lou donated her body to the University of New Mexico with cremation taking place at a later date.
-- Dragonfly
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