Jessie Lavender was born at Eastsound December 12, 1918. She was the fourth of seven children born to James Tolbert and Louise (Loos) Lavender and one of 22 grandchildren of Deer Harbor pioneers Oberlin T. Loos and Sarah Estelle Cadwell.
Jessie graduated from Orcas Island High School in 1936 and enrolled that same year in the University of Washington School of Pharmacy. Upon graduation with degree and license in hand she practiced first in Washington, then in New Jersey and then in California in 1948. She was at the Owl Drug in Sacramento for several years before joining the staff at Fairmont Hospital in the East Bay.
On one of her leaves of absences from Fairmont, she traveled around the world visiting parts of Asia, the Near East, and East Africa and then on to Spain where she represented her pharmaceutical society at a world conference.
After retirement from Fairmont Hospital she opened a small bookstore and tea room in Castro Valley, California. Her next move was to Cull Canyon where she participated in the building of her home in a secluded setting.
Jessie spent her retirement years as a Master Gardener, an organizer for social and environmental affairs in her community and as an attentive aunt to the younger generation who adored her independent life style and ageless presence.
Jessie graduated from Orcas Island High School in 1936 and enrolled that same year in the University of Washington School of Pharmacy. Upon graduation with degree and license in hand she practiced first in Washington, then in New Jersey and then in California in 1948. She was at the Owl Drug in Sacramento for several years before joining the staff at Fairmont Hospital in the East Bay.
On one of her leaves of absences from Fairmont, she traveled around the world visiting parts of Asia, the Near East, and East Africa and then on to Spain where she represented her pharmaceutical society at a world conference.
After retirement from Fairmont Hospital she opened a small bookstore and tea room in Castro Valley, California. Her next move was to Cull Canyon where she participated in the building of her home in a secluded setting.
Jessie spent her retirement years as a Master Gardener, an organizer for social and environmental affairs in her community and as an attentive aunt to the younger generation who adored her independent life style and ageless presence.
Jessie Lavender was born at Eastsound December 12, 1918. She was the fourth of seven children born to James Tolbert and Louise (Loos) Lavender and one of 22 grandchildren of Deer Harbor pioneers Oberlin T. Loos and Sarah Estelle Cadwell.
Jessie graduated from Orcas Island High School in 1936 and enrolled that same year in the University of Washington School of Pharmacy. Upon graduation with degree and license in hand she practiced first in Washington, then in New Jersey and then in California in 1948. She was at the Owl Drug in Sacramento for several years before joining the staff at Fairmont Hospital in the East Bay.
On one of her leaves of absences from Fairmont, she traveled around the world visiting parts of Asia, the Near East, and East Africa and then on to Spain where she represented her pharmaceutical society at a world conference.
After retirement from Fairmont Hospital she opened a small bookstore and tea room in Castro Valley, California. Her next move was to Cull Canyon where she participated in the building of her home in a secluded setting.
Jessie spent her retirement years as a Master Gardener, an organizer for social and environmental affairs in her community and as an attentive aunt to the younger generation who adored her independent life style and ageless presence.
Jessie graduated from Orcas Island High School in 1936 and enrolled that same year in the University of Washington School of Pharmacy. Upon graduation with degree and license in hand she practiced first in Washington, then in New Jersey and then in California in 1948. She was at the Owl Drug in Sacramento for several years before joining the staff at Fairmont Hospital in the East Bay.
On one of her leaves of absences from Fairmont, she traveled around the world visiting parts of Asia, the Near East, and East Africa and then on to Spain where she represented her pharmaceutical society at a world conference.
After retirement from Fairmont Hospital she opened a small bookstore and tea room in Castro Valley, California. Her next move was to Cull Canyon where she participated in the building of her home in a secluded setting.
Jessie spent her retirement years as a Master Gardener, an organizer for social and environmental affairs in her community and as an attentive aunt to the younger generation who adored her independent life style and ageless presence.
Inscription
We who know her knew no one finer
Jessie Lavender
1918-2006
(decorated with symbols representing her profession as a pharmacist, books representing her 'retirement career' as a book seller, and a cat and a dog)
Gravesite Details
remains inurned in same space as the grave of her brother Jimmy
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