Pansy Fae Figurate, 63, passed away in her sleep Aug. 11, 2006. She had been fighting cancer since it was discovered in December 2001.
She was born Pansy F. Burnett in Rosston, Ark., on July 13, 1943, and moved to Richmond five months later. There she grew up and graduated from Richmond High School in 1961. She then attended Contra Costa College, majoring in business and music. She found her first job with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. of San Francisco.
After a loving, whirlwind courtship, she married Bay Area native Lynn Edward Figurate in 1962. They were both world travelers and thoroughly enjoyed the sights, sounds, and beauty of God's green earth and magnificent blue oceans. Pansy loved our Sierra Nevada mountains, its fresh-caught trout sizzling over the campfire and the smell of brewed coffee in the pine-scented air that made the mornings so unforgettable.
Pansy and Lynn were blessed with four children, a daughter and three boys. They enjoy camping and the great outdoors to this day.
Pansy served extensively in PTA administration and extra curricular after-school programs, winning many awards for outstanding service. Through the years she donated much of her time in our neighborhood, collecting for the American Cancer Society not knowing she would need it later life.
Pansy co-founded a neighborhood Girl Scout troop, joining with her daughter, then moved on to Cub Scouting, as her sons became of age to join.
Pansy was awarded the Silver Beaver by Mount Diablo Silverado Council of the Boy Scouts of America in recognition of her outstanding work in the field of working with youth, five years as summer day camp director for Cub Scouts, and five years as instructor of adult scout leader training.
In 1982, Pansy went to work for Better Homes & Gardens magazine "Cross Stitch & Country Crafts." She worked her way up to customer service supervisor before the company downsized, moved to Iowa, and offered Pansy a great position. She chose to stay with her family.
After all the wedding and college graduations, the Empty-Nesters (Pansy and Lynn) moved to Fairfield. In the late 1990s Pansy and Lynn joined the Vallejo Gem and Mineral Society. Pansy was elected treasurer and later became membership chairman and newsletter editor, positions she still held at the time of her passing.
Pansy was so proud of her four children and her 13 grandchildren. She taught them love, leadership and independence through unconditional love although her red hair and fiery blue eyes were a cliché, you knew better than to get on the wrong side of her.
She is survived by her children, Pamela Riddle and family of El Sobrante, Lynn E. Figurate Jr. and family of Riverside, David Figurate and family of Gold Beach, Ore., and Richard Figurate and family of Anaheim; 13 grandchildren; sister, Louise E. Vicente and family of Anchorage, Alaska; and brother J. "Tommy" Burnett and family of Fairfield.
Pansy was a fun, loving, compassionate, enjoyable lady to be around, the family matriarch. She taught us much about kindness, spirituality, manners, wisdom and the love of all living things. She once said, "You earn love as you earn titles." If anyone truly earned the name "Mama," it was her. We will love and miss her more than human words can say.
She was born Pansy F. Burnett in Rosston, Ark., on July 13, 1943, and moved to Richmond five months later. There she grew up and graduated from Richmond High School in 1961. She then attended Contra Costa College, majoring in business and music. She found her first job with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. of San Francisco.
After a loving, whirlwind courtship, she married Bay Area native Lynn Edward Figurate in 1962. They were both world travelers and thoroughly enjoyed the sights, sounds, and beauty of God's green earth and magnificent blue oceans. Pansy loved our Sierra Nevada mountains, its fresh-caught trout sizzling over the campfire and the smell of brewed coffee in the pine-scented air that made the mornings so unforgettable.
Pansy and Lynn were blessed with four children, a daughter and three boys. They enjoy camping and the great outdoors to this day.
Pansy served extensively in PTA administration and extra curricular after-school programs, winning many awards for outstanding service. Through the years she donated much of her time in our neighborhood, collecting for the American Cancer Society not knowing she would need it later life.
Pansy co-founded a neighborhood Girl Scout troop, joining with her daughter, then moved on to Cub Scouting, as her sons became of age to join.
Pansy was awarded the Silver Beaver by Mount Diablo Silverado Council of the Boy Scouts of America in recognition of her outstanding work in the field of working with youth, five years as summer day camp director for Cub Scouts, and five years as instructor of adult scout leader training.
In 1982, Pansy went to work for Better Homes & Gardens magazine "Cross Stitch & Country Crafts." She worked her way up to customer service supervisor before the company downsized, moved to Iowa, and offered Pansy a great position. She chose to stay with her family.
After all the wedding and college graduations, the Empty-Nesters (Pansy and Lynn) moved to Fairfield. In the late 1990s Pansy and Lynn joined the Vallejo Gem and Mineral Society. Pansy was elected treasurer and later became membership chairman and newsletter editor, positions she still held at the time of her passing.
Pansy was so proud of her four children and her 13 grandchildren. She taught them love, leadership and independence through unconditional love although her red hair and fiery blue eyes were a cliché, you knew better than to get on the wrong side of her.
She is survived by her children, Pamela Riddle and family of El Sobrante, Lynn E. Figurate Jr. and family of Riverside, David Figurate and family of Gold Beach, Ore., and Richard Figurate and family of Anaheim; 13 grandchildren; sister, Louise E. Vicente and family of Anchorage, Alaska; and brother J. "Tommy" Burnett and family of Fairfield.
Pansy was a fun, loving, compassionate, enjoyable lady to be around, the family matriarch. She taught us much about kindness, spirituality, manners, wisdom and the love of all living things. She once said, "You earn love as you earn titles." If anyone truly earned the name "Mama," it was her. We will love and miss her more than human words can say.
Pansy Fae Figurate, 63, passed away in her sleep Aug. 11, 2006. She had been fighting cancer since it was discovered in December 2001.
She was born Pansy F. Burnett in Rosston, Ark., on July 13, 1943, and moved to Richmond five months later. There she grew up and graduated from Richmond High School in 1961. She then attended Contra Costa College, majoring in business and music. She found her first job with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. of San Francisco.
After a loving, whirlwind courtship, she married Bay Area native Lynn Edward Figurate in 1962. They were both world travelers and thoroughly enjoyed the sights, sounds, and beauty of God's green earth and magnificent blue oceans. Pansy loved our Sierra Nevada mountains, its fresh-caught trout sizzling over the campfire and the smell of brewed coffee in the pine-scented air that made the mornings so unforgettable.
Pansy and Lynn were blessed with four children, a daughter and three boys. They enjoy camping and the great outdoors to this day.
Pansy served extensively in PTA administration and extra curricular after-school programs, winning many awards for outstanding service. Through the years she donated much of her time in our neighborhood, collecting for the American Cancer Society not knowing she would need it later life.
Pansy co-founded a neighborhood Girl Scout troop, joining with her daughter, then moved on to Cub Scouting, as her sons became of age to join.
Pansy was awarded the Silver Beaver by Mount Diablo Silverado Council of the Boy Scouts of America in recognition of her outstanding work in the field of working with youth, five years as summer day camp director for Cub Scouts, and five years as instructor of adult scout leader training.
In 1982, Pansy went to work for Better Homes & Gardens magazine "Cross Stitch & Country Crafts." She worked her way up to customer service supervisor before the company downsized, moved to Iowa, and offered Pansy a great position. She chose to stay with her family.
After all the wedding and college graduations, the Empty-Nesters (Pansy and Lynn) moved to Fairfield. In the late 1990s Pansy and Lynn joined the Vallejo Gem and Mineral Society. Pansy was elected treasurer and later became membership chairman and newsletter editor, positions she still held at the time of her passing.
Pansy was so proud of her four children and her 13 grandchildren. She taught them love, leadership and independence through unconditional love although her red hair and fiery blue eyes were a cliché, you knew better than to get on the wrong side of her.
She is survived by her children, Pamela Riddle and family of El Sobrante, Lynn E. Figurate Jr. and family of Riverside, David Figurate and family of Gold Beach, Ore., and Richard Figurate and family of Anaheim; 13 grandchildren; sister, Louise E. Vicente and family of Anchorage, Alaska; and brother J. "Tommy" Burnett and family of Fairfield.
Pansy was a fun, loving, compassionate, enjoyable lady to be around, the family matriarch. She taught us much about kindness, spirituality, manners, wisdom and the love of all living things. She once said, "You earn love as you earn titles." If anyone truly earned the name "Mama," it was her. We will love and miss her more than human words can say.
She was born Pansy F. Burnett in Rosston, Ark., on July 13, 1943, and moved to Richmond five months later. There she grew up and graduated from Richmond High School in 1961. She then attended Contra Costa College, majoring in business and music. She found her first job with Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. of San Francisco.
After a loving, whirlwind courtship, she married Bay Area native Lynn Edward Figurate in 1962. They were both world travelers and thoroughly enjoyed the sights, sounds, and beauty of God's green earth and magnificent blue oceans. Pansy loved our Sierra Nevada mountains, its fresh-caught trout sizzling over the campfire and the smell of brewed coffee in the pine-scented air that made the mornings so unforgettable.
Pansy and Lynn were blessed with four children, a daughter and three boys. They enjoy camping and the great outdoors to this day.
Pansy served extensively in PTA administration and extra curricular after-school programs, winning many awards for outstanding service. Through the years she donated much of her time in our neighborhood, collecting for the American Cancer Society not knowing she would need it later life.
Pansy co-founded a neighborhood Girl Scout troop, joining with her daughter, then moved on to Cub Scouting, as her sons became of age to join.
Pansy was awarded the Silver Beaver by Mount Diablo Silverado Council of the Boy Scouts of America in recognition of her outstanding work in the field of working with youth, five years as summer day camp director for Cub Scouts, and five years as instructor of adult scout leader training.
In 1982, Pansy went to work for Better Homes & Gardens magazine "Cross Stitch & Country Crafts." She worked her way up to customer service supervisor before the company downsized, moved to Iowa, and offered Pansy a great position. She chose to stay with her family.
After all the wedding and college graduations, the Empty-Nesters (Pansy and Lynn) moved to Fairfield. In the late 1990s Pansy and Lynn joined the Vallejo Gem and Mineral Society. Pansy was elected treasurer and later became membership chairman and newsletter editor, positions she still held at the time of her passing.
Pansy was so proud of her four children and her 13 grandchildren. She taught them love, leadership and independence through unconditional love although her red hair and fiery blue eyes were a cliché, you knew better than to get on the wrong side of her.
She is survived by her children, Pamela Riddle and family of El Sobrante, Lynn E. Figurate Jr. and family of Riverside, David Figurate and family of Gold Beach, Ore., and Richard Figurate and family of Anaheim; 13 grandchildren; sister, Louise E. Vicente and family of Anchorage, Alaska; and brother J. "Tommy" Burnett and family of Fairfield.
Pansy was a fun, loving, compassionate, enjoyable lady to be around, the family matriarch. She taught us much about kindness, spirituality, manners, wisdom and the love of all living things. She once said, "You earn love as you earn titles." If anyone truly earned the name "Mama," it was her. We will love and miss her more than human words can say.
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