August 20, 1928 – June 18, 2013

Geraldine Jeri Louise Eckels Halloran Yakerson, a long time Sisters resident, passed peacefully away in her sleep early the morning of Tuesday, June 18, 2013, as a result of complications

of late stage CML leukemia.

Jeri was born, raised and attended nursing school in Washington D.C. She later moved to southern California in the 1950s where she worked as an R.N., and a night supervisor and Director of Nursing at St. Johns Hospital in Santa Monica, Encino Hospital and Pacifica Hospital in Huntington Beach. She also worked as an R.N./Jail Matron at Huntington Beach City Jail.

Jeri lived aboard a 36′ CrisCraft in the Long Beach Marina before moving to Lowell, Oregon in the early 1980s and was located in Sisters by the end of that decade. Jeri was known lovingly about town as ”the little walker” for her life-long love of walking.

Jeri is survived by her two children, Richard Halloran and his wife, Sandy; and Laurie Halloran-Johansson and her husband, Thomas; her two grandsons, and their wives, Jeff and Jessica Halloran and Tim and Keri Halloran; her great-grandson, Andrew; and her two cats ,D.C. and Daisy.

Jeri’s last walk will be among the mighty Grand Tetons, a place she always loved and where she taught her children the love and respect of nature and the great outdoors. Please join us for an informal celebration of her life at the Village Green, July 19 at noon.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations be made to Partners In Care,, 2075 NE Wyatt Ct., Bend, OR. 97701, and Craft Cats, www.craftcats.org 541-389-8420.