Jacquelynn “Jackie” Claire Elmlund

Published 1:25 am Friday, August 15, 2014

August 3, 1926 – July 19, 2014

Jackie C. Elmlund passed away at St. Charles Hospital on July 19, 2014. She was 87.

She was a resident of Bend for the last 49 years.

She is survived by her three children, Carol Peddicord (Scott), Ray Jones (Tracy) and Don Jones (Patsy); 5 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Jan Warden.

Jackie was born in Rexford, Montana, and over her 87 years lived in Bend, Valsetz, Salem and back to Bend in 1965. She and her husband, Robert Elmlund, worked for Barrett Mobile Home Transport for most of their married life. Jackie put 750,000 miles on her 1976 Olds Cutlass as a wide-load pilot escort and was very proud of the miles she traveled.

She loved to read and enjoyed spending time with her friends at the “Vintage Apartments” drinking coffee, starting at 6 AM. She enjoyed art work, rocks, country music and her beloved dogs.

She was preceded in death by her parents Guy and Esther Head, husband Robert Elmlund, brothers Donald, Marc and Guy Head, grandson Shawn Jones, and great-grandson, Caleb Daniel Jones.

There will be a celebration of life at the Vintage Apartments in Bend, Oregon on August 26, 2014 at 11:00 AM.

Deschutes Memorial Chapel is honored to serve Jackie’s family.