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* Zoe G. Jones, who lived, worked and raised her two sons in San Diego during the past
half-century, died Jan. 21 of heart failure at her Pacific Beach home, She was 82.
A native of Washington state, she raised in a small mining town with
five sisters. Her father worked as a Plumer and spent numerous hours teaching his daughter
various sports, including skiing, swimming and basketball. Weekends in the winters, he
would take his six daughters on a three-mile uphill hike, each carrying her own skis. They
climbed the hill and skied down from sunup to sundown. At night they played basketball.
Mrs. Jones graduated from Ellensburg Normal School in 1929 with a
degree in teaching. She was offered a teaching assignment in Montana, but her father
refused to let her travel that far from the family home. She never taught school; instead,
she worked at the Todd Shipyard in Seattle in the 1930's.
She met her husband, the late Fred Brown, in Seattle. He worked as a
machinist by day and as a musician in a big band at night. The couple moved to San Diego
in 1945 and bought a home in Pacific Beach. The area was a sea of tomato vines dotted with
an occasional plantation home. The fields were plowed under in the next few decades to
make way for the thousand of homes that fill the area, but Mrs. Jones lived and died in
the first house she called home. Her husband died in 1951.
Mrs. Jones was an avid golfer and played at most every course in the
county. She was a member of several golf clubs, the latest membership being at Mission Bay
Golf Club.
Survivors include two sons, Dale Brown of Ocean side and Brad Brown of
El Cajon; three sisters Cleo Dorich of Washington state, June Sullivan of California, and
Beryl Marshall of Pennsylvania; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
No services are planned. She was cremated and her ashes will be buried
in Cle Elum, Kittitas County, Washington. The family suggested contributions to San Diego
Hospice.
* SECOND marriage.