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Obituary for Marie J. Rhodes-Paige
On April 20, 1931, in Cawthorn, Texas, Marie Jones was born to Marion and Jearlean Jones. The Jones family moved from Corpus Christi, Texas to San Francisco, California in 1947. Marie graduated from the Girls High School, San Francisco, in 1949. Marie modeled in many fashion shows wearing original designs made by her mother Jearlean. Marie was an independent woman who stayed employed, working at Samuel Jewelry, the Masons, Eastern Star, and UCSF, where she worked for 23 years before retiring as an Administrative Analyst. Marie received numerous awards and certificates, including the UCSF Chancellor’s Award and the UCSF Campus Award. Marie was the author of the UCSF Budget Committee book. Marie was honored as a model foster parent in 1989. Marie moved from San Francisco to Vacaville in 1989 where she and her sister Billie purchased rear-facing corner homes to raise their family of boys. Even in her retirement, Marie saw a need and took on various jobs that included a school crossing guard, volunteer at the Senior Food Pantry, and voting poll worker. Service will be held Tuesday, June 26 at 1pm at McCune Garden Chapel. For those who cannot make the service the chapel will open at 11am to sign register book.