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Mark Jeffers Family lit a candle

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Time to think, time to share, time to pass on to future generations.

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Catherine Jeffers posted a condolence

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Jeff I met Jeff in 1972 a year after his retirement from the Air Force. Shortly after he moved to Flagstaff, AZ to attend Northern Arizona University. We were both Anthropology majors and we had a common professor, Dick Ambler, who I believe was a strong influence along with the rich archaeological setting of northern Arizona in the next phase of his life, that of an archaeologist. Jeff loved tromping the land imagining the lives of the people who once lived there. He also loved hiking the Grand Canyon, hiking from rim to floor over 200 times. I will always remember hiking the Grand Canyon and the area around Flagstaff with him and listening to him romanticizing about the prehistoric days of this land. It was easy to picture the families, the hunters, the way of life of these early people and it helped me to understand and appreciate the beauty of northern Arizona. Jeff will forever be attached to that magnificent area. While at NAU he met his lovely wife Colleen who brought peace and happiness into his life and allowed him to become the man endeared by his family and friends. In 1996 they moved to Idaho where Mark and I had moved with our family. This allowed us the opportunity to reconnect as we visited for holidays, went fishing, hiking and hunting together. One of his last hunting trips to Sagehen Reservoir his grandson, Tim, was able to spend some time with him in this beautiful setting and I was also able to go up for a night. What a wonderful trip. The weather was a perfect, sunny autumn day, the mountains full of color. As the evening approached and the temperature cooled it triggered a pine needle rainfall. Everyone stopped as the sky filled with pine needles and I remember Jeff chuckling as he exclaimed "Wow, I've never seen anything like this in my life!" After that we walked down to the lake to watch the sunset and playing in the lake were a bull and cow moose. It was so peaceful watching the moose as the sun went down and darkness enveloped the forest. We decided to go for a drive to look for a friend and just as we drove on the main road a bear came out of the bush and ran down the road right in front of us for quite a ways. Back at camp we sat around the fire and Jeff was relaxed and reminiscing and imparted his wisdom to us. I could tell he was a very content and happy man. On his 90th birthday his family gathered and he expressed overwhelming pride in the people we have all become and I believe he realized his immortality as he watched his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren happily united together celebrating his life and what a wonderful man he was. Jeff you will be missed but always remembered by those who loved you. Catherine Jeffers, Daughter-in-law

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Kathy Jeffers posted a condolence

Sunday, September 22, 2013

We will miss Jeff. I am so happy to have had him as a father-in-law. My deepest sympathy to all of our family.

In loving memory of

Ulie

1921 - 2013

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