Billie Bess (Fike) Jewett |
| Posted 2022-01-20 by mhenderson |
| Published by Today's News Herald from Jan. 19 to Jan. 20, 2022 - Lake Havasu City, Arizona - Billie Bess Jewett, 84, passed away peacefully on Jan. 7, 2022, in Lake Havasu City. She was born on May 29, 1937, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Edgar Allen and Gladys Taylor Fike. Billie Bess was raised in Omaha, Nebraska. She moved from Omaha to Azusa, California, where she graduated from Citrus Union High School. She married her high school sweetheart, Ronald Jewett, on Aug. 6, 1955, in Glendora, California. They lived there for a number of years before moving permanently to Lake Havasu City in 1981. Billie Bess worked as a homemaker. She also owned Jewett School of Dance while in Glendora. She and Ron owned Jewett Acoustics in Lake Havasu City. They served as missionaries for the Family History Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. She enjoyed dancing, serving in church, knitting, sewing, playing the clarinet, and singing. She loved her family, traveling, family history, and she was a fan of the Diamondbacks baseball team. Billie Bess is survived by her son, Ronald E. Jewett Jr. (Kim) of Kingman; daughters, Jima Lee Mehr (Quent) of Sahuarita, Jo Lynn Kinsey (Bob) of Glendora, California, Jodi Ann Russell (Todd) of Lake Havasu City, and Janna Rae Pethel (Scott) of Carrington, North Dakota; 18 grandchildren, and 32 great-grandchildren. Billie Bess was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald E. Jewett Sr., who passed on July 26, 2006, parents, Edgar Allen Fike and Gladys Taylor Fike, sisters, Jacqueline Jean Hartley and Roberta Joan Reed, grandson, Kevin Joseph Kinsey, and great-grandsons, Gavin Robert Spray and Landon Tedrow Spray. The family would like to thank Gems Assisted Living and Hospice of Havasu for the love and care given to their mother. Funeral services will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints on Saturday, Jan. 22 at 11 am. Burial will follow at the Lake Havasu Memorial Gardens, Lake Havasu City. Arrangements were placed into the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home. Thoughts and condolences may be submitted to the family at www.lietz- frazefuneralhome.com. See Also: Find A Grave |
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