Notes for Jewel "Skeet" Ione Eck

Notes for Jewel "Skeet" Ione Eck

Jewel was raised on the family farm outside Red Rock, Oklahoma. The home itself had no electric or running water. Water was hand pumped from a well, and the bathroom was outside. Jewel once made comments that with her bother they shot rats at night in the kitchen.

She attended school in the town of Red Rock, Oklahoma. During this time she won the school spelling bee contest.

She played the accordion, and as a teenager she played it in a country band with her father. She also played the piano and did it for a living in the early-nineteen fifties at Knots Berry Farm, in California. It was during this time she carried a pistol, and she nearly used it on one occasion to defend herself when a man jumped into her car. Who knows, he may still be running.

During WWII she worked in a chemical plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She later worked until her death as a garment pattern maker.

Jewel was married three times. The name of her first husband is unknown, but the other two are Eric Alfred Pearson, and Bill Jay.

After Jewel died she was cremated and her ashes were spread over Cow Creek in Palo Cedro, California.

Cause of death: Heart failure, and she had cancer.
Religion: Presbyterian
Favorite music: County & Western
Hobbies: Was very good in water color paintng.
Social Security Number: 448-22-8571

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