Jacqueline Mae Timmerman

1920 ~ 2012

On a crisp spring morning brimming with the brilliance of a sky the same clear blue as her beautiful eyes, Jacqueline Mae Loomis Timmerman left this earthly sphere to embark upon a celestial journey. "Jackie" passed away on April 7, with her loving children and grandchildren at her bedside, to be reunited with her loving husband, Gerrit, who preceded her transformation. Jacqueline was born to Stanley John Loomis and Teresa Melinda Wells Loomis on January 3, 1920 in Boulder, Colorado, the youngest of three daughters. She moved to San Diego as a very young child, and then to Utah, where she attended schools in Logan, Ogden and Salt Lake. She also lived in Pocatello, Idaho for a short time. She graduated from East High School in 1938 and later attended LDS Business College. Jackie met the love of her life at the tender age of 16. Gerrit always said it was love at the first sight of his beautiful, petite Jackie. They were married in Farmington, Utah on September 16, 1938. The marriage was later solemnized in the LDS Hawaiian Temple on December 1, 1939 while the two were serving a mission on the on the main Island of Hawaii. The unconventional story of their courtship and marriage was one she enjoyed telling. It was a true love story. We anticipate their reunion in the hereafter to be a joyous one, celebrated with their parents and many others held dear to them. Jackie is survived by her three children, Gerrit Timmerman, III of Midvale, Jacquelynne (Robert) Soutas of Murray and Marcia Timmerman of Farmington, Utah; 15 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren; and her sister, Eleanor Barnes of Thousand Oaks, California. She was preceded in death by her husband Gerrit Timmerman, Jr., her parents and her sister, Jean Spicer of Pocatello, Idaho. Known for her lovely countenance, she was just as beautiful inside. Always devoted and giving, she deeply loved her husband, adored her children, celebrated her grandchildren and took special delight in welcoming her great-grandchildren. She participated in each of their lives in countless ways and was a wonderful example to all. The years spent in the family home in Mt. Olympus Park were some of the happiest of her life, making life-long friends and raising her children in an idyllic neighborhood. She was proud to travel with Gerrit to Gaithersburg, Maryland where they lived as he served as chief architect over the construction site of the Washington, D.C. Temple until its dedication. She enjoyed and cherished the friends she made over the last 34 years in the Brookstone Community and Cottonwood 16th Ward.