She had high standards for herself and everyone, in general.  There was no reason to consider doing things improperly or incompletely.  She was a perfectionist.

Her Faith was clear, simple and uncomplicated.  It empowered her to face life head on.  

She cared for many and and acted on it.  She especially loved teenagers and young adults.  

She inspired everyone with her enthusiasm and joie de vivre. 
   
She loved cats and cared about the plight of wild animals.  She supported many philanthropies for wildlife and cats.

She loved duplicate bridge, fast cars and dark chocolate.

We know that she is in a better place, but we will miss her.  We will always see that smile and hear that laugh. 

She will live on through us.
        
      
  


      

Eventually, Jacqueline married again, to Bud Meadows, a retired Navy fighter pilot. Together they renovated a house on a beautiful property located on the Lynnhaven River.  It truly seemed that they had recreated Soisy.  Bud passed away soon after they married, but not before being baptized in the Catholic Church by Father Jim Parke. She had prayed for this for years.

She made one last move - to Midlothian - to be near her grandchildren, Lindsay and John.  "Jaja" made the most of seeing them as often as possible and all benefitted from this move.  She was active at Saint Gabriel's Catholic Church.  She loved playing duplicate bridge - and had her entire life.  She missed the beach, but never regretted the move.  

She had always been the picture of health and vitality and had never truly been ill a day in her life until her last decade, which was marked by numerous illnesses.  She left us to be with the Lord on January 12, 2014.  She was at peace and was surrounded by family and friends. 

She lived at home until she married, but started working as a translator at the American Embassy in Paris.  There, she met new people, and learned about American trends, new fashion, new music. She bought her first 2-horse-powered car and her first antiques.  She was quite popular and courted by a number of very eligible young French men, but fell in love with an American - Duncan Gordon Allan - a Navy attache assigned to the Embassy.  They married and remained in Paris for two more years.  They had a daughter, Suzan Joan.  Eventually, the Navy moved the family almost a dozen times - her favorite location was the Philippine Islands.  

Upon returning to the US, she enrolled at Old Dominion College (now University) and completed her bachelor's and master's degrees as Valedictorian.  She worked as a counselor at Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk, Virginia until retirement, giving 200% to her kids.  She also volunteered at the Portsmouth Crisis Center Hotline at night. She loved living at the beach.   

Jacqueline was born in Tarbes, France, not far from Lourdes.  Her grandparents were vintners of Armagnac.  Her father, Andre and mother, Marguerite moved to Paris, where he was employed as a mechanical engineer.  
 
Her most striking memories of Paris were during the German occupation in World War II.  At that point in time, her father designed airplanes for a Jewish-owned factory that was taken by the Nazis.  He never delivered a completed plane to the enemy.  They had a car, but no gas, and food was rationed and scarce in Paris. She, her mother and sister would bicycle to Soisy to locate food (about 30 kilometers each way).  Danger was everywhere.      
         
After the war, life returned to normal.  She often shared fond memories of weekends and summer months spent at the country house in Soisy.  Friends and relatives visited often and many a memorable meal was cooked by Marguerite and accompanied by excellent wines from Andre's cellar.  Adults enjoyed good conversation and played bridge.  The men played petanque.  The grandmothers knitted.  The young people played games, read, gardened, explored the village and countryside.  The village bakery made  croissants and baguettes and even a few pastries.  They went to Mass in a small Romanesque church where the altarboys rang the bell in the tower by jumping to catch the large, dangling rope - much more fun than mass in Paris!
   
After the war, the French were free to travel again, and her family spent summer vacations in Brittany, Normandy and other coastal spots.  In the winter, they travelled to Alpine resorts in France, Austria and Germany.

Her father eventually went to work for Renault and moved up the ranks.  They lived well and life was good.  Her father's brothers had also moved North.  She was surrounded by family and friends.