[So Cal Rocket]

When I first saw this obituary, about 1 1/2 weeks ago, I immediately wrote a check for $81 (in honor of Gertie's age) and sent it in to the Bush-Cheney 2004 Campaign with a note: "In loving memory of Gertrude Jones".

[Flux Capacitor]

Ya know.... that is SUCH a good idea I think I'm gonna have to glom onto it myself.

My $81 check to Bush/Cheney '04 will be forthcoming. We wouldn't want ol' Gertie to have died in vain, would we? ;)

-Dan

[deadhead]

Here is the obituary from October 2. I wonder if this request is actually Gertrude's or her families. Whatever, I will follow your lead, So Cal Rocket and donate money to Bush-Cheney 2004. I like your style :-)

Gertrude M. Jones

Word has been received that Gertrude M. Jones, 81, passed away on August 25, 2003, under the loving care of the nursing aides of Heritage Manor of Mandeville, Louisiana.

She was a native of Lebanon, KY. She was a retired Vice President of Georgia International Life Insurance Company of Atlanta, GA.

Her husband, Warren K. Jones predeceased her. Two daughters survive her: Dawn Hunt and her live-in boyfriend, Roland, of Mandeville, LA; and Melba Kovalak and her husband, Drew Kovalak, of Woodbury, MN. Three sisters, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren, also survive her.

Funeral services were held in Louisville, KY.

Memorial gifts may be made to any organization that seeks the removal of President George Bush from office.

Published in The Times-Picayune on 10/2/2003.