2007: Eleanor T. Eymann, whose political skills helped her husband become a Sonoma County Superior Court judge, died May 18 at a Sonoma convalescent hospital after a lengthy illness. She was 96.
Eymann and her husband, the late Judge Kenneth Eymann, were active in Republican politics in Santa Rosa during the 1960s, said her son, John Jewett of Blue Lake.
Kenneth Eymann, then a private attorney, was the head of Ronald Reagan's Sonoma County campaign during Reagan's first bid for California governor in 1966. But Eleanor Eymann did much of the organizing, Jewett said.
"She was very instrumental," he said. "She organized a lot of it and supported him all the way."
Reagan appointed Kenneth Eymann to the bench in 1967, and he served for 18 years. He died in 2002 at age 83.
Eleanor Eymann was born in Boston and attended Lesley University in Cambridge before moving west. She was working as a secretary at the Naval Air Station in Alameda when she met Kenneth Eymann, a Navy flier and Pearl Harbor survivor who came from Santa Rosa.
They married in 1947 while he was in law school and moved to Santa Rosa a year later.
During her 61 years in Sonoma County, she was active in a variety of social and cultural groups, including the Saturday Afternoon Club, Santa Rosa Symphony League, Pen Women, Welfare League, Historical Society and Santa Rosa Golf and Country Club.
She enjoyed golf, painting and traveling with her husband, Jewett said.
In addition to Jewett, she is survived by three other children, Byron Hilbish of Glen Ellen, Kenneth E. Eymann of Santa Rosa and Anne O'Sullivan of Priest Lake, Idaho.
She also is survived by 11 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 2, at Santa Rosa Memorial Park.
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She was a widow of the following gentlemen:
- John Wilson Jewett (1911 - 1938)
- Byron Woodbury Hilbish (1915 - 1944)
- Kenneth Eymann (1918 - 2002)
She enjoyed painting.
Eymann and her husband, the late Judge Kenneth Eymann, were active in Republican politics in Santa Rosa during the 1960s, said her son, John Jewett of Blue Lake.
Kenneth Eymann, then a private attorney, was the head of Ronald Reagan's Sonoma County campaign during Reagan's first bid for California governor in 1966. But Eleanor Eymann did much of the organizing, Jewett said.
"She was very instrumental," he said. "She organized a lot of it and supported him all the way."
Reagan appointed Kenneth Eymann to the bench in 1967, and he served for 18 years. He died in 2002 at age 83.
Eleanor Eymann was born in Boston and attended Lesley University in Cambridge before moving west. She was working as a secretary at the Naval Air Station in Alameda when she met Kenneth Eymann, a Navy flier and Pearl Harbor survivor who came from Santa Rosa.
They married in 1947 while he was in law school and moved to Santa Rosa a year later.
During her 61 years in Sonoma County, she was active in a variety of social and cultural groups, including the Saturday Afternoon Club, Santa Rosa Symphony League, Pen Women, Welfare League, Historical Society and Santa Rosa Golf and Country Club.
She enjoyed golf, painting and traveling with her husband, Jewett said.
In addition to Jewett, she is survived by three other children, Byron Hilbish of Glen Ellen, Kenneth E. Eymann of Santa Rosa and Anne O'Sullivan of Priest Lake, Idaho.
She also is survived by 11 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 2, at Santa Rosa Memorial Park.
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She was a widow of the following gentlemen:
- John Wilson Jewett (1911 - 1938)
- Byron Woodbury Hilbish (1915 - 1944)
- Kenneth Eymann (1918 - 2002)
She enjoyed painting.
2007: Eleanor T. Eymann, whose political skills helped her husband become a Sonoma County Superior Court judge, died May 18 at a Sonoma convalescent hospital after a lengthy illness. She was 96.
Eymann and her husband, the late Judge Kenneth Eymann, were active in Republican politics in Santa Rosa during the 1960s, said her son, John Jewett of Blue Lake.
Kenneth Eymann, then a private attorney, was the head of Ronald Reagan's Sonoma County campaign during Reagan's first bid for California governor in 1966. But Eleanor Eymann did much of the organizing, Jewett said.
"She was very instrumental," he said. "She organized a lot of it and supported him all the way."
Reagan appointed Kenneth Eymann to the bench in 1967, and he served for 18 years. He died in 2002 at age 83.
Eleanor Eymann was born in Boston and attended Lesley University in Cambridge before moving west. She was working as a secretary at the Naval Air Station in Alameda when she met Kenneth Eymann, a Navy flier and Pearl Harbor survivor who came from Santa Rosa.
They married in 1947 while he was in law school and moved to Santa Rosa a year later.
During her 61 years in Sonoma County, she was active in a variety of social and cultural groups, including the Saturday Afternoon Club, Santa Rosa Symphony League, Pen Women, Welfare League, Historical Society and Santa Rosa Golf and Country Club.
She enjoyed golf, painting and traveling with her husband, Jewett said.
In addition to Jewett, she is survived by three other children, Byron Hilbish of Glen Ellen, Kenneth E. Eymann of Santa Rosa and Anne O'Sullivan of Priest Lake, Idaho.
She also is survived by 11 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 2, at Santa Rosa Memorial Park.
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She was a widow of the following gentlemen:
- John Wilson Jewett (1911 - 1938)
- Byron Woodbury Hilbish (1915 - 1944)
- Kenneth Eymann (1918 - 2002)
She enjoyed painting.
Eymann and her husband, the late Judge Kenneth Eymann, were active in Republican politics in Santa Rosa during the 1960s, said her son, John Jewett of Blue Lake.
Kenneth Eymann, then a private attorney, was the head of Ronald Reagan's Sonoma County campaign during Reagan's first bid for California governor in 1966. But Eleanor Eymann did much of the organizing, Jewett said.
"She was very instrumental," he said. "She organized a lot of it and supported him all the way."
Reagan appointed Kenneth Eymann to the bench in 1967, and he served for 18 years. He died in 2002 at age 83.
Eleanor Eymann was born in Boston and attended Lesley University in Cambridge before moving west. She was working as a secretary at the Naval Air Station in Alameda when she met Kenneth Eymann, a Navy flier and Pearl Harbor survivor who came from Santa Rosa.
They married in 1947 while he was in law school and moved to Santa Rosa a year later.
During her 61 years in Sonoma County, she was active in a variety of social and cultural groups, including the Saturday Afternoon Club, Santa Rosa Symphony League, Pen Women, Welfare League, Historical Society and Santa Rosa Golf and Country Club.
She enjoyed golf, painting and traveling with her husband, Jewett said.
In addition to Jewett, she is survived by three other children, Byron Hilbish of Glen Ellen, Kenneth E. Eymann of Santa Rosa and Anne O'Sullivan of Priest Lake, Idaho.
She also is survived by 11 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 2, at Santa Rosa Memorial Park.
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She was a widow of the following gentlemen:
- John Wilson Jewett (1911 - 1938)
- Byron Woodbury Hilbish (1915 - 1944)
- Kenneth Eymann (1918 - 2002)
She enjoyed painting.
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