Anchorage Daily News November 12, 1998
Former Alaska resident the Rev. James Hollis Jennings, 76, died Oct. 26, 1998, at home in Spokane, Wash.
The Rev. Jennings was born Oct. 24, 1922, in Yorktown, Iowa. He earned a master's degree in education from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. During World War II, he served with the underwater demolition team, which was the precursor to the Navy SEALs. Rev. Jennings moved to Alaska in 1968. He resided in Delta Junction from 1968 to 1972 and in Metlakatla from 1972 to 1979. While in Delta Junction, he was a Presbyterian minister, high school guidance counselor and high school girls basketball coach. While in Metlakatla, he was principal and superintendent of the Annette Island School District and minister at large for Alaska Presbytery. He retired from his public school teaching career 1979. From 1979 to 1986, he worked at a Honolulu hospital. He Jennings was an ordained minister with the Presbyterian Church. He received the Freedom Foundation Medal from the Valley Forge Foundation for pioneering the Honolulu Hospital Intensive Ministry.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Jewell Jennings of Spokane; sons, Jed Jennings of Everett, Wash., Jonathan Jennings of Spokane, Timothy Jennings of Anchorage, and Mark Jennings of Owensville, Mo.; daughters, Jill Lathen of Halstead, Kan., and Jane Tolman of Lake Stevens, Wash.; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Ashes were interred at the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. Arrangements were by Riplinger Funeral Home in Spokane.
Military Information: GM1, US COAST GUARD
Former Alaska resident the Rev. James Hollis Jennings, 76, died Oct. 26, 1998, at home in Spokane, Wash.
The Rev. Jennings was born Oct. 24, 1922, in Yorktown, Iowa. He earned a master's degree in education from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. During World War II, he served with the underwater demolition team, which was the precursor to the Navy SEALs. Rev. Jennings moved to Alaska in 1968. He resided in Delta Junction from 1968 to 1972 and in Metlakatla from 1972 to 1979. While in Delta Junction, he was a Presbyterian minister, high school guidance counselor and high school girls basketball coach. While in Metlakatla, he was principal and superintendent of the Annette Island School District and minister at large for Alaska Presbytery. He retired from his public school teaching career 1979. From 1979 to 1986, he worked at a Honolulu hospital. He Jennings was an ordained minister with the Presbyterian Church. He received the Freedom Foundation Medal from the Valley Forge Foundation for pioneering the Honolulu Hospital Intensive Ministry.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Jewell Jennings of Spokane; sons, Jed Jennings of Everett, Wash., Jonathan Jennings of Spokane, Timothy Jennings of Anchorage, and Mark Jennings of Owensville, Mo.; daughters, Jill Lathen of Halstead, Kan., and Jane Tolman of Lake Stevens, Wash.; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Ashes were interred at the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. Arrangements were by Riplinger Funeral Home in Spokane.
Military Information: GM1, US COAST GUARD
Anchorage Daily News November 12, 1998
Former Alaska resident the Rev. James Hollis Jennings, 76, died Oct. 26, 1998, at home in Spokane, Wash.
The Rev. Jennings was born Oct. 24, 1922, in Yorktown, Iowa. He earned a master's degree in education from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. During World War II, he served with the underwater demolition team, which was the precursor to the Navy SEALs. Rev. Jennings moved to Alaska in 1968. He resided in Delta Junction from 1968 to 1972 and in Metlakatla from 1972 to 1979. While in Delta Junction, he was a Presbyterian minister, high school guidance counselor and high school girls basketball coach. While in Metlakatla, he was principal and superintendent of the Annette Island School District and minister at large for Alaska Presbytery. He retired from his public school teaching career 1979. From 1979 to 1986, he worked at a Honolulu hospital. He Jennings was an ordained minister with the Presbyterian Church. He received the Freedom Foundation Medal from the Valley Forge Foundation for pioneering the Honolulu Hospital Intensive Ministry.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Jewell Jennings of Spokane; sons, Jed Jennings of Everett, Wash., Jonathan Jennings of Spokane, Timothy Jennings of Anchorage, and Mark Jennings of Owensville, Mo.; daughters, Jill Lathen of Halstead, Kan., and Jane Tolman of Lake Stevens, Wash.; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Ashes were interred at the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. Arrangements were by Riplinger Funeral Home in Spokane.
Military Information: GM1, US COAST GUARD
Former Alaska resident the Rev. James Hollis Jennings, 76, died Oct. 26, 1998, at home in Spokane, Wash.
The Rev. Jennings was born Oct. 24, 1922, in Yorktown, Iowa. He earned a master's degree in education from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. During World War II, he served with the underwater demolition team, which was the precursor to the Navy SEALs. Rev. Jennings moved to Alaska in 1968. He resided in Delta Junction from 1968 to 1972 and in Metlakatla from 1972 to 1979. While in Delta Junction, he was a Presbyterian minister, high school guidance counselor and high school girls basketball coach. While in Metlakatla, he was principal and superintendent of the Annette Island School District and minister at large for Alaska Presbytery. He retired from his public school teaching career 1979. From 1979 to 1986, he worked at a Honolulu hospital. He Jennings was an ordained minister with the Presbyterian Church. He received the Freedom Foundation Medal from the Valley Forge Foundation for pioneering the Honolulu Hospital Intensive Ministry.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Jewell Jennings of Spokane; sons, Jed Jennings of Everett, Wash., Jonathan Jennings of Spokane, Timothy Jennings of Anchorage, and Mark Jennings of Owensville, Mo.; daughters, Jill Lathen of Halstead, Kan., and Jane Tolman of Lake Stevens, Wash.; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Ashes were interred at the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. Arrangements were by Riplinger Funeral Home in Spokane.
Military Information: GM1, US COAST GUARD
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