Jewel Mae Mitchell

Services for Jewel Mae Mitchell, 86, of Chico, California and former long-time resident of Orland, California are as follows: visitation and Rosary will take place on Monday, October 28, 2013, at Affordable Mortuary, 2934 Esplanade in Chico, from 5 – 7 p.m. with the reciting of the Rosary at 6 p.m. Funeral services will be Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 11a.m., at the Orland Cemetery gazebo, County Road P in Orland. A reception will follow at the Chico Veterans Memorial Hall, 554 Rio Lindo Avenue in Chico. Jewel passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2013. She was born December 19, 1926, to Ira and Jewel Hibdon in Imperial, California. From a young age Jewel learned strong values abut serving her country and helping family. From these experiences she developed a strong sense of patriotism, work-ethic and commitment to family. She always had a smile on her face, a great sense of humor, enjoyed life to the fullest, never had a cross word, and sought the best in everyone. She loved her family and will be missed greatly by all who knew her. She was an active life-member of the Ladies Auxiliary V.F.W. Chico Post 1555 and a County Fair Judge. She always had a sewing, crochet, or quilting project in progress and often entered her beautiful creations in the fair, as well as baking, canned goods and fresh baskets of agricultural products. Family gatherings were always more special by the anticipation of her addition to the table fare--especially one of her delicious pies or batches of cookies. In her younger years she played softball on one of Orland’s women's softball teams and inspired her love of the game in others. She loved the outdoors and many family outings were spent camping or fishing. Her values of being prepared, leaving nature as you found it, and her competitive spirit to catch the biggest fish was always a source of fun. Jewel worked for twenty-three years as a meat wrapper in the grocery industry; developing lasting friendships with her coworkers. In retirement, she and Dave traveled to every State in the Continental U.S.; logging over 200,000 miles in their motor home. Survivors include her beloved husband of forty years, Dave Mitchell; her three sons, Dennis (Jacqué) Rose, Dave (Karen) Mitchell and Robert (Kerrie) Mitchell; daughter, Shirley (Ron) Rabo; grandchildren, Kellee (Jon) Grob, Melissa (John) Johnson, Hillary (Brent) Reynolds, Paul (Jené) Rabo, Jeff (Janet) Rabo, Mark Rabo Krista and Robbie Mitchell; great grandchildren; brothers and sisters-in-law, Ken and Edna Behrens and James and Lenoria Mitchell; sisters-in-law, Pearl Donaldson and Jo Mitchell; nieces; nephews; cousins and friends. Jewel was preceded in death by her husband of twenty-five years, John Rose; son, John Wayne Rose; daughter, Melinda Rose; her brother and sister-in-law, Melvin and Louise Hibdon; brothers-in-law, Walt Donaldson and Robert Mitchell; brothers and sisters-in-law, George and Edith Ferry, Elmer and Marie Ponci-Vandervalk and Ben and Dorothy Ponci. Memorial contributions in Jewel’s name may be made to the (Ladies Auxiliary) L.A.V.F.W. Chico Post 1555 in care of Affordable Mortuary who is handling the arrangements. To send a flower arrangement or to plant trees in memory of Jewel Mae Mitchell, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.