Allouise Vaughan Weeks' Obituary
Allouise Vaughan Weeks- (Ellie), surrounded by her family, passed away peacefully at home, on Sunday March 8, 2020 in San Diego, California. She was born in Tyronza, Arkansas on August 23, 1925. The daughter of Ross and Keadith Vaughan, she was one of nine siblings, and was proceeded in death by seven.
She left the Arkansas country life at age 16, following her Marine Corp brother to San Diego.
She was a waitress at the San Diego Famous Chicken Pie Shop, where she met and later married the Love of her life, Claire Mortimer Weeks-(MAC), who passed away in 1987 and remained loyal and loving to him the rest of her life.
Together they had two Daughters, JoAnne Kipling and Lynne Church, both of San Diego and her two adopted Sons Terry Henry of Sacramento and Joe Henry of Marysville, California, eight grandchildren, Rondi, Kelli, Chrissi-j, Timberly, Zac, Nick, AJ and Chloe; eleven great-grandchildren,1 great-great-grandson, and her numerous nieces and nephews.
The Greatest satisfaction of her life was time spent with charities and various philanthropic activities.
The Salk Institute, Women’s Association of The Salk Institute (WASI) where she received her Woman of the Year honor, Point Loma Doctors Hospital (Pink Ladies), Sharp Hospital, Country Friends, Voices for Children, Angeles of Aseltine, Golddiggers, Caridad Internacional,
Olaf Weighorst Museum, PTA, and other organizations.
She loved her social life and always tried to make a difference.
Ellie was the first woman at the crash site of San Diego’s 1978 PSA Flt. 182 air disaster. She went right to work, directing Navy Recruits and Priests... it was too much for too many them, but Ellie was there all day. She took over that day as she did over the years at Doctors Hospital, rocking the little ones, as they passed.
She was the beloved matriarch of our family, and a source of great joy to her friends. Ellie was incredibly loved and will be sadly missed. “See you at the CASINA”!
Service will be on Tuesday, March 17th, at the Sally Lynn Chapel at 1:30 pm.
Visitation at the chapel 12 pm-1 pm Graveside farewell to follow Chapel
service.
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