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Surnames: Tanner, Bell, Koch, Fellows
Classification: Obituary
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Jessie Bell Tanner, our loving mother, died April 2 [1998] at Dr. Mary's Wing, South
Lyon Medical Center in Yerington [Lyon County, NV]; she was 91. Jessie was born Oct. 3,
1906, in Hillside [Fremont County] CO, to Ida [Fellows] and Fred Koch, she had 9 sisters
and 3 brothers who preceded her in death. Jessie moved to California with her family in
1941. She had many jobs; she worked in a war plant making World War II weapons for
defense, then worked in Cutters Lab in the Bay area, and also was Head Housekeeper at
Sands Resort in South Lake Tahoe. She enjoyed snow skiing, water skiing, camping, gold
mining, gardening and was a homemaker. Jessie was preceded in death by her first husband,
Claude Bell, who passed away in 1948 and her second husband, Ray Tanner, who passed away
in 1980. Jessie is survived by [2 daughters]. . . 3 grandchildren . . . and 4 great
grandchildren. Arrangements are under direction at Freitas-Rupracht Funeral Home in
Yerington.