Hello all,

Ruth Cass alerted me to this information today, didn't know if she had passed it on to the appropriate folks, so this may be a repeat. I've enclosed the obit from the local newspaper which is as follows:

Jack Timmons

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Allen Sidney Jefferis, CMDR USN Retired, died at his home from injuries sustained from a fall while attempting to raise the American flag on Memorial Day, May 26, 2008.

Mr. Jefferis was born in Glendale, California, on July 9, 1929. He entered the Navy in 1948. He served in various aviation units and graduated from the Naval Guided Missile School, Point Magu, in 1951. He was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy upon graduation from OCS in 1953.

Mr. Jefferis served in USS Manchester, USS Prichett, USS Los Angeles, XO USS Walke, USS Topeka, CO USS Gearing and XO USS Chicago. His shore assignments include Navy Post Graduate School, Monterey, and two assignments on Staff, Commander Training Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet. He served as XO on Service School Command, NTC. He also served as Senior Advisor and CO, Technical Assist Field Team, Bandar Abbas, Iran. His last assignment was XO COMTRAPAC Training Management.

He retired after 33 years active duty in July 1980. Among his many service awards is the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" for his service in Vietnam. After retiring from the Navy, he fulfilled a lifelong dream to complete his college education and received a BSBA Business Management from SDSU in December 1984.

He worked for a short time at Convair-General Dynamics. He was a daily volunteer for San Diego Meals on Wheels and served on MOW's Metro Advisory Committee, eight years as chairman.

Cmdr. Jefferis is survived by his wife of 57 years, Louise Irene (Kelley) Jefferis of Palo Alto. He has five children: James, Diana, Nancy, Robert (deceased) and Jacqueline (deceased). He has six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He is also survived by his two brothers Lawrence Jefferis and Marvin Jefferis and his sister Carol Williams.

Services to be held Monday, June 16th, 11:00 a.m., Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to: Meals On Wheels, 2254 San Diego Ave, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92110.

 

Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on 6/14/2008.