Jewell J. Crook

Jewell J. Thurlow

LINCOLN — Jewell J. Thurlow, 85, of Lincoln died March 27, 2009, at Prairie Grove Health and Rehab. She was born Aug. 9, 1923, in Superior, Neb., to James Clyde and Alien Bessie McMillion Crook.

During World War II, she worked at Douglas Aircraft Co. in Santa Monica, Calif. She worked as a welder at the Portland, Ore., shipyards. She attended business college in Springfield, Mo., and worked as a banker for 40 years there and in Denver, Colo. She retired after 23 years from First National Bank in Fayetteville.

She was preceded in death by a son, James D. Fuhrer.

Survivors include a son, Jerry D. Thurlow and wife Angela of Lincoln; a sister, Ina J. Marshall of Denver, Colo.; three granddaughters, Angela Cliche of Fayetteville, Julie Smith of Lincoln and Stacy Tash of Lincoln; two grandsons, Rodney Fuhrer of Fayetteville and Chad Barton of Lincoln; six great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Luginbuel Funeral Home in Prairie Grove. Jim Huckins will officiate.