Jacqueline Davenport

Jacqueline (Hammond) Davenport

March 22, 1921 – April 14, 2016

Bainbridge Island resident, Jacqueline (Hammond) Davenport, age 95, died peacefully April 14, 2016 in the Memory Care community at Madrona House, where she resided since January, 2014. She was born March 22, 1921 to Harold William and Phyllis (McCormick) Hammond in Spokane, Washington.

Raised in Seattle, she graduated from Lincoln (’39) and from University of Washington with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree (’47). While on campus, she met her future husband, Jim Davenport. They married in ’46 after he returned from Army service in the Pacific during WWII. They were married 58 years until Jim’s death in 2004. Though they lived in Seattle and Bainbridge Island their entire lives, they travelled extensively.

She is survived by their three children: Barbara Lotterer (and husband Dave) of Vienna, VA; Joyce Johnson of Bainbridge Island; Bill of Erie, PA, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

A reception of family and friends is planned for Saturday, May 28th from 1:00-3:30 at Bethany Lutheran Church. Please visit Cook’s Family Funeral Home at www.cookfamilyfuneralhome.com for more details about Jackie’s life and the gathering.