Patricia Lee Gray Jackson DeLong of Nampa, Idaho, passed away Jan. 9 at the Boise VA Medical Center after a sudden illness.
Patricia Jackson
She is preceded by her parents Floyd and Jean Gray, her sister Nancy, her brother John and Dan, all formerly of Willowcreek and Vale.
She leaves behind her husband Robert DeLong of Caldwell, her brother George of Medford, Oregon, and her children, Casey Crosby of Abilene, Texas, and Tracy Crosby of Jackson, Mississippi.
Patsy was a 1954 graduate of Vale High School, and a proud United States Air Force Veteran, serving at Hickam Air Force Base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, during the mid 1950s.
Patricia’s cremation request is being honored by The Cremation Society of Idaho, with plans in the future to have her ashes scattered on Cottonwood Mountain and her favorite places in Hawaii. Memories and testimonials can be added at https://www.cremationsociety-idaho.com.
There will be a military marker placed in an appropriate veterans cemetery in the future. Her family requests no flowers or gifts, but if so moved, please visit The Gifted Tree at https:// www.thegiftedtree.com/product/memorial-digital-ecard-may-your-memories/. Please ONLY select the digital card option, with email to tracyi@netdoor.com.
