People

: Inez Alma (Peterson) Jackson; She was born in Fairpoint, Minnesota. She worked as a school teacher and housewife. She married Bruce Edward Jackson on August 2, 1905 in Waterville, Minnesota. They moved with their children to Cheyenne County, Colorado by 1910, where they farmed. The family moved to Grand Valley, Colorado (now Parachute) in 1920.

: Inez Shirley (Dillon) Prinster; She was born in Ketchikan, Alaska to Edward Powers Dillon and Matilda (Brighton) Dillon (an immigrant from England). Her father was an electrician for the light and power company, and her mother was a homemaker. Their family moved to Grand Junction, Colorado sometime between 1940 and 1943, as US Census records show her living in Alaska in 1940, and the Grand Junction High School yearbook contains a photo of her from 1943. She married Andrew Prinster, a son of Leo Prinster (one of the founders of City Market), in 1946. They divorced in 1968. She was active in the Mesa County Historical Society. *Photo from the 1947 Mesa College yearbook.

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