Jan Askins Debay:
CLASS OF 1954
Hollywood High SchoolClass of 1954
Los angeles, CA
University of CaliforniaClass of 1957
Los angeles, CA
Jan's Story
Life
Four days after graduation (January '54) I was at UCLA as a Nursing major. After going thru sorority rushing, I pledged Delta Gamma and lived on campus.
I finished my nurse's training at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital and graduated in 1957. During training, I met Terry Debay (another Bruin). We were married 12 days after my graduation.
Terry was a Lt. in the USAF and a pilot stationed at Hamilton Field in San Rafael, Calif. After discharge, we moved to Corvallis, Oregon where Terry coached football under Tommy Prothro at Oregon State College. Our first daughter was born there.
We came back to California in 1960...lived in Toluca Lake, had two more daughters. I worked in nursing, mainly in surgery and at the studios on locations until we moved to Newport Beach in 1979.
Newport (1987) and my life took a new direction. I served as a Planning Commissioner for five years and...Expand for more
then was elected to the City Council in 1992. I was Mayor in 1997 and because of term limits, left the Council in 2000.
In 2001, I was installed as a Director on the Board of the Orange County Water District. Re-elected twice and stepped down in 2010. Terry and I moved to Apple Valley, CA to care for my Aunt in her 90's. She passed to heaven in 2012.
Our next move was to Taos, New Mexico to be near our first daughter and her family in 2013. So here we are. Obviously it is very different from Newport Beach. It takes awhile to acclimate at 8000 ft. altitude and lots of 4 seasons weather. It is January 2014 and they are skiing on our Taos Mountain.. The sunsets are beautiful.
Who knows what is next....we miss our friends in California.
Our three daughters are married and we have eight grandchildren.
We welcome all friendly phone calls, and can be reached at 575-758-1150.
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