Olive Yelvington Jarboe Additional Items

Date: 9 Dec 1905 to 31 Aug 1988
Location: La Mesa, San Diego, California, United States
Surnames/tags: Jarboe Yelvington

Articles about the life of Olive Alice (Yelvington) Jarboe

From the "Seniors Corner" in the 2 Nov 1977 edition of the Life News paper of La Mesa, California: ^[1]

Quilt a Memory

The donation of a family heirloom quilt to the El Cajon Historical Society for the Knox Hotel Museum brought forth reminiscing from Olive Jarboe. The patterned quilt is made from strips of material handsewn into squares with a backing of silk paisley bordered in green. "I remember seeing the quilt as a child," says Olive, now 71. "It belonged to my Dad but I don't know who made it. We used it, and then it was put away. It has to be 75 to 100 years old."

Dad was Calvin Yelvington of Springfield, Ill., who, with his wife the former Ida Duncan of Neehah, Wisc., and their only child came to San Diego in 1912. "My Dad was a carpenter by trade and when we came to San Diego he wanted to be his own boss. We lived at Fourth and University and when he decided he was going to start making furniture he rented a barn that was located north of what is Fifth and University. "He worked alone for some time, then business was so good he hired help. Much of what he made was bedroom furniture, considered low cost, for use in motels. He expanded his business and when he sold, it became Dwyer's Furniture."

Olive attended Florence School, when it had eight grades, and San Diego High School. "I've seen lots of changes in my lifetime," says Olive. Married to a career navy man, Sydney Jarboe, Olive was in Honolulu with three children at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Her husband was with his squadron in the Philippines at the time. Although she's lived many places during her late husband's tour of duty, San Diego has always been home. Now her days are filled with various activities, taking yoga and painting classes, reading, working with flowers and participating in activities at the Unity Church.

Two of Olive's five children live in East County: Billy in Alpine and John Calvin in El Cahon. Another son is a missionary in Costa Rica. One daughter lives in Palm Desert and another is studying for her doctorate in Madison, Wisc.

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Sources

1. ↑ Seniors Corner - Quilt a Memory; Life News, La Mesa, California, Wednesday, 2 Nov 1977, page 23, found on Newspapers.com