Aunt Jeanne was my spiritual mentor all my life and was always there when I had questions of Faith.  (Even before I’d had a sip of wine, she explained that drinking was not a sin, because Jesus did it!) We were both members of and active in the Lutheran Church about the same time. She showed me how to make “Old Fashion” Crepes, now a tradition in our household after Thanksgiving and Christmas.  She shared with me all the recipes for Lebanese food that her mother-in-law shared with her.  (She never did make Kibbe as well as Julia.  Which is because Julia didn’t use four onions like she’s told Aunt Jeanne to do!) She and her twin sister (my mother) taught me how to set a formal table, but it was Aunt Jeanne who taught me to doff my cowboy hat when entering someone’s home and to feel comfortable sitting in the parlor.  She was the first to teach me discretion and spoke so highly of her daddy’s career with the Park Service that I chose to do something similar in life. Laura Jeanne Tabor was born in April of 1935 to William and Marjorie (Fox) Tabor in Loveland, Colorado, I believe.  (I will check with my mom- she said Longmont!)  I always think of her as an office manager or secretary.  Most famously for Dr. Lovelace of the world famous Lovelace Clinic.  She jumped started my first stamp collection with all the international stamps she collected there. She was a hard worker, often typing up Dr. Lovelace’s transcriptions after dinner and doing the housework after us boys had gone to bed.  She was also a fabulous curtain maker and consequently quilt maker.  (It was rather disconcerting when I saw leftover fabric from the suit coat my mother had just made for me, in Aunt Jeanne’s  latest quilt.) 

She was a proud and loving mother to Dr. Greg.  Helping him get his degree and helped out in his office at one point.  She an incredible hostess at Uncle Joe’s enormous parties.  He had a large family and knew everybody.

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Laura Jeanne Koury

April 18, 1935 – January 8, 2024

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