LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Shirley Joan Churchill, the last family matriarch, passed away on Thursday, March 30, 2017, at home with her loving family. Loved by all, and missed by all.

A native of Pocatello, Idaho, Joan was 82 and had lived in Lake County for 34 years.

“Joan, Honey, Momma, Mamma,” was a beloved member of a very close knit family. To know her was to love her. Her presence was always appreciated by her husband, mother, sisters, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. Her smile lit up every room she entered.

She was an excellent seamstress … she designed her children’s clothing for school and beautiful, intricate, square dance outfits. She also was a round dance caller for a time.

She shared an entrepreneurship with her husband for 34 years at The Incredible Ear Hearing Aid Services, based in Clearlake.

Joan is survived by her sister, Glenna Mark (Brad); and children Sherry Churchill-Torres (Lorenzo), Vernon Martin Churchill III and Becky Caires (Cliff).

She is also survived by grandchildren, Justin Stephens, Vernon Churchill IV, Brandy Lahr, David May, Peyton May, Jacob Stephens, Travis May, Robby Sabados and Cliff Caires; son-in-law, Michael Sabados; several great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews; and sister, Barbara, and brother-in-law, Harold.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Mary G. Tuomala; husband of 59 years, Vernon Martin Churchill II; sister, Leone Gilbert; and daughter, Mary Ina Sabados.

Friends and family are most warmly welcome to attend a memorial service on Saturday, June 10, at Jones & Lewis Clear Lake Memorial Chapel beginning at 1 p.m.

Please share your loving memories of Joan by signing her online guestbook at www.jonesandlewis.com and www.legacy.com .