LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Jeanne McCormack passed peacefully Oct. 10, 2013, at the age of 92.

She was born June 27, 1921, in Nenah, Wisconsin, where she grew up and later moved to California where she graduated from St. Agnes High School in Los Angeles.

Jeanne married Bob McCormack and had two children, Kathleen and Jack.

She won “Queen for a Day” with a story she had written about her special needs daughter.

During her career, she managed the yardage department at May Co. department store, becoming their first woman buyer.

Later she opened her own fabric store in Monterey Park, “Jeanne's Fabrics,” and operated it for 18 years.

Jeanne was also president of the Soroptimist in Monterey Park, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce there.

While traveling with Kathy to the Special Olympics in Sacramento, she heard about Lake County and in 1986 she and the children moved there.

Jeanne got her real estate license and worked for Dorothy Bowan Real Estate.

She was very involved with People Services and the Lake County Passion Play as a costume director for 16 years, and a member of St. Peters Woman's Club.

Jeanne loved life and was a very spiritual woman.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Bob, and daughter, Kathleen.

She is survived by her son, Jack, who owns “Jack's Place.”

A memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23, at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Kelseyville.

She will be laid to rest at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery in Monterey Park, Calif.

For further information call Chapel of the Lakes Mortuary at 707-263-0357 or 707-994-5611, or visit www.chapelofthelakes.com .