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Jacquelin "Jackie" Greta Long Lyons, a longtime resident of Dayton, WA, passed away on December 25, 2018. She was 92.

Jackie was born on March 9, 1926, in Asotin, WA to Maude Ona (Trent) and Robert Bruce Farrish. She was raised in Asotin and graduated from Asotin High School in 1944. Following high school, she married Melvin Long in Clarkston, WA and moved to Dayton, Wash.

The couple purchased their first home on 420 acres on Hogeye Hollow in Dayton. The home had an outhouse and a pitcher pump out the back door. Soon after, Mel installed indoor plumbing. From this marriage, she had thr...