Longtime Yuma resident Estherann (Brown, Jones) Bombard passed away on November 18, 2021 from Alzheimer's Disease.
Estherann was born July 23, 1932 in Phoenix, Arizona, to Avon Brown and Esther (Wilcox) Brown. She spent her early years in the California cities of Santa Maria and North Hollywood before moving to Yuma at the age of 14 with her mother, sister, Marilyn and stepfather E. H. "Red" Jones, a World War II veteran who had been granted a homestead on the Yuma Mesa. She graduated from Yuma Union High School and attended Arizona State University. Estherann was a Master Gardener and member of the Yuma Garden Club. She was also a talented artist and volunteered for years at Desert Manor Nursing Home (now Haven Heath), creating portraits of its residents that graced their walls and brightened their lives.
She leaves behind her children Janet, Annette (Perry), Michael (Ersula), Anthony (Sandy), and Daniel (Angela), as well as fourteen grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.