In Passing Sue Jane Matthews Burrows
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ue Burrows passed away October 14, 2016. Sue Jane Matthews Burrows was born to Olga and Clarence Matthews in rural East Texas. Along with her sisters, Billie and Carolyn, Sue had a happy childhood in a beautiful area of rolling hills and pine forest. The day after graduating from Jacksonville High School, Sue left for Washington, D.C., to spend the summer with her aunt Toledo Chumley. U.S. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson arranged for her to work as a summer intern for the Department of Defense at the Pentagon. Upon graduating from Sam Houston State University, Sue moved to San Francisco, where she met Donald Edward Burrows. They were married and in 1970 moved to Montecito, where they raised Sue Burrows, who passed away on October 14, was honored their three children, Heather, as Montecito’s “Citizen of the Year” in 2015 Grant, and Wyeth. The family looked forward to annual trips to the Texas farm to visit their grandparents, to roam the hundreds of acres, and to help tend the cattle. In 2015, Sue was recognized by the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors and was honored as the Montecito Association Citizen of the Year for her service as chair of the Montecito Planning Commission. Sue also served as president of Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, president of the League of Women Voters, foreperson of the Santa Barbara County Grand Jury, and as an active PTA officer at Santa Barbara High School. Sue was preceded in death by her loving and accomplished husband, Don, her wonderful mother and stepfather, judge and Mrs. Orvan B. Jones, and devoted aunts, uncles, and cousins. Sue Burrows is survived by her children Heather (Julia), Grant (Van), and Wyeth (Laurie). Her grandchildren Christina, Katherine, Emma, Olivia, and Ethan gave her laughter, joy, and precious memories. Sue is also survived by her sisters and their families Billie, Chuck, Matt, and Mark Maunz and Carolyn, Todd, Chad, and Alexy Novick, as well as her very special family Dawn and Mick Anderson. “Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room… “Whatever we were to each other, that we still are….” In keeping with Sue’s lifelong love of nature and of “all God’s creatures,” memorial contributions can be made in Sue’s memory to the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network, P.O. Box 6594, Santa Barbara, California 93160. Services were private. •MJ
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y entire career has been spent producing long-range water supply plans, along with overseeing and developing efficient water systems throughout the State of California and in many other parts of the U.S. It would be an honor to work side-byside with other key community leaders, to create a reliable water supply system within Montecito and Summerland; one that does not jeopardize the very heart of the adopted Community Plan.”
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