Yolo-Alameda County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....SHERWIN , Jeannette  January 18 2004
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"The Davis Enterprise," Monday, January 26, 2004
Jeannette Sherwin

Jeannette Sherwin, 55, a community activist dedicated to making the East Bay a
better place to live, died suddenly of a heart attack on Jan. 18, 2004.

She published Oakland News at her Web site (www.Oaklandnews.com) from her home
in North Oakland and was lauded for her dedication, acerbic touch, clever
writing and lively sense of humor.

"Jeannette was one of the truly remarkable citizen activists of the Bay Area,"
said Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club and longtime friend.

The Oakland City Council adjourned in her honor last week.

She was born on Dec. 11, 1948, in Evanston, Ill., and moved to California in
1974. She was predeceased by her parents, Francis James Sherwin and Barbara
Redfield Sherwin of Glencoe, Ill. Jeannette was the oldest of four children.

She was raised in suburban Chicago and attended high school at Box Hill School
in Surrey, England, with her siblings. The boarding school, unusual in its day
for being co-ed, emphasized responsibility and independence, two qualities that
Jeannette developed. She later graduated from Clark University in Worcester, Mass.

Sherwin loved to poke fun at city officials in her work, but also could be very
serious. In a 1996 letter to the S.F. Chronicle, she recounted the death of her
mentally ill and homeless younger brother, Forrest Sherwin, and described how to
address the problem of homelessness.

She is survived by her sister, Elisabeth Sherwin of Davis, and her brother,
Frank Sherwin of El Cajon.


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Davis, CA 95616.

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