SIXTH GENERATION

166. Jessica Lorane LYONS was born on 22 Aug 1976 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon. She was baptized on 17 Oct 1976 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon. The baptism was performed by Rev. Joseph J. Neuville and Rev. Bruno Becker, OSB, at St. Joseph Church. Fr. Neuville, the pastor of the church, requested that the baptism be performed during a Sunday morning Mass (at the time, virtually unheard of) since Jessica's father had been a leader of the music group at that Mass for years, and because both parents had been active in parish affairs, including teaching high school religion classes. He said that Jessica's baptism should reflect a sense community with the whole parish. She graduated in Jun 1994 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon. ⁽²¹⁾ Jessica graduated from South Salem Salem High and was class salutatorian with a GPA of 3.95. She was class Salutatorian, and thereafter enrolled at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California. She graduated on 13 Jun 1998 in Santa Clara University. Jessica graduated from Santa Clara University on June 13, 1998, and immediately moved to Los Angeles, California, to begin work the following Monday as a journalist. She was hired as Assistant Editor for U. the National College Magazine.

She was married to Tom Salvatore COLOSI III (son of Tom COLOSI II and Maria COZZO) on 3 Sep 2000 in Santa Clara, CA.