Jennifer was born on August 11, 1946 in Joplin, Missouri. She spent her early years moving around the country and ended in Houston to graduate in 1964 from Bellaire High School. Jennifer is preceded in death by her grandparents, Esther and Walter Ludwig, Lloyd and Verna James and her loving parents Virgil and Carol Lee James. She is survived by an amazing family including:

• Her children - Brian Younger, Shawn Younger and Megan Brewer (Jeremy)
• Her four legged child, Doris
• Her grandchildren, Cole and Sadie Younger and James, Emily and William Brewer
• Her brother, Dennis James (Laraine) and her sister, Anne Vasile
• Her nieces and nephews, Jeffrey James (Jill), Tim James (Doreen), Janice Dunlap (David), Alex Vasile (Tracy), Christy Mulroy (Tom), Diana Vasile-Diesel (David)

She is remembered for her eclectic taste, slightly off color sense of humor, unique cooking skills, love of Antique Roadshow and "interesting" birthday and Christmas gifts. Jennifer and her friend Patty exchanged carrots for Christmas for years. Her friends remember her using a tape measure like a gun slinger and could spend hours and hours looking at fabric samples, much to the chagrin of those with her. For all her artistic side, technology was just not her thing. A blank look would come over her face and her mind completely shut down when talking about computers and forget trying to get her to remember passcodes.

There is a saying that red heads have a fiery nature. Jennifer certainly fit that description and she aptly displayed that fire while driving, she "saluted" people on occasion. Friends fondly recall heading to Bruce Spruce Ranch, station wagon train style. Jennifer made a sign stating "I need to pee", special for the trip. Even locally, the station wagon train would head to "Bunch of Lunch" at Shotguns pizza. She loved a bargain, especially food coupons and even converted her friend Nancy to saving coupons. She loved coffee with friends but don't even think about calling her when NCIS was on even when it was a rerun.

Jennifer was dedicated to helping others and spent many years working with patients at A New Voice.  She fully embraced her "microphone", as the boy next door called it. Jennifer wanted to show others that life goes on even after a laryngectomy.  Her kids found a positive after her laryngectomy too, they would threaten to take her microphone away if she got lippy,

Jennifer touched so many people in her life with her friendship, her artistic gifts and her amazing courage and strength.

The family would like to extend a special thank you Jennifer's fabulous friends Molly Pezold, Patty Lansford, Peggy Jackson, Maralene Coggins and Nancy Tholen for their never ending support.  A special thank you goes to the amazing people at Kindful Hospice, Palliative and Virtual Care who provided physical, medical and emotional support to Jennifer and her family during her final weeks.