Linda Ferne Gates (Living) married Gene Woodbury Jacques. Born on 20 Jan 1939 in Melrose, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, U.S.A.10 Gene Woodbury died in Dover, Strafford Co., New Hampshire, U.S.A., on 26 Jan 2012; he was 73. Occupation: Painter.

Gene Jacques worked at Kidder Press in Dover, New Hampshire and Moore Business Forms in New Hampshire until he was selected in 1960 to attend the Engineering Drafting program at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. In addition to training classes, he also attended evening engineering classes at the University of New Hampshire. After seven years of engineering courses he passed the Engineering in Training exam through the State of Maine in 1968 and achieved the title of Naval Architect. At Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, he became manager of the Planning Yard structural branch and during this time he also worked for SUBMEPP (Submarine Maintenance Engineering, Plnning and Procurement) for five years. During his tenure he accomplished design work on fast attack submarines, the world’s fastest submarine, the world’s deepest diving submarine and transport vehicles for United States Navy SEALS. He oversaw the installation and was in charge of the first Computer Aided Design system at the Shipyard. He received many awards during his 35 years and at his retirement received the Department of the Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award, the highest award given to Navy Civilian employees and a letter of appreciation from NAVSEA (Naval Sea Systems Command) PMS 395 for work on the ASDS (Advanced SEAL Delivery System) Project. Gene Jacques was a member of the National Association of Naval Technical Supervision (NANTS) where he was chairman of the Legislature Committee, the Naval Civilian Managers Association (NCMA) and the Shipyard Employee Association. He also was a member of the South Berwick, Maine Science Fair Committee where he assisted in judging local High School and Junior High Science Fairs. After retirement Gene Jacques worked with his brother at his auto body shop during which time he restored several collector cars. He then went to work for a Navy contractor, CACI. His primary work effort included many design tasks on the world’s deepest diving submarine. He was responsible for bringing in and working on many special projects for the Shipyard. He received an Employee of the Quarter Award and the Eagle Award for Technical Excellence. He worked for CACI for 11 years before becoming ill in 2007. He was a member of the First Parish Federated Church and during his years of membership he held positions of Chairman of the Board of Deacons and chairman of the Board of Trustees. He has been a member of St. John’s Lodge of Masons in South Berwick for 40 years. As a hobby, his passion was antique and classic cars. At the time of his death he stilled owned his first car, a 1940 Ford convertible along with several other collector cars. For many years he was a member of the Maine Obsolete Auto League. (Obituary, Wiggin-Purdy-McCooey-Dion Funeral Home, Dover, New Hampshire)