Obituary
Jaxine “Jackie” “Jax” Bubis
1955-2022
Jaxine Marie Bubis went to be with her Lord and Savior November 19, 2022, after a short and unexpected battle with cancer. She passed peacefully at home with her husband, Dan Bubis, by her side.
Born to Elaine Zipprodt Arnold, in Los Angeles, CA, on December 30, 1955, and later adopted by her stepfather, Army Captain Campbell, Jackie grew up mainly in Colorado Springs, graduating from Roy J. Wasson High School.
She met the love of her life, Dan Bubis, in 1983 in a data processing class, while attending the National College of Business – Co. Springs. Confident of their assured match and marrying only six weeks later, the couple embarked upon their almost 40-year journey of marriage, bringing up children, community involvement, faith journey and continual adventures.
Together, Jackie and Dan raised three children. They lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Florida (twice,) and Custer County, CO, twice, even building their own home together during their first eight-year stay. Their involvement in the Westcliffe community as a couple included being first responders with Custer County EMS and Search & Rescue, Appleseed volunteers, gun safety training course instructors, involvement and reporting on county affairs, and more
recently, forming and hosting the first Liberty Rocks gatherings. While Dan worked in the background, Jackie was the lead local government reporter for The Sangre de Cristo Sentinel for many years.
Jackie had many “irons in the fire” most of the time. She had an interest in health, vitality and self-sufficiency and sold, used, and demonstrated many products over the years connected to her health and wellness business. Her passions of writing, American history, and entrepreneurship dictated her drive but other passions such as sewing and music filled her spare time. She enjoyed quilting club, collecting old books, utilizing her fancy embroidery machine, raising chickens, indoor and outdoor gardening, and she was a huge hockey fan. Jax was also a big fan of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and its giraffe population, taking the time to visit and feed them regularly as well as making many friends in that community and tracking all the baby giraffe births with her Colorado friends.
She taught a few writing courses, both online and in person and traveled the state of Colorado, continuing in Florida, as a fantastic storyteller, using her broad knowledge of the Revolutionary War period to reenact stories including that of April 19, 1775.
She stayed active in Appleseed and Libertyseed as well as Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), first in Colorado and later in the Ft. Walton/Mary Esther, FL, area. She and Dan were Appleseed volunteers for 10 years in Colorado and leaders of Libertyseed before moving to Florida May 2020.
Jackie also had an enthusiastic appreciation for music. She played the keyboard, the accordion, the hammered dulcimer, and the violin. She also participated in tap dancing, a skill she gained in childhood, for decades.
Under the pen name, Jax Hunter, she authored the five volume heartwarming military romance series “True Heroes”, the non-fiction work, “Revive 1775”, wrote American Revolutionary War fiction, and was working on a Western series that she released in part as a blog titled “Froze Creek” which takes place below the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. She also wrote and published a climbing tracker, motivational journals and a bible study journal, (some of which can be found on Amazon,) and maintained the Revolutionary War and Beyond website and websites
under her pen name.
Jackie is survived by her husband Dan Bubis; her daughter Amber Ford Crouch and granddaughter Alexis, son Travis Crouch and grandchildren Charlie and Scarlett; and son Zachary (and partner Albie) Bubis and grandson Boston.
Jackie had a deep relationship with her Lord and the ability to be a good and sincere friend to many. She was insightful, humble, kind and helpful. She valued our Constitution, our Republic and truth, and was unabashedly articulate in voicing concern over governmental abuse of our God-given and Constitutionally recognized rights as citizens. She will be sorely missed and admiringly remembered by many.
To those who loved her, we offer up a most intimate recollection of Jackie’s last month. First, thank you to all the friends who joined Dan on Jackie’s FB page and shared the journey from the hospital to hospice care through the final days and to all who sent cards, flowers, and gifts. Each of you are precious.
Second, is Jackie’s statement of great assurance; a few weeks before Jackie’s passing, she said to Dan, “You know, I’m going to go be with Jesus. But not today.”
And third, we leave you with one of Jax’s favorite quotes, that of Mrs. Powell of Philadelphia who asked Benjamin Franklin at the deliberations of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” With no hesitation, Franklin responded, “A republic, if you can
keep it.”
Jackie wished to be cremated and have her ashes spread in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The family hopes to have a celebration of life service in Colorado next year.