Ann Hulsebus, 77, of Auburn, California, passed away January 11, 2024, with her family by her side.

She was born Ann Louise Conlin to the late John and Bertha Conlin on January 15, 1946, in Astoria, Oregon. Her parents raised her in a house full of love with her sister and grandmother, speaking a combination of Finnish and English which resulted in a family lexicon of words only a few of us could understand. When she was a small child her family moved to Blocksburg, CA where she had joyful memories of playing and roaming the countryside with friends. Later, her family moved to Arcata, CA where she graduated in one of the first classes of Pacific Union Elementary, graduated Arcata High School class of 1963, and attended Humboldt State University.

Ann married shortly after high school and spent a few years throwing cocktail parties in San Francisco while beginning her accounting career. After returning to Arcata, she grew both her family and her career. She birthed three brilliant daughters who each believe they are the favorite. Ann loved her children more than words and also built a career in business that culminated in 33 years at Cox Communications. A dedicated lifetime member of Beta Sigma Phi, board member of several nonprofits, seamstress of multiple halloween costumes and cheerleading skirts, and member of the first Rotary club in Arcata to allow women, Ann lived a rich life.

In 1996 Ann married James (Jim) Hulsebus in a sun-drenched ceremony overlooking vineyards in Napa. The two of them built a beautiful life and traveled to Greece, Europe, Finland, and the Virgin Islands. After a few years of splitting time living between Bayside, California and Green Valley, Arizona they settled in a home in Lake of the Pines in Auburn, California. There they would pontoon on the lake, play golf, and leave the doors wide open for their grandchildren to take over Grammie (also known as MauMau) and Pops’ house while their daughters and sons-in-law provided background commentary and drank all their wine. The memories created during those years will sustain those who loved Ann, and were lucky recipients of her hugs, her cooking, and her slightly naughty jokes that lay just beneath her very proper outside voice.

Ann formed multiple life-long friendships that gave her great joy, whether traveling every summer with her BF group (beginning on houseboats and culminating in luxury locales), throwing dinner parties that rotated homes, holding annual Christmas ornament exchanges, reading and discussing good books with her book club, or supporting Jim’s karaoke habit. She attended the First Congregational Church of Auburn where she enjoyed services, their social gatherings and fellowship. The Sacramento Kings were her favorite team and she loved to cheer them on. Appreciating and cultivating beauty, Ann was an avid gardener and loved to spend time in her yard with flowers and plants and landscape design.

Ann is survived by her husband, Jim, and her three daughters Kristina Marquez (Manny), Amy Pellatz, and Juliana Wayman (Darrell) as well as her five grandchildren Anna Beck-Marquez, Ava and Xander Jerry, and Mica and Grey Wayman, as well as nieces and nephews Todd Sobol, Eric Sobol and Lisa Gorge (Sobol) and their spouses and children. She is now reunited with her parents John and Bertha and her sister Gayle Sobol.

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