Remembrances of Yvonne
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| Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch | |
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Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch was a major figure in the Church of Scientology, one of the most beloved people in Scientology, and the founder of Scientology's Celebrity Centres. She passed away at the young age of fifty, but along the way she touched so many lives.
- To this day, Yvonne still resides in a special place in the hearts of those who knew her. This is a place where personal stories, from those who knew her, are presented.
- During the ten years that she spent working out of Los Angeles, California, 1968 to 1977, she met and worked with many celebrities. Many, but surely not all, that she knew are listed on this page.
- Your stories about Yvonne are very much welcome. To have them added here, postA position from which a terminal operates in an org, where one knows that somebody is at. (FO 2200)
your story in the discussion area and I will paste them on her page, or e-mail them to Howard Dickman at BlkC5vette@aol.com. Thank you so much for visiting.
- Your stories about Yvonne are very much welcome. To have them added here, postA position from which a terminal operates in an org, where one knows that somebody is at. (FO 2200)
- (This page is an addendum to Yvonne's upcoming biography page. The final chapter of her life is in the works with over ten pages of research notes to pull from.)
Personal Rememberances
| Celebrities who knew Yvonne | |
|---|---|
| Amanda Ambrose | |
| Flo Barnett | |
| Candice Bergen | |
| Karen Black | |
| Joe Boyd | |
| Stephen Boyd | |
| John Brodie | |
| Chris Brubeck | |
| Darius Brubeck | |
| Dinah Christie | |
| Stanley Clarke | |
| Tony Cohan | |
| Chick Corea | |
| Cathy Lee Crosby | |
| Peter Donen | |
| Cass (Mama Cass) Elliot | |
| Roger Ellis | |
| Larry Evoy | |
| Jamie Faunt | |
| Mario Feninger | |
| Anne Francis | |
| Dick Glass | |
| Larry Gluck | |
| Allyn B "Hap" Hazard | |
| Mike Heron | |
| Rock Hudson | |
| Al_Jarreau | |
| Milton Katselas | |
| Bob Kendall | |
| Roy Kerswill | |
| Richard Kiel | |
| John King | |
| Ernest Lehman | |
| Helaine Lembeck | |
| Michael Lembeck | |
| Robb Levin | |
| Geoffrey Lewis | |
| Peggy Lipton | |
| John Longenecker | |
| Robert F. Lyons | |
| Licorice McKechnie | |
| Mickey McMeel | |
| Jim McMullan | |
| Bob Moretti | |
| Floyd Mutrix | |
| Chuck O'Steen | |
| Joan Prather | |
| Lou Rawls | |
| Albert Ribisi | |
| Michael D. Roberts | |
| Bert Salzman | |
| Andrik Schapers | |
| Beverly Sills | |
| Don Simpson | |
| Rose Simpson | |
| Tom Solari | |
| Jimmie Spheeris | |
| Ingo Swann | |
| Judy Norton Taylor | |
| John Travolta | |
| Manu Tupou | |
| Tamara Wilcox | |
| Robin Williamson | |
| Jo De Winter | |
| Shelly Winters | |
- "I remember first meeting Yvonne on February 9, 1973, when she arrived as the headliner speaker for the grand opening of the Church of Scientology of San Diego. I was a poor U.S. sailor who had only been in Scientology about six months and was part time staff, working as a grader for the personality tests that we administered to new people. Yvonne walked through the front doors, passed though our small reception area and came right up to my desk as I was working. She introduced herself and we conversed, as if we had been lifelong friends, for several minutes. To this day, some forty years later, I have not met another person with so much charisma and caring; she was an extraordinary lady, one I will never ever forget. I dedicate my work, on her biography, in her honor." Howard Dickman, April, 2013
- "Yvonne was a charismatic person who drew out people’s hopes and dreams and loved them unconditionally. They all felt it and wanted to be in her orbit. People would fight to be near her. They would do things to be a part of her future. They would open missions, contact celebrities, create events etc, to be on her wave length." Anonymous, April, 2013
- "Yvonne pulled out a sheaf of papers in a file. Probably 150 pages dog eared, falling all over. Just kind of stuffed into a manila folder. I asked her, what are those? She said "oh , just some things that Ron wrote to me." I told her I think we need to get those made in to some kind of issues. We did. Those are now the "advices." I think, as they say, my hatA hat therefore designates particular status and duties in an organization. (HCO PL 22 Sept 70)...more blew-v. ''Slang'' unauthorized departure from an area. (HCOB 19 Jun 71 II) off. I think they were then sent to Flag and made in to " R Advices" which prior to that time, these "advices were not known. This would have been around 74. Another endearing quality about her....when she was just "put out" with someone, she would say "they need to see a psychiatrist." It was very funny." Anonymous, April, 2013
- "Around 1975, Yvonne had her own list of people she kept in touch with weekly. She had her own stationary made, and her secretary, Ivy Johnson, would send out a personal note to Yvonne’s people weekly, and Yvonne would personally sign these notes. They would include a policy or a quote from a policy. She would put little personal notes in them too." Anonymous, April, 2013
- "She was a very special woman. And I never met up with a mean bone in her body. She was a great example of care of people. Great things like -- the Gross Income was down,,, no money coming in. Instead of running around the Org screaming at people, she basically had everyone STOP their work and Clean their areas -- I saw this throughout the Data Files, and it always ended with an increase in GI." Nancy Many, April, 2013
- "If anyone from that darkness deserves this (Remembrance page), it was her. Of course she had her faults and her blind sides, but she was such a Light in the Darkness of the desert that she should be remembered." Nancy Many, April, 2013
- "Yvonne was a very special person, in the highest meaning of the word "special". A speaker at one of the conventions in LA was going on a bit on a subject of minimal interest to the group. He drew a breath and everyone applauded, and with good grace the speaker nodded and left the podium. Yvonne said "they cut him off..." She immediately went to stage front and ran some brief havingness on the crowd. A very enlightened sensitive lady indeed." Pat Krenik, April, 2013
- "When Yvonne died, it was a shock to me. She was so young and vital. For some unknown reason I was concerned for her and was wondering how she (as a being) was doing now. About a month after her death I was sleeping and she came and talked to me. I slowly woke up; she was still talking. It was very clear, in her own voice with that delightful accent, and the communication1. the consideration and action of impelling an impulse or particle from source point across a distance to receipt point with the intention of bringing into being at the receipt point a duplication and understanding of that which emanated from the source point. (HCOB 5 Apr 73)...more was aimed at my stomach area. She was saying in those lovely tones for me not to worry, she was just fine. She repeated the concept several times in slightly different ways. No way was I imagining it or hallucinating it or dreaming it--I was wide awake and alert by the time the communication1. the consideration and action of impelling an impulse or particle from source point across a distance to receipt point with the intention of bringing into being at the receipt point a duplication and understanding of that which emanated from the source point. (HCOB 5 Apr 73)...more was ended." Pat Krenik, April, 2013
- "My girlfriend and I were suppose to meet Yvonne and Heber at the Burbank airport, 4;30 Friday night. We check in, the airplane is boarding and yet no Yvonne. I asked the ticket lady to hold the plane as this VIP is on her way; she couldn’t wait any longer and said get on the plane or bye bye. Then Yvonne showed up, just in time and we get to Las Vegas. That night the four of us went to see Shirley MacLaine’s - One Woman Show. We had a fancy table up front, Shirley sent us a bottle of champagne and met us back stage after the show; we were treated well. I found out later, that Shirley’s PRAbbreviation for public relations. The art of making good works well known. (HCO PL 21 Nov 72 I) person was a Scientologist and had set it up, Yvonne really enjoyed herself. The next day, after going to CCAbbreviation for 1. Celebrity Centre, 2. Clearing Course. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). Las Vegas, the four of us went swimming in the hotel pool. I could see that Yvonne and Heber were both in love and were so happy. I don’t think they had that many moments like that in the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976)., I still have that imagine of Heber and Yvonne playing in the pool together." Roger Weller, April, 2013
- "I am honored to say that I knew Yvonne Gillham Jentzsch, and that she was my friend. We were comrades staying a difficult course together, and kept in touch over the years until her death in early 1978. I miss her still." Hana Eltringham Whitfield, April, 2013
- "Peter and Yvonne brought me into Scio - even though I never met them until the SHSBCSaint Hill Special Briefing Course. A complete study of all the auditing materials and lectures up to the OT levels. Certification is a "Class VI" auditor. in 1962. They built a massive field practice . . . . They were business professionals and tremendously loving - especially Yvonne!" Alan Walters, posted on the Ex Scientologist Message Board, February 20, 2009
- "I had close contact with Yvonne only once, when she gave me a session at LRHL. Ron Hubbard's request when she came on mission to SHAbbreviation for Saint Hill. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976) from wherever the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). was at the time. There was no big deal in the situation or the session, but Yvonne's ARCU was exceptional, refreshing, and inspiring. I was later in the Sea OrgAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). myself, but our movements were such that I was never close to Yvonne on either the commSlang, short for - communication lines, the command lines, or in location. Yet I had enough exchange with her to know that her lovely ARCU continued and grew, and I also got to know that behind her beautiful smile was heartache. Whatever else was going on with Yvonne, I saw that she had a vision for Scientology as it could apply to ordinary people all over the world, a vision so simple and basic it could, if supported, have produced a broad groundswell of enthusiasm, a bottom-up pressure for survival for all, and for a more loving environment within the entire organization. That Yvonne, who was capable of fighting for every inch towards what she really wanted for her friends, did not feel able to fight for that vision is an important part of the history of Scientology that will have to be written one day, and the telling will likely not be pleasant. It's a story I do not know." Anonymous, May, 2013
- "Yvonne decided that we needed to clean up Hollywood Blvd (the Wilcox -- our berthing was just off Hollywood Blvd). So she announces that for some time -- we would ALL spend our CSPAbbreviation for 1. Clean Ship Program. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). (personal hygiene) time -- 9-noon on Saturdays. SWEEPING Hollywood Blvd. Yes --- SWEEPING -- brooms and all ... I think we all mutinied -- I don't remember ever doing the sweeping but it was one of her ideas to get us INTO the community. We loved her beyond words, she scared me cause I was a regAbbreviation for register, registrar, registration. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976) and knew that I had to get the GI or else we wouldn't eat ..." Christine Baranay, May, 2013
- "I had some contact with Yvonne and she was a wonderful, kind, compassionate and caring person. It is a rarity that a Scientologist, particularly an SOAbbreviation for Sea Organization. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). member, is able to maintain such traits, but Yvonne did it. The memory of Yvonne that stands out the most for me was when I was going through hell on the RPFAbbreviation for 1. Rehabilitation Project Force. (Modern Management Technology Defined (C) 1976). The Rehabilitation Project Force has been created by the Commodore so that redemption can occur. (FO 3434). I was having a very bad day and was in one of the bathrooms cleaning it, sobbing uncontrollably. Yvonne showed caring and compassion towards me and she was the only one on the ship who did. Most people turned away in disgust when they saw RPFers, but not Yvonne. I think there was a part of her that knew the truth." Monica Pignotti, May, 2013
