Jane Marie (Coffey) Peterman was born May 16, 1933 to Harry Vanness and Lois Corabell (Miles) Coffey in Butler County, Ohio. She was baptized and confirmed as a member of the Oxford Methodist Church in Oxford, Ohio. She attended the historic William McGuffey School and later graduated from Miami University in 1955 with a degree in secondary education.
She married Edwin D. Peterman on February 5, 1955 and moved to Chicago, where their daughter Susa was born. They relocated to St. Louis in 1961, where their daughters Janet and Greta were born. In 1968 they moved to Houston, where she was an active homemaker and member of Christ the King Lutheran Church. She sang in the choir, played tuba in the brass choir, served on Altar Guild, taught Sunday Church School, directed Vacation Church School, and served as President of the Board of the Christ the King Lutheran Church Foundation. She was also a Girl Scout leader, a teaching assistant, and an elected board member of both the Houston and the Texas chapters of the League of Women Voters. In 1999 she retired from her position as a certified medical staff coordinator at St. Joseph Hospital. In 2007 she and Ed became members of First Evangelical Lutheran Church where she served on Altar Guild.
On Monday, July 19, 2010, Jane’s life on earth came to completion. Survivors include her loving and devoted husband of 55 years, Ed; three daughters, Susa Neitzel of Houston, Janet (& John) Adams of MN, and Greta (& Ibrahima)Traoré of NY; six grandchildren, Sabrina (& Johnny) Smitherman; Sarah, Joseph and Emma Barber, Djoumé and Salif Traoré; two sisters, Mary Ann (& Ernie) Gregg of Colorado, and Julie (& John) Burneson of Ohio; as well as many other relatives and friends.
The funeral service will be held 10:30 A.M. Friday, July 23, 2010 at Salem Lutheran Church in West Alexandria, OH. Burial will be in Sugar Grove Cemetery, West Alexandria. Friends may call at Lindloff-Zimmerman Funeral Home, West Alexandria, OH. on Thurs. from 7-9PM.
Memorials may be given to the Jane Peterman Memorial Fund of First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1311 Holman Avenue, Houston, Texas 77004.
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