Jean L. Mowry

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July 29, 2010

Anonymous Meadville Tribune The Meadville Tribune Thu Jul 29, 2010, 10:35 PM EDT

MEADVILLE — Jean L. Mowry

SANDY LAKE — Jean L. Mowry, 93, of Mercer Street, Sandy Lake, died at 8 a.m. Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in Grove City Medical Center after an extended illness.

Born July 31, 1916, in Oil City, she was a daughter of Frank E. and Florence P. Osborne Patton.

Mrs. Mowry was a 1934 graduate of Oil City High School and a 1940 graduate of Grove City College with a bachelor of arts degree. She did post-graduate studies at Penn State and Clarion universities and then received her master’s degree in guidance and counseling from Slippery Rock University.

Jean began her teaching career in 1940 at Cochranton High School until 1946. She then taught at Lakeview Area Schools from 1952 until her retirement in 1980, where she taught social studies, Latin, French and Spanish. She served as chairman of the Social Studies Department and also was curriculum coordinator for the Lakeview District, and she remained a curriculum consultant for the district until 1983.

Mrs. Mowry was a member of the Pi Gamma Mu, Delta Kappa Gamma and received the Freedom Foundation Award for Excellence in teaching. During her time as a member of the PASR (Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees), she served as president of the Mercer County chapter, director of Region 8 PASR and then served as state PASR president.

Jean was a member of Sandy Lake Presbyterian Church where she served as an elder and was a choir member. She was a member of the Mercer County Historical Society; member and past worthy matron of Stoneboro Chapter 110, Order of Eastern Star; member and past president of the Music Club of Stoneboro and Sandy Lake; member and former secretary of Lambda Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma; member of the Melodears, a local women’s barbershop quartet; a volunteer librarian for the Sandy Lake Library and a member and driver for Lakeview Area Meals on Wheels council.

She loved tole painting and doing book reviews. She enjoyed attending all of the sporting and school events of all her grandchildren and was also an avid Pittsburgh Steelers and Pirates fan.

Her husband, Max C. Mowry, whom she married June 18, 1942, preceded her in death Jan. 22, 1976.

She is survived by two daughters, Leslie Jean Dye and her companion, John M. Bauer, of Cochranton; and Bette Maxine Campbell and her husband, Edwin C., of Stoneboro; four grandchildren, Sherah L. Campbell and her husband, Mark Sontheimer, of Sandy Lake, Spc. Brent A. Campbell, currently on active duty with the U.S. Army, Ft. Hood, Texas, Matthew M. Dye of Rochester, N.Y., and Michael R. Dye and his wife, Lisa, of Stoneboro; and eight great-grandchildren, Kelsey, Kayla and Kristine Campbell of Stoneboro, Gretchen Kish, Danielle and Allison Sontheimer of Sandy Lake, and Owen and Ella Dye of Stoneboro. She also leaves behind a very special friend, Joan Stuck of Grove City; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a grandson-in-law, Charles A. Kish; and a sister, Virginia R. Gilmore.

The family requests memorials be made to Sandy Lake Presbyterian Church, PO Box 185, Sandy Lake, Pa. 16145; or a charity of the donor’s choice.

Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday in Scott A. Black Funeral Home, 99 Franklin St., Stoneboro, with an Eastern Star service at 9 p.m. in the funeral home.

The funeral and committal service will be at 4 p.m. Sunday in Sandy Lake Presbyterian Church, 3461 Sandy Lake-New Lebanon Road, with the Rev. Galen Joe MacDonald, pastor, officiating.

Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Sandy Lake Township.

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