Elizabeth Emma Jean Deitz

1912 - 2004  (92 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Emma Jean Deitz
  Birth	12 May 1912	Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 Dec 2004	Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV   [1]
  Burial	22 Dec 2004	Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans, Kanawha Co., WV   [3]
  Person ID	I14417	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Edward L. Theodore Deitz,   b. 11 May 1870, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 15 Mar 1941, Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Andree Lorena Fullen,   b. 12 Jun 1871, Salt Sulphur Springs, Monroe Co., WV d. 30 Jan 1955, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	10 Sep 1907	Greenbrier Co., WV   [4]
  Family ID	F2457	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Chester Wellington Bourne,   b. 11 Dec 1910, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV d. 12 Jan 1989, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	8 Jul 1937	Ronceverte, Greenbrier Co., WV   [2, 5]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Andrea Bourne   2. Beverly Jeanne Bourne   3. Chester Mitchell Bourne
  Family ID	F6320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Notes

  The Charleston Gazette, 21 December 2004 Jean D. Bourne, of Charleston, passed away Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004, in CAMC. She was born in Ronceverte, a daughter of the late E. Theo and E. Andree Fullen Deitz. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Chester W. Bourne; and sister, Edna Marie Dietz. A graduate of West Virginia and Marshall Universities, Jean was a guidance counselor and classroom teacher at Stonewall Jackson from the 50s through the 70s, and a teacher in Monroe County and Kanawha County Adult Education for many years. In the field of teaching she was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma National Honorary plus several educational organizations. She was past president of county classroom teachers associations. Active in several civic organizations including Womens Club of Charleston, Kanawha County Republican Women's Club and Women's Auxiliary of Kanawha Valley Memorial Hospital, she was named West Virginia Mother of the Year, 1983. A member of D.A.R. Ann Bailey Chapter, Charleston Women's Society, NEA, AAUW, CTA, WVEA, Wesleyan Service Guild, past chairmen of Missions in United Methodist Women, she was also a member of St. Mark's United Methodist Church for more than 50 years where she was a member of the Womens Circle and taught Youth Sunday School Classes. Surviving are one son and caregiver, Chester Mitchell Bourne; two daughters, Andrea and husband, Phillip L. Gainer of Lewisburg, W.Va., Beverly and Husband Walter A. Kellogg, of Knoxville, Tenn.; grandson, Shawn Lee Bourne of South Charleston. Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004, at the Wilson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Monty Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans. Friends may call two hours prior to service at the funeral home. The family would like to express a special thanks to Rita, Judy, Cinnia for their loving care. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Jean D. Bourne Freshman Memorial Scholarship Fund, 802 Beech Ave., Charleston, WV 25302. Wilson Funeral Home, 420 Lee Street West, Charleston, is in charge of arrangements.

  
  

• Sources

  [S996] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Master File, (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.). [S555] Greenbrier Co., WV MB 16, page 14 (Reliability: 3). [S872] Obituary: The Charleston Gazette. [S560] Greenbrier Co., WV MB 1B, page 176, line 33 (Reliability: 3). [S776] Newspaper Announcement: The Charleston Daily Mail.