Jean A. Carpenter

Jean A. Car­pen­ter, 88, Galena, died Sat­ur­day morn­ing March 17, 2012, at Grady Memo­r­ial Hos­pi­tal Emer­gency Room.

She was born on Novem­ber 30, 1923, in Portsmouth to the late Harold John Bard and Alta Vir­ginia (Nor­ris) Car­ring­ton. She was a grad­u­ate of Portsmouth High School and a retired sec­re­tary for the U.S. Gov­ern­ment at Fort Hayes. She had been a res­i­dent of the Galena area for 35 years, com­ing from Colum­bus. Jean designed the sticker used by the U.S. Gov­ern­ment on employ­ees cars to iden­tify them when enter­ing a Gov­ern­ment facility.

Jean excelled at any­thing she did, a staunch Repub­li­can and a won­der­ful home­maker. A self-taught pianist she was pro­fi­cient enough to teach piano and taught many stu­dents dur­ing her life­time. Jean enjoyed play­ing cards, euchre, gar­den­ing, sewing and cook­ing, espe­cially her brown­ies with caramel icing. In her 70’s she learned to use the com­puter and played scrab­ble with her twin sis­ter. Jean and her hus­band loved to travel and made a trip to the west­ern United States in their motor home. They also enjoyed time spent in Hawaii and trav­el­ing to var­i­ous casi­nos to gamble.

She is sur­vived by son: Dale (Bon­nie Guck­eyevon) Car­pen­ter of Galena; step-son: Jeff Dauphin of Michi­gan; daughter-in-law: Deb­bie Car­pen­ter of Howard; seven grand­chil­dren; three great grand­chil­dren; twin sis­ter: Ruth Bow­man of Tipp City; half brother: John Bard of Florida; and by a sister-in-law: Jane Car­pen­ter of Centerburg.

She was pre­ceded in death by her hus­band: Franklin DeWitt Car­pen­ter on Octo­ber 7, 2010.

Memo­r­ial ser­vices will be held at 2 p.m. today (Thurs­day, March 22) at the DeVore-Snyder Funeral Home, Ohio 3 at 61, Sun­bury, with Father David Size­more officiating.

Pri­vate inurn­ment will fol­low in Tren­ton Cemetery.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions can be made to the Amer­i­can Can­cer Soci­ety, 5555 Frantz Road, Dublin, Ohio 43017.

Con­do­lences may be expressed at < www.snyderfuneralhomes.com >.

Posted by Gary Henery on Mar 22 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.