JEAN CAROLYN JAMES DEAN 9/30/48 TO 10/5/13.

BORN IN BALTIMORE, MD TO DONALD AND GLORIA (THIELE) JAMES, JEAN GRADUATED FROM MERCY HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER, MD INSTITUTE OF ART. SHE LATER EARNED A MASTERS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND HAD HER OWN PRACTICE IN WESTERN MD. THERE, SHE SERVED ON THE HOSPICE BOARD FOR 10 YEARS AND WAS A CERTIFIED GRIEF COUNSELOR HELPING THOSE WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES. PRIOR TO MOVING TO WESTERN KS IN 1996 SHE LIVED AND WORKED IN DENVER, CO. IN RECENT YEARS SHE STUDIED AT THE UNIV OF MINNESOTA, EARNING AN ADVANCED DEGREE IN HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION. SHE BECAME DIRECTOR OF HMC WELLNESS AND FITNESS CENTER AND EVENTUALLY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE TCLMH IN WAKEENEY. IN RETIREMENT SHE FOUND JOY IN GARDENING, ART, RV TRAVEL, AND YOGA; TEACHING AT HER STUDIO ON MAIN STREET IN WAKEENEY. JEAN WAS A GIFTED ARTIST AND YOGA INSTRUCTOR.

SHE LEAVES BEHIND HER HUSBAND, GARY, STEPSONS CHAD (NOEL) DEAN AND COURTNEY (ELIZABETH) DEAN, SISTERS CAROL HILLY AND DINAH JAMES, TWO STEPGRANDSONS, AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SHE HAD A PROFOUND LOVE OF LIFE, PEOPLE AND SAW BEAUTY IN EVERYTHING SHE EXPERIENCED. HER MOTTO WAS ALWAYS TO BELIEVE IN ANGELS. BEING AN ANGEL HERSELF, SHE CREATED A HEAVEN ON EARTH FOR THOSE LUCKY ENOUGH TO KNOW HER. THE LIVES THAT SHE TOUCHED WILL FOREVER BE RICHER.

A FAMILY HOSTED MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAY, 13 OCTOBER AT 2:00 PM AT HER YOGA STUDIO (THE ALWAYS CHRISTMAS STORE) ON MAIN ST IN WAKEENEY.

MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE JEAN DEAN MEMORIAL FUND AND MAY BE SENT TO SCHMITT FUNERAL HOME AT 336 NORTH 12TH, WAKEENEY, KS 67672.

THERE WILL BE NO VISITATION AS CREMATION WAS CHOSEN.