E.Jane Williams
April 28, 1947 – May 7, 2011
IN THE CARE OF
E. Jane Williams, PhD, 1947-2011, loving daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, and friend, and Educational Researcher and artist, died peacefully at the Kobacker House in Columbus, OH on May 7, 2011 after a brief battle with cancer. She was born in Havre de Grace, MD on April 28, 1947 to Hiram and Esther Williams, was raised in Newark, OH, and graduated with honors from Newark High School in 1965. She received her undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University and taught mathematics in the Columbus Public schools prior to earning her Doctorate from The Ohio State University in the College of Education in 1984. She taught Educational Research Methods and Evaluation at LSU in Baton Rouge, LA and Rush Medical School in Chicago before returning to Columbus and its public schools to work in their department of testing and evaluation. She left that position to do research on the effectiveness of various methods used to teach children how to read at Ohio State. She was also an advisor to other Doctoral Degree candidates. Among her many educational accomplishments was her long standing commitment to The Mid-Western Educational Research Association (MWERA) where she served as Vice President and then President from 1999-2002, and brought their annual meeting to Columbus where it now meets every other year. She retired as a reading researcher in 2003. Upon retirement, she began a serious and rewarding study of oil painting and in recent years has had the honor of exhibiting a number of her paintings in local galleries. Jane was an avid bicyclist and Columbus Blue Jackets fan. She touched many lives and deeply loved her family and friends and was always unselfish at putting them first and doing anything she could to help them. She is survived by her loving friend and partner John Kennedy, brothers Chuck and Don and his wife Rita, nephews Tracy and his wife Tammy and Josh and his wife Allie, great nephews RJ, Charlie, and Josiah, great nieces Bianca, Jazmine, and Trinity, cousins Jane, Mary, Tracy, Walt, Karen, Roger, Bob, Tom, Nancy, and their families, and many close friends. A memorial and celebration of Jane’s life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Jane’s name to: Columbus Cultural Arts Center http://culturalartscenteronline.org/home
Topiary Park http://www.topiarygarden.org/
Kobacker House – Hospice http://www.ohiohealth.com/kobackerhouse
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