[Oe List ...] A colleague of Yore Gees into the Light

[Isobel and Jim Bishop]

Dear Colleagues,
I well remember Jane Booher as she was, then.
I am especially grateful for your witness, to her filled full life.
  In hope and peace,
Isobel Bishop.
On 28/11/2009, at 2:21 AM, Judi White wrote:

> most of you will remmeer Jane (Boocher) LeBlanc. Joanna posted this  
> notice on facebook. She went into the Light Monday afternoon,  
> resting peacefully under hospice care in Avon, NY..  I had  
> reconnected with Jane on facebook. I talked to her on the phone in  
> August. At that time she was about to begin a new round of  
> chemotherapy. She was  writing down, for her daughters why she had  
> chosen this particular life of service as the Order Ecumenical.  
> Jane was a most special woman,with a gentle, peaceful and loving  
> Soul. She cherished her family and her life was dedicated to  
> instilling the love of music in her students.  I have copied and  
> posted what Jody - Joanna Collins - and Cindy Little - on facebook  
> last night.
>
> Jane was very active as a music teacher and as a development  
> director for more than 30 years. She was a Rotarian and song leader  
> of Rochester Rotary Club for 12 years. Jane was also the Choir  
> Director at First Presbyterian Church of Avon.
> Jane’s commitment to serving the underserved took her to Fort  
> Berthold Indian Reservation in northwest North Dakota, where she  
> taught school in the village of Mandaree. She also worked with the  
> Fort Berthold Community College as development officer, raising  
> funds to build a new college facility in New Town, N.D. Jane  
> researched early songs of the Mandan and Hidatsa Tribes with the  
> aid of a panel of tribal members, publishing a songbook, “Maa-baa- 
> hi Ma-hac” with an accompanying tape. The college sponsored this  
> project which was supported by North Dakota Council of the Arts She  
> held deep appreciation for the Native culture and great sorrow for  
> the way American Indians were treated since European –American  
> contact.
> Jane believed you could teach so much through music. Whether it was  
> elementary children or adult choir, she strived to reach each and  
> every individual. Her enthusiasm and her humanness made it fun and  
> challenging while learning to sing or play an instrument. Her  
> concern for inner city children led to her involvement both in  
> teaching at #5 and #20 schools and her more recent tutoring of 3rd  
> grade children at #8 School, a project of the Rochester Rotary. She  
> also served as development director at Jordan Health Center and  
> Unity Health Foundation. Teaching children to read and succeed in  
> school led to her work at Quad A for Kids at the Rochester Area  
> Community Foundation. Finally, a part time position at Literacy  
> Volunteers of Rochester concluded her life work just two years ago.
> Jane was a Christian church woman, and asked for the Lord’s  
> guidance throughout her life, sometimes rebelling against it, but  
> always remaining faithful. Her children, Cindy and Joanna, were  
> raised in the 60’s and 70’s; they were daughters of the great  
> revolutions of that time – the urban revolution, the civil rights  
> movement, and the women’s revolution. Whether it was marching on  
> the picket line with mom, or spending years in community  
> development as youth, they were exposed to a greater world than  
> Jane knew growing up in Elba. Today, they are strong women and good  
> mothers. Thank the Lord for such perfect gifts. She loved them dearly.
>
> --
> Judi White
> 25 North Lake Street
> Crescent City, FL 32112
> Phone: (386) 569-6956
>
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