Individual Details

Jean Saint Clair Staehling

(14 Oct 1914 - 18 Mar 2011)

Events

Birth14 Oct 1914Montana, United States
Residence1920Bozeman Ward 3, Gallatin, Montana, United States
Residence1930Chicago (Districts 0251-0500), Cook, Illinois, United States
Marriage26 Aug 1945Thorndike Hilton Chapel at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - Joel Foreman Ward
Death18 Mar 2011Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United States

Families

SpouseJoel Foreman Ward (1915 - 1999)
ChildLiving
ChildDavid Michael Ward (1953 - 1991)
FatherEdwin Helwig Staehling (1888 - 1985)
MotherHazel Martin (1888 - )
SiblingEdwin Hal Staehling (1916 - 1972)
SiblingDavid Martin Staehling (1924 - 1942)

Notes

Death

URBANA – Jean St. Clair Ward, 96, passed away on Friday (March 18, 2011) in Urbana.Funeral services will be at St. John Lutheran Church, 509 S. Mattis Ave., Champaign, at 9 a.m. Friday, March 25.Jean was born on Oct. 10, 1914, in Bozeman, Mont., the daughter of Ed and Hazel Staehling. She graduated with a B.S. from the University of Illinois in 1937, an M.S. from the University of Wisconsin in 1945, and completed her coursework for a Ph.D. in Health Education at the UI in 1975.She retired from Central High School, Champaign, in 1982 where she taught physical education, health and driver education.Jean was married to Joel F. Ward in 1945 (since divorced) and they had two sons, David Michael Ward, who died in 1991, and Joel F. Ward Jr. of Champaign. Also surviving are Jean's two grandsons, David Ward of Champaign and Nicholas Ward of Normal.A member of St. John Lutheran Church, Eagle Forum and Daughters of the American Revolution, Jean may be most remembered by The News-Gazette readers as a prolific writer of "Letters to the Editor" where, over a period of many years, she expressed her strongly held views on politics, culture, religion and morality.