Jeanne Wintringham was born in the Methodist parsonage in Delphos, Ohio, where she joined an older brother and sister. As was typical of Methodist ministers, a move was made about every five or six years. Thus, elementary education was gained in the towns and cities of Bryan, Columbus, and Toledo, all in the bounds of the West Ohio Conference.
It was during the high school years in Toledo that she made two very meaningful decisions. One was to give her life in full-time Christian service, and the other was to seek a degree in music. The Bachelor of Music Education degree was earned from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, and that was followed by three years of public school teaching. Her opportunity came to go into full-time church-related service in 1955 when a call came from Rangoon, Burma, for a music teacher at the Methodist English High School. With her family's blessing she set sail to spend three years in Burma.
It was shortly after returning to the United States that she was elected National President of Kappa Phi, an organization for Christian college women which had been very meaningful during her days as a student at Baldwin-Wallace College. She held this office for six years and had many opportunities to speak on college campuses across the United States, and counsel young women toward Christian careers.
During this time she entered Illinois Wesleyan University and earned a Master's degree in Music Education. There followed a few years in public school music, several as Educational Assistant in a large church in Dayton, Ohio, and a year at Robinson School in Puerto Rico. But it wasn't until she walked across the campus of Sue Bennett College in London, Kentucky in 1968 that the assurance came that this was where God wanted her to serve. For the next twenty-four years she was to head the Humanities Division of the college, teaching all the music courses and directing the choirs.
It was while at Sue Bennett that she met Jewel Brown, a Deaconess teaching Religion. Their friendship led to Jeanne's becoming a Deaconess and their becoming apartment mates for twenty-three years. The two moved to Brooks-Howell together in May of 1992 and continued sharing an apartment here until Jewel's last illness and recent death.
While living at Brooks-Howell Jeanne directed the bell choir and also the chapel choir for a time.
She was a member of Groce United Methodist Church, and an active member of United Methodist Women and Church Women United.
Source: "The Serendipitor", a publication of Brooks-Howell Home, Asheville, NC.
It was during the high school years in Toledo that she made two very meaningful decisions. One was to give her life in full-time Christian service, and the other was to seek a degree in music. The Bachelor of Music Education degree was earned from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, and that was followed by three years of public school teaching. Her opportunity came to go into full-time church-related service in 1955 when a call came from Rangoon, Burma, for a music teacher at the Methodist English High School. With her family's blessing she set sail to spend three years in Burma.
It was shortly after returning to the United States that she was elected National President of Kappa Phi, an organization for Christian college women which had been very meaningful during her days as a student at Baldwin-Wallace College. She held this office for six years and had many opportunities to speak on college campuses across the United States, and counsel young women toward Christian careers.
During this time she entered Illinois Wesleyan University and earned a Master's degree in Music Education. There followed a few years in public school music, several as Educational Assistant in a large church in Dayton, Ohio, and a year at Robinson School in Puerto Rico. But it wasn't until she walked across the campus of Sue Bennett College in London, Kentucky in 1968 that the assurance came that this was where God wanted her to serve. For the next twenty-four years she was to head the Humanities Division of the college, teaching all the music courses and directing the choirs.
It was while at Sue Bennett that she met Jewel Brown, a Deaconess teaching Religion. Their friendship led to Jeanne's becoming a Deaconess and their becoming apartment mates for twenty-three years. The two moved to Brooks-Howell together in May of 1992 and continued sharing an apartment here until Jewel's last illness and recent death.
While living at Brooks-Howell Jeanne directed the bell choir and also the chapel choir for a time.
She was a member of Groce United Methodist Church, and an active member of United Methodist Women and Church Women United.
Source: "The Serendipitor", a publication of Brooks-Howell Home, Asheville, NC.
Jeanne Wintringham was born in the Methodist parsonage in Delphos, Ohio, where she joined an older brother and sister. As was typical of Methodist ministers, a move was made about every five or six years. Thus, elementary education was gained in the towns and cities of Bryan, Columbus, and Toledo, all in the bounds of the West Ohio Conference.
It was during the high school years in Toledo that she made two very meaningful decisions. One was to give her life in full-time Christian service, and the other was to seek a degree in music. The Bachelor of Music Education degree was earned from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, and that was followed by three years of public school teaching. Her opportunity came to go into full-time church-related service in 1955 when a call came from Rangoon, Burma, for a music teacher at the Methodist English High School. With her family's blessing she set sail to spend three years in Burma.
It was shortly after returning to the United States that she was elected National President of Kappa Phi, an organization for Christian college women which had been very meaningful during her days as a student at Baldwin-Wallace College. She held this office for six years and had many opportunities to speak on college campuses across the United States, and counsel young women toward Christian careers.
During this time she entered Illinois Wesleyan University and earned a Master's degree in Music Education. There followed a few years in public school music, several as Educational Assistant in a large church in Dayton, Ohio, and a year at Robinson School in Puerto Rico. But it wasn't until she walked across the campus of Sue Bennett College in London, Kentucky in 1968 that the assurance came that this was where God wanted her to serve. For the next twenty-four years she was to head the Humanities Division of the college, teaching all the music courses and directing the choirs.
It was while at Sue Bennett that she met Jewel Brown, a Deaconess teaching Religion. Their friendship led to Jeanne's becoming a Deaconess and their becoming apartment mates for twenty-three years. The two moved to Brooks-Howell together in May of 1992 and continued sharing an apartment here until Jewel's last illness and recent death.
While living at Brooks-Howell Jeanne directed the bell choir and also the chapel choir for a time.
She was a member of Groce United Methodist Church, and an active member of United Methodist Women and Church Women United.
Source: "The Serendipitor", a publication of Brooks-Howell Home, Asheville, NC.
It was during the high school years in Toledo that she made two very meaningful decisions. One was to give her life in full-time Christian service, and the other was to seek a degree in music. The Bachelor of Music Education degree was earned from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, and that was followed by three years of public school teaching. Her opportunity came to go into full-time church-related service in 1955 when a call came from Rangoon, Burma, for a music teacher at the Methodist English High School. With her family's blessing she set sail to spend three years in Burma.
It was shortly after returning to the United States that she was elected National President of Kappa Phi, an organization for Christian college women which had been very meaningful during her days as a student at Baldwin-Wallace College. She held this office for six years and had many opportunities to speak on college campuses across the United States, and counsel young women toward Christian careers.
During this time she entered Illinois Wesleyan University and earned a Master's degree in Music Education. There followed a few years in public school music, several as Educational Assistant in a large church in Dayton, Ohio, and a year at Robinson School in Puerto Rico. But it wasn't until she walked across the campus of Sue Bennett College in London, Kentucky in 1968 that the assurance came that this was where God wanted her to serve. For the next twenty-four years she was to head the Humanities Division of the college, teaching all the music courses and directing the choirs.
It was while at Sue Bennett that she met Jewel Brown, a Deaconess teaching Religion. Their friendship led to Jeanne's becoming a Deaconess and their becoming apartment mates for twenty-three years. The two moved to Brooks-Howell together in May of 1992 and continued sharing an apartment here until Jewel's last illness and recent death.
While living at Brooks-Howell Jeanne directed the bell choir and also the chapel choir for a time.
She was a member of Groce United Methodist Church, and an active member of United Methodist Women and Church Women United.
Source: "The Serendipitor", a publication of Brooks-Howell Home, Asheville, NC.
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