Teacher, earth-mother, friend, wife, mother.
Jane Alberta Dianich passed away on July 25, 2020 at the age of 72, sadly, through an accident in the water at her summer cottage at Pleasant Lake in Delton, Michigan. Jane was born on November 16, 1947, to John and Helen (Crownover) Dianich, in Albion, Michigan. Her year-round home was in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Jane graduated from Albion High School in 1965. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Botany and Physical Sciences from Michigan State University in 1969, a Masters Degree in Earth Science Teaching in 1975, and she completed additional postgraduate classes in earth science and hydrology at Colorado State University. Jane taught earth and other sciences at secondary schools in Michigan and Colorado, including at East Junior High School, Jackson, MI; Mason Junior High School; Cranbrook-Kingswood Schools, Bloomfield Hills, MI; and Kent Denver Country Day School, Englewood, CO. Jane was named the Outstanding Secondary Science Teacher for the State of Michigan by the Michigan Science Teachers Association for 1974-75. Jane currently did substitute teaching at St. Catherine of Siena School in the Archdiocese of Denver, and she also taught professional development earth science classes for teachers through Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Tessa Dianich Toms. Jane is survived by her son, Trevor Dianich Toms, of Lakewood, CO, her loving husband, Peter John Modreski, of Wheat Ridge, CO; her sisters, Ruth Ann (Dianich) Anderson of Rives Junction, MI, and Mary Dianich Kaiser of Gallatin, TN and many nieces and nephews. Jane was an active member of Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church, Wheat Ridge, CO, and of the church choir. She also attended Faith United Methodist Church in Delton, MI. She belonged to the Maple Grove Grange in Wheat Ridge, the Denver Gem and Mineral Guild, and she was a life member of the Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association. Jane treasured her continued lifelong friendships with both teaching colleagues and students whom she had taught, from her years in Michigan and more recently from Colorado.
Jane was a caring, generous, loving person who always thought of others before herself. Her joy and excitement about everything in life were constant and infectious. Jane loved to study, and share her knowledge with others, about all areas of science, especially botany, animals, the earth, astronomy, hydrology, meteorology, and everything in nature. Her great loves in life included flowers, butterflies, geology (especially the glacial history of Michigan), children, and her friends and family. She passionately loved gardening, teaching, music (she played the cello), and everything connected with water. Jane passed away while living at the lovely lake cottage that had been her dream to have, surrounded by flower gardens, the earth, water, and sky, and so many good and loving friends, neighbors, and family members. Jane had complete faith that she would be reunited with her daughter and her family in heaven. We will all miss her beyond words.
Jane Alberta Dianich passed away on July 25, 2020 at the age of 72, sadly, through an accident in the water at her summer cottage at Pleasant Lake in Delton, Michigan. Jane was born on November 16, 1947, to John and Helen (Crownover) Dianich, in Albion, Michigan. Her year-round home was in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Jane graduated from Albion High School in 1965. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Botany and Physical Sciences from Michigan State University in 1969, a Masters Degree in Earth Science Teaching in 1975, and she completed additional postgraduate classes in earth science and hydrology at Colorado State University. Jane taught earth and other sciences at secondary schools in Michigan and Colorado, including at East Junior High School, Jackson, MI; Mason Junior High School; Cranbrook-Kingswood Schools, Bloomfield Hills, MI; and Kent Denver Country Day School, Englewood, CO. Jane was named the Outstanding Secondary Science Teacher for the State of Michigan by the Michigan Science Teachers Association for 1974-75. Jane currently did substitute teaching at St. Catherine of Siena School in the Archdiocese of Denver, and she also taught professional development earth science classes for teachers through Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Tessa Dianich Toms. Jane is survived by her son, Trevor Dianich Toms, of Lakewood, CO, her loving husband, Peter John Modreski, of Wheat Ridge, CO; her sisters, Ruth Ann (Dianich) Anderson of Rives Junction, MI, and Mary Dianich Kaiser of Gallatin, TN and many nieces and nephews. Jane was an active member of Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church, Wheat Ridge, CO, and of the church choir. She also attended Faith United Methodist Church in Delton, MI. She belonged to the Maple Grove Grange in Wheat Ridge, the Denver Gem and Mineral Guild, and she was a life member of the Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association. Jane treasured her continued lifelong friendships with both teaching colleagues and students whom she had taught, from her years in Michigan and more recently from Colorado.
Jane was a caring, generous, loving person who always thought of others before herself. Her joy and excitement about everything in life were constant and infectious. Jane loved to study, and share her knowledge with others, about all areas of science, especially botany, animals, the earth, astronomy, hydrology, meteorology, and everything in nature. Her great loves in life included flowers, butterflies, geology (especially the glacial history of Michigan), children, and her friends and family. She passionately loved gardening, teaching, music (she played the cello), and everything connected with water. Jane passed away while living at the lovely lake cottage that had been her dream to have, surrounded by flower gardens, the earth, water, and sky, and so many good and loving friends, neighbors, and family members. Jane had complete faith that she would be reunited with her daughter and her family in heaven. We will all miss her beyond words.
Teacher, earth-mother, friend, wife, mother.
Jane Alberta Dianich passed away on July 25, 2020 at the age of 72, sadly, through an accident in the water at her summer cottage at Pleasant Lake in Delton, Michigan. Jane was born on November 16, 1947, to John and Helen (Crownover) Dianich, in Albion, Michigan. Her year-round home was in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Jane graduated from Albion High School in 1965. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Botany and Physical Sciences from Michigan State University in 1969, a Masters Degree in Earth Science Teaching in 1975, and she completed additional postgraduate classes in earth science and hydrology at Colorado State University. Jane taught earth and other sciences at secondary schools in Michigan and Colorado, including at East Junior High School, Jackson, MI; Mason Junior High School; Cranbrook-Kingswood Schools, Bloomfield Hills, MI; and Kent Denver Country Day School, Englewood, CO. Jane was named the Outstanding Secondary Science Teacher for the State of Michigan by the Michigan Science Teachers Association for 1974-75. Jane currently did substitute teaching at St. Catherine of Siena School in the Archdiocese of Denver, and she also taught professional development earth science classes for teachers through Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Tessa Dianich Toms. Jane is survived by her son, Trevor Dianich Toms, of Lakewood, CO, her loving husband, Peter John Modreski, of Wheat Ridge, CO; her sisters, Ruth Ann (Dianich) Anderson of Rives Junction, MI, and Mary Dianich Kaiser of Gallatin, TN and many nieces and nephews. Jane was an active member of Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church, Wheat Ridge, CO, and of the church choir. She also attended Faith United Methodist Church in Delton, MI. She belonged to the Maple Grove Grange in Wheat Ridge, the Denver Gem and Mineral Guild, and she was a life member of the Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association. Jane treasured her continued lifelong friendships with both teaching colleagues and students whom she had taught, from her years in Michigan and more recently from Colorado.
Jane was a caring, generous, loving person who always thought of others before herself. Her joy and excitement about everything in life were constant and infectious. Jane loved to study, and share her knowledge with others, about all areas of science, especially botany, animals, the earth, astronomy, hydrology, meteorology, and everything in nature. Her great loves in life included flowers, butterflies, geology (especially the glacial history of Michigan), children, and her friends and family. She passionately loved gardening, teaching, music (she played the cello), and everything connected with water. Jane passed away while living at the lovely lake cottage that had been her dream to have, surrounded by flower gardens, the earth, water, and sky, and so many good and loving friends, neighbors, and family members. Jane had complete faith that she would be reunited with her daughter and her family in heaven. We will all miss her beyond words.
Jane Alberta Dianich passed away on July 25, 2020 at the age of 72, sadly, through an accident in the water at her summer cottage at Pleasant Lake in Delton, Michigan. Jane was born on November 16, 1947, to John and Helen (Crownover) Dianich, in Albion, Michigan. Her year-round home was in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Jane graduated from Albion High School in 1965. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Botany and Physical Sciences from Michigan State University in 1969, a Masters Degree in Earth Science Teaching in 1975, and she completed additional postgraduate classes in earth science and hydrology at Colorado State University. Jane taught earth and other sciences at secondary schools in Michigan and Colorado, including at East Junior High School, Jackson, MI; Mason Junior High School; Cranbrook-Kingswood Schools, Bloomfield Hills, MI; and Kent Denver Country Day School, Englewood, CO. Jane was named the Outstanding Secondary Science Teacher for the State of Michigan by the Michigan Science Teachers Association for 1974-75. Jane currently did substitute teaching at St. Catherine of Siena School in the Archdiocese of Denver, and she also taught professional development earth science classes for teachers through Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Tessa Dianich Toms. Jane is survived by her son, Trevor Dianich Toms, of Lakewood, CO, her loving husband, Peter John Modreski, of Wheat Ridge, CO; her sisters, Ruth Ann (Dianich) Anderson of Rives Junction, MI, and Mary Dianich Kaiser of Gallatin, TN and many nieces and nephews. Jane was an active member of Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church, Wheat Ridge, CO, and of the church choir. She also attended Faith United Methodist Church in Delton, MI. She belonged to the Maple Grove Grange in Wheat Ridge, the Denver Gem and Mineral Guild, and she was a life member of the Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association. Jane treasured her continued lifelong friendships with both teaching colleagues and students whom she had taught, from her years in Michigan and more recently from Colorado.
Jane was a caring, generous, loving person who always thought of others before herself. Her joy and excitement about everything in life were constant and infectious. Jane loved to study, and share her knowledge with others, about all areas of science, especially botany, animals, the earth, astronomy, hydrology, meteorology, and everything in nature. Her great loves in life included flowers, butterflies, geology (especially the glacial history of Michigan), children, and her friends and family. She passionately loved gardening, teaching, music (she played the cello), and everything connected with water. Jane passed away while living at the lovely lake cottage that had been her dream to have, surrounded by flower gardens, the earth, water, and sky, and so many good and loving friends, neighbors, and family members. Jane had complete faith that she would be reunited with her daughter and her family in heaven. We will all miss her beyond words.
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