Jennetta S “Jan” Toelke
Jennetta S. “Jan” Toelke, age 84, of Zelienople, PA, passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 while under the care of VNA Inpatient Hospice in Butler, PA.
Born October 6, 1931 in York Twp., Toronto, Canada, she was the daughter of the late Roland Arthur and Harriet Elizabeth (Passant) White.
Jan loved nature and instilled in her children the beauty of nature. She loved gardening, and had an eye for arranging flowers. She enjoyed antiquing and finding a real bargain! She adored big band, folk music, jazz, and Broadway musicals. In her younger years she was an elementary school choir teacher in CA. She enjoyed sewing, cross word puzzles and she was an avid reader. She was a volunteer for hospice at St. Peters Hospital in Albany NY for 30 years. Jan belonged to a philanthropic educational organization called PEO which helped woman reach for the stars.
She leaves behind those who cherish her memory: three children, Eric (Jan McKie) Moon of Bloomfield, NY, Reid (Krista) Moon of Zelienople, PA, and Elizabeth (Doug Alexander) Moon of Boxford, MA; three grandchildren, Rebecca (Daniel) Cissel, Suzanne (Steven) Van Dyke, and Jacob (Samantha) Moon; seven great-grandchildren, Natalie and William Cissel, Abigail, Isaac and Hannah Van Dyke, and Levi and Ezra Moon; a sister-in-law, Shirley White of Picton, Ontario, Canada; three sisters, Florence Jarvis of Ottawa, Canada, Phyllis McCutcheon Port Elgen, Canada, and Martha Murray of Hamilton, Canada, and her first husband, Fred D. Moon.
In addition to her parents, Jan was preceded in death by her second husband, Dr. Edward S. Stephenson, her third husband, Ray Toelke, a son, Todd Moon, and her brother, Richard A. Dick White.
A memorial service will be held in Jan’s honor at 3:30 P.M. on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at the Boylan Funeral Home, Inc., 324 E. Grandview Ave., Zelienople, PA 16063.
If desired, memorial contributions may be made in Jan’s honor to the VNA Hospice, 154 Hindman Rd., Butler, PA 16001.
Expressions of sympathy may be shared with Jan’s family at www.boylanfuneralservices.com.