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Submitted: 1/13/23 • Approved: 1/14/23 • Last Updated: 1/17/23 • R1465020-G1465019-S3
Nov 6, 1931 - Dec 1, 2021
JoAnn DeBate Lane, 90, passed away on December 1, 2021 following a long illness. JoAnn was born in Springfield, MO. on November 6, 1931 but was raised in Bunkie, Louisiana.
JoAnn was a dedicated daughter, wife and mother, teacher, artist and community volunteer. She completed high school at age 16, graduated from Northwestern State College at 19 and received her high school teaching certificate before she was 20. She taught Physical Education and English in Lake Charles, LA. and then won a fellowship for graduate study at LSU. She then was selected to be the Physical Education and Health instructor at Centenary College in Shreveport.
JoAnn was preceded in death by her father Charles O. DeBate, her mother Bernice Harbaugh Sandefur, her long time stepfather, AlvinT. Sandefur and her sister Mary Frances DeBate Williams. She is survived by her Husband Robert Lane, sons Robert L Lane, Jr. (Roxanne) and Douglas R. Lane (Vicki), four Grandchildren and two Great-Grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 1:30 pm on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Little Rock. Internment will be at the Trinity United Methodist Church Columbarium immediately following the service.
Contributed on 1/13/23 by eagle12953
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