Jane Lukinbeal Lindamood, 93, Interests Centered on Education

She is survived by her sons Michael Lindamood, David (Gail) Lindamood, and Kevin Lindamood, a daughter Suzanne (Sherman Hanna) Lindamood, grandchildren Brian (Ellison) Lindamood, Heather (Douglas) Buchanan, Kurt (Katie) Lindamood, Emily (Omri Schwarz) Hanna, Ben (Kristie) Lindamood, Nick (Cara) Lindamood, Drew (Kayla) Lindamood and Theresa Alba, great grandchildren Sebastian Lindamood, May Buchanan, Paige Buchanan, Jane Schwarz, Mason Lindamood and Lucas Lindamood, a brother Robert B. (Caroline) Lukingbeal, as well as many nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her husband, Emerson B. Lindamood, a daughter-in-law Barbara Koch Lindamood, two great-grandchildren, her parents C.A. and Alba Izor Lukingbeal, a sister Janet Warrick, and brothers Kent (Virginia) Lukingbeal and Mark Lukingbeal.

Jane was born November 5, 1921 in Farmersville Ohio, graduating from Farmersville High school in 1939 as class valedictorian. She was a member of the girls’ basketball team, which won its regional championship, played trumpet in the school band, and was active in 4-H, winning several style reviews for clothing she designed and constructed. She attended Ohio State University majoring in fine arts and psychology and graduated magna cum laude in 1943. At Ohio State she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa as well as several class honoraries.

She married Emerson B. Lindamood May 8, 1943, following his enlistment in the United States Army Air Corps, and followed him as he moved from base to base as a flight instructor.

Following the War they spent a few years in Columbus Ohio while Emerson finished his education, then in 1950 moved to Lorain, Ohio where he was a teacher and school administrator and she was a preschool teacher.

Jane’s interests centered on education, especially early childhood education. While a student wife at Ohio State she helped found a cooperative nursery school at Buckeye Village, the student family housing area. She also helped found the preschool at the First Congregational Church in Lorain. She earned her M.A. at Case Western Reserve University in education and taught for many years in the Lorain Public school system as a kindergarten and first grade teacher, then as a teacher of the blind at Longfellow Middle and Admiral King High Schools. She also taught early childhood education at Lorain County Community College. She was honored as an educator, receiving the Martha Holden Jennings Award from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. A highlight of her career as an educator was her invitation from Harcourt Brace Publishers to be a participating teacher in the development of a Social Sciences textbook series for the elementary grades. She spent a summer at their offices in San Francisco working on the series. She was a member of the First Congregational church in Lorain where she served as church treasurer and Deaconess, a member of the Lorain University Club, and a member of the American Association of University Women where one of her favorite groups was creative writing. As part of that group she wrote, produced, and directed a play about a family who wanted five Christmas trees.

In retirement she took on several new interests, all of which she approached as topics for intense study. A primary interest was investments. She was founder and president of the LIFT (Ladies Investing for Tomorrow) investment club which received national honors for its high returns. She also took on genealogy, studying both the Lukingbeal and Lindamood sides of the family. On a lighter side, she applied her fine arts training and became a puppeteer. Along with several friends, she helped design and produce full length puppet shows based on classic themes, writing scripts, designing and making the puppets, building stages and backdrops, and choosing music. She traveled with family to places she had often dreamed of seeing – the Egyptian Pyramids, Hawaii, Alaska, and Europe, cruising on the Rhine to view sights her ancestors must have seen.

Calling hours are Sunday, April 26 from 1 to 3 PM at Schwartz - Spence, Boyer and Cool Home for Funerals, 1124 Fifth Street, Lorain, with services to follow at 3 PM. Private burial will be held on Monday April 27.

Contributions in Jane’s memory can be made to the First Congregational Church, Lorain., 423 Washington Ave. Lorain, Ohio 44052.

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