Miss Jane I. Schenck

Last Rites Are Held for Greene Teacher

(1945)

   GREENE, Nov. 30-The funeral of Miss Jane I. Schenck, 71, of Greene, was held in the Zion Episcopal Church Thursday at 2 p. m., the Rev. W. A. Braithwaite and the Rev. A. A. Breese, D.D., of Zion Church officiating.  Burial was made in Sylvan Lawn Cemetery.

   Miss Schenck died Tuesday following an illness of several months.  She was born in Smithville Flats, the daughter of Mary and Martin Schenck.  The family moved to Greene, where she spent her life.

   After graduating from Greene High School, she attended Oneonta Normal School, returning to Greene to teach in the school.

   From 1912 to 1936, she was superintendent of rural schools in this district.

   She is survived by three cousins, Gerald Schenck and Miss Jessie Schenck of Binghamton and Lynn Schenck of Detroit, Mich.

   She was a member of the New York State Teacher's Association, the D. A. R., the Greene Saturday Night Club and Zion Episcopal Church.

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