Jayne H. Covert

Jayne H. Covert of Columbus, died Thursday, March 31, 2003 at her home
in West Worthington.
A graduate of Richwood High School and Ohio Northern University, she
began her true passion in life, teaching young people. She taught in the
Shadyside School District and Columbus Public Schools for nearly 30
years. Her final assignment was at Colerain Avenue Elementary, where she
taught multi-handicapped children.
In 1956 she was voted Favorite Teacher of the Year by the Columbus
"Citizen Journal." She coached Columbus City League Baseball for Boys,
where her team won the championship two years in a row.
She was a former member of Richwood First United Methodist Church, and
was a former Richwood Fair race secretary. She was active with the
Children's Hospital Twig Organization. During World War II she served
with the WAVES.
She was born in Richwood to the late Nye and Marie Cameron Hamilton.
She is survived by her husband, Paul D. Covert, whom she married July
28, 1951, in Angola, Ind. She also is survived by her children, Jill
Carter of Worthington, and Bill (Sandy) Covert of Pocahantas, Ark.;
grandchildren, Clancy (Christie) Covert, Collen Covert, Matt and
Meredith Carter and Jauna Finley; and great-grandchildren Houston and
Jackson.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Stofcheck Funeral
Home, Richwood, where visiting hours will be Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. and
one hour prior to the funeral service. The Rev. Joseph Rhea will
officiate and burial will be in Claibourne Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or
the American Lung Association.

Stofcheck-Ballinger Funeral Home