Jane Raether

RAETHER, JANE NOBLE, 91, died Monday, October 18, 2010, in Providence, Rhode Island.

Mrs. Raether was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 6, 1919.

In the late 1930's she attended Wayne State University and was employed by J. L. Hudson Department Stores and Michigan Bell Telephone Company.

On July 4, 1942 in Orchard Lake, Michigan, she married Arnold E. Raether.

Mrs. Raether was an active member of the League of Women Voters, the Visiting Nurses Association, the Dumb Friends League, and the Parent Board of the Kent School in Denver, Colorado. She was also a member of the DAR. She was an avid skier, sailor and an accomplished bridge player who loved to travel overseas with her husband, Arnold, who died in 1987.

Mrs. Raether is survived by two sons, Carl N. Raether of McLean, Virginia and Paul E. Raether of Greenwich, Connecticut; and a daughter, Christiana Jane Raether of Providence, Rhode Island; seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren; and a sister, Mary Ann Kolpien of Del Ray Beach, FL.

A long time resident of Denver, Colorado, Mrs. Raether will be buried at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Littleton, Colorado next to her husband in a private ceremony. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to local hospice organizations in the name of Jane Noble Raether.