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JAY SCRIBNER Obituary

SCRIBNER JAY D. JAY D. SCRIBNER passed away on Saturday, September 11, 2021, at his home in Dallas, Texas, surrounded by his four children. Jay was born in Ellsworth, Maine living in various places in Downeast Maine before graduating from high school in Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island. From 1975 to 1989 Jay served as Dean of the College of Education at Temple University. At Temple he led the development of programs in partnership with Philadelphia School District as well as in Nigeria and Tokyo. Jay will be remembered by his children, Jay (Karen), Kent (Suleyka), Samantha and Connie (Ryan Shultz), grandchildren Pierce, Bo, Julian, Jacqueline, Sophia, Harper, and Everett, and his step-grandchildren, Peyton, Carson, Giovanni and Santino. He is predeceased by his beloved wife, Alicia, parents Jay and Dorothy, brother Henry, his Aunt Bernice and Uncle Yale Pierce, and his parents-in-law, Luis and Consuelo Paredes. A Memorial Service for Jay will be held on Mount Desert Island on June 23, 2022, with the burial of Jay's and his wife, Alicia's, cremated remains immediately following at the Seal Harbor Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family invites you to make a donation by check, with a notation that it is in memory of Jay D. Scribner, to the Northeast Harbor Library, 1 Joy Road, PO Box 279, Northeast Harbor, Maine 04662-0279. Additional information on Jay's life can be found at https://bit.ly/jaydscribner.

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Published by The Philadelphia Inquirer on Sep. 24, 2021.

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