The Greene Co. Women's Hall of Fame will induct 5 very recognizable ladies into their Hall Of Fame on September 25th. Three of the five are members of our Common Cup churches. They are Jean McClellan, Faith Community UMC; Jane Mills, Cedarville UMC; Mary Ann Stone, Bellbrook UMC.
Excerpts from The Xenia Daily Gazette
Dated Aug. 27, 2010:
Women's Hall of Famers named
GREENE COUNTY - This year marks the 30th year that the Greene County Women's Hall of Fame has been honoring local women. The names of five Greene County women who will be the 2010 inductees have been announced. The honorees, selected from a nomination pool of many deserving women, are Marcia Horton, Jean McClellan, Jane Mills, Mary Ann Stone and Pluma Thomas. The public is invited to attend the Awards Luncheon honoring these women to be held at Walnut Grove Country Club at noon on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010.
GREENE COUNTY - This year marks the 30th year that the Greene County Women's Hall of Fame has been honoring local women. The names of five Greene County women who will be the 2010 inductees have been announced. The honorees, selected from a nomination pool of many deserving women, are Marcia Horton, Jean McClellan, Jane Mills, Mary Ann Stone and Pluma Thomas. The public is invited to attend the Awards Luncheon honoring these women to be held at Walnut Grove Country Club at noon on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010.
Submitted photo used in Xenia Gazette article
Biographies
Jean McClellan of Xenia will be inducted into the Hall of Fame for her endeavors in education as a teacher, a volunteer tutor, and for her involvement in the Homemakers organization. She retired after 27 years as an elementary teacher in Xenia and later returned to education serving for a number of years as a volunteer tutor at Simon Kenton Elementary in Xenia, assisting with students who needed an extra boost in their reading skills. For more than 23 years, she has served as a dedicated leader with Greene Gems, a part of the Homemakers in Community Education group affiliated with Ohio State University Extension, using her teaching skills and her passion for lifelong learning to reach out to serve her community. In 2007, she was named Ohio Homemaker of the Year. A member of the Women's Club of Xenia, she currently serves as Corresponding Secretary and has written many research papers that are archived at the Greene County Library. Jean's passion for literacy extended to her membership in the Republican Women's Club where she worked with school librarians each year to determine and purchase books to expand available resources. She has volunteered in many capacities at Faith Community United Methodist Church, where she has been a member for over 60 years.
Jane Mills of Cedarville will be inducted into the Hall of Fame for her endeavors in community volunteerism. At age 93, she is still a very active part of her community of Cedarville. She has been involved in leadership in education, community activities, relief efforts, fund raising, and community organizations. She served on the Opera House Restoration Committee and currently serves on the Management Committee for the Opera House. A director of the Cedarville Senior Center for 17 years, retiring at age 90, she still attends and assists on a daily basis and serves as a Board Member. While Director at the Center, she began a clothing distribution for needy residents and now operates that service out of the Methodist Church where she serves on many committees. She also coordinates the clothing center with the food pantry at the Presbyterian Church. She has been connected with the Greene County Council on Aging for over 20 years and is currently on that Council's Community Advisory Council. Always willing to help, Jane is constantly on the lookout to find persons needing assistance and to connect them with available resource. She has often given of her own resources as well. She embodies the example of selfless service to her Greene County community.
Mary Ann Stone of Bellbrook will be inducted into the Hall of Fame for her endeavors in nursing. She has served in nursing for 55 years; 52 years as an RN. In 1965, she helped start the Intensive Care Unit at Greene Memorial Hospital in Xenia, with three beds in one room and a portable monitor and became the Night Supervisor in that unit in 1976. She worked endless hours during the aftermath of the 1974 tornado. Serving as a Girl Scout leader in Bellbrook for 11 years led her to involvement with a Red Cross Teenage Disaster coed scout troop, which responded to Xenia within one hour of the hit. From 1988 until retirement in 2000, she worked for the Ohio Department of Health certifying nursing homes and dialysis units. She has been an amateur radio operator for 51 years, is a charter member of the Bellbrook Amateur Radio Club and Greene County Amateur Radio Emergency Services. Since retirement, she has been a volunteer with the Greene County Combined Health District and as such, conducts blood pressure readings for the elderly living in the Bellbrook area, and also assisted during recent mass vaccination clinics in response to the H1N1 flu virus. She currently serves as the non-salaried Minister for Pastoral Care and Health Ministries at Bellbrook United Methodist Church, responding to the spiritual and physical needs of the church family and her community.
Xenia
John Fristoe (Newsletter Editor)
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