CENTREVILLE - Verna Jeanne Kits Novack died Friday, June 25, 2010, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. She was 70.
Although born in a southern W.Va. coal town, Jeanne lived her entire life in Maryland. As a teenager, she was inspired by female community leaders and attended Baltimore's Eastern High School and then went on to the University of Maryland for a degree in education before marrying her husband in 1960 and raising a family of four daughters in Anne Arundel County. She always sought to ensure all of her children and grandchildren had good educations.
Jeanne taught at schools in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and later Anne Arundel County. She also sold real estate in Anne Arundel County for many years until she retired in 1995 to her home in Severna Park.
Jeanne loved to travel here in the U.S. and to Mexico and Europe, but the summers spent at Ocean City with family and friends were best. She hosted and cooked for many memorable holiday gatherings. She was very active with the Art Appreciation Club at the AACounty Senior's Center in Arnold.
Before relocating to Centreville in Queen Anne's County in 2004, Jeanne developed an interest in quilting, received generous mentorship, and went on to produce many award-winning quilts. In more recent years, she was an active leader among quilting groups in both Anne Arundel and Talbot counties and taught many friends and neighbors in Symphony Village the skills that produced so much joy and happiness for her. She truly enjoyed her family, friends, and neighbors during these more recent years, and was thrilled to celebrate 50 years of marriage this past January. Her motto was "life is an adventure or nothing."
Jeanne is survived by her husband, Edgar Novack of Centreville; a sister, Linda Kitts Bennett and her husband Richard Bennett of Palm Desert, Calif; and daughters Michele Novack of Bowie, MD., Teresa Ashburn and her husband David Ashburn of Lothian, Md.; Jeanmarie Richardson and her partner Steven Katz of Queenstown, Md.; son-in-law Michael Fowler of Pasadena, Md.; and grandchildren Rachel Fowler, Zach Ashburn, Zoe Asburn. She was preceded in death by daughter Monica Fowler, and parents, Vernon and Virginia Ann Kitts, who relocated to Maryland during WWII.
A visitation was held on Wednesday, June 30, at Fellows, Helfenbein & Newman Funeral Home in Centreville. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, July 1, at 11 a.m. at Our Mother of Sorrows Parish, 303 Chesterfield Ave, Centreville. A luncheon reception will follow the service at the church hall. Donations in memory of Jeanne may be made to St. Martin's Ministries.
(Obituary from "Record Observer," Centreville, MD, July 1, 2010.)
Although born in a southern W.Va. coal town, Jeanne lived her entire life in Maryland. As a teenager, she was inspired by female community leaders and attended Baltimore's Eastern High School and then went on to the University of Maryland for a degree in education before marrying her husband in 1960 and raising a family of four daughters in Anne Arundel County. She always sought to ensure all of her children and grandchildren had good educations.
Jeanne taught at schools in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and later Anne Arundel County. She also sold real estate in Anne Arundel County for many years until she retired in 1995 to her home in Severna Park.
Jeanne loved to travel here in the U.S. and to Mexico and Europe, but the summers spent at Ocean City with family and friends were best. She hosted and cooked for many memorable holiday gatherings. She was very active with the Art Appreciation Club at the AACounty Senior's Center in Arnold.
Before relocating to Centreville in Queen Anne's County in 2004, Jeanne developed an interest in quilting, received generous mentorship, and went on to produce many award-winning quilts. In more recent years, she was an active leader among quilting groups in both Anne Arundel and Talbot counties and taught many friends and neighbors in Symphony Village the skills that produced so much joy and happiness for her. She truly enjoyed her family, friends, and neighbors during these more recent years, and was thrilled to celebrate 50 years of marriage this past January. Her motto was "life is an adventure or nothing."
Jeanne is survived by her husband, Edgar Novack of Centreville; a sister, Linda Kitts Bennett and her husband Richard Bennett of Palm Desert, Calif; and daughters Michele Novack of Bowie, MD., Teresa Ashburn and her husband David Ashburn of Lothian, Md.; Jeanmarie Richardson and her partner Steven Katz of Queenstown, Md.; son-in-law Michael Fowler of Pasadena, Md.; and grandchildren Rachel Fowler, Zach Ashburn, Zoe Asburn. She was preceded in death by daughter Monica Fowler, and parents, Vernon and Virginia Ann Kitts, who relocated to Maryland during WWII.
A visitation was held on Wednesday, June 30, at Fellows, Helfenbein & Newman Funeral Home in Centreville. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, July 1, at 11 a.m. at Our Mother of Sorrows Parish, 303 Chesterfield Ave, Centreville. A luncheon reception will follow the service at the church hall. Donations in memory of Jeanne may be made to St. Martin's Ministries.
(Obituary from "Record Observer," Centreville, MD, July 1, 2010.)
CENTREVILLE - Verna Jeanne Kits Novack died Friday, June 25, 2010, at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. She was 70.
Although born in a southern W.Va. coal town, Jeanne lived her entire life in Maryland. As a teenager, she was inspired by female community leaders and attended Baltimore's Eastern High School and then went on to the University of Maryland for a degree in education before marrying her husband in 1960 and raising a family of four daughters in Anne Arundel County. She always sought to ensure all of her children and grandchildren had good educations.
Jeanne taught at schools in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and later Anne Arundel County. She also sold real estate in Anne Arundel County for many years until she retired in 1995 to her home in Severna Park.
Jeanne loved to travel here in the U.S. and to Mexico and Europe, but the summers spent at Ocean City with family and friends were best. She hosted and cooked for many memorable holiday gatherings. She was very active with the Art Appreciation Club at the AACounty Senior's Center in Arnold.
Before relocating to Centreville in Queen Anne's County in 2004, Jeanne developed an interest in quilting, received generous mentorship, and went on to produce many award-winning quilts. In more recent years, she was an active leader among quilting groups in both Anne Arundel and Talbot counties and taught many friends and neighbors in Symphony Village the skills that produced so much joy and happiness for her. She truly enjoyed her family, friends, and neighbors during these more recent years, and was thrilled to celebrate 50 years of marriage this past January. Her motto was "life is an adventure or nothing."
Jeanne is survived by her husband, Edgar Novack of Centreville; a sister, Linda Kitts Bennett and her husband Richard Bennett of Palm Desert, Calif; and daughters Michele Novack of Bowie, MD., Teresa Ashburn and her husband David Ashburn of Lothian, Md.; Jeanmarie Richardson and her partner Steven Katz of Queenstown, Md.; son-in-law Michael Fowler of Pasadena, Md.; and grandchildren Rachel Fowler, Zach Ashburn, Zoe Asburn. She was preceded in death by daughter Monica Fowler, and parents, Vernon and Virginia Ann Kitts, who relocated to Maryland during WWII.
A visitation was held on Wednesday, June 30, at Fellows, Helfenbein & Newman Funeral Home in Centreville. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, July 1, at 11 a.m. at Our Mother of Sorrows Parish, 303 Chesterfield Ave, Centreville. A luncheon reception will follow the service at the church hall. Donations in memory of Jeanne may be made to St. Martin's Ministries.
(Obituary from "Record Observer," Centreville, MD, July 1, 2010.)
Although born in a southern W.Va. coal town, Jeanne lived her entire life in Maryland. As a teenager, she was inspired by female community leaders and attended Baltimore's Eastern High School and then went on to the University of Maryland for a degree in education before marrying her husband in 1960 and raising a family of four daughters in Anne Arundel County. She always sought to ensure all of her children and grandchildren had good educations.
Jeanne taught at schools in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and later Anne Arundel County. She also sold real estate in Anne Arundel County for many years until she retired in 1995 to her home in Severna Park.
Jeanne loved to travel here in the U.S. and to Mexico and Europe, but the summers spent at Ocean City with family and friends were best. She hosted and cooked for many memorable holiday gatherings. She was very active with the Art Appreciation Club at the AACounty Senior's Center in Arnold.
Before relocating to Centreville in Queen Anne's County in 2004, Jeanne developed an interest in quilting, received generous mentorship, and went on to produce many award-winning quilts. In more recent years, she was an active leader among quilting groups in both Anne Arundel and Talbot counties and taught many friends and neighbors in Symphony Village the skills that produced so much joy and happiness for her. She truly enjoyed her family, friends, and neighbors during these more recent years, and was thrilled to celebrate 50 years of marriage this past January. Her motto was "life is an adventure or nothing."
Jeanne is survived by her husband, Edgar Novack of Centreville; a sister, Linda Kitts Bennett and her husband Richard Bennett of Palm Desert, Calif; and daughters Michele Novack of Bowie, MD., Teresa Ashburn and her husband David Ashburn of Lothian, Md.; Jeanmarie Richardson and her partner Steven Katz of Queenstown, Md.; son-in-law Michael Fowler of Pasadena, Md.; and grandchildren Rachel Fowler, Zach Ashburn, Zoe Asburn. She was preceded in death by daughter Monica Fowler, and parents, Vernon and Virginia Ann Kitts, who relocated to Maryland during WWII.
A visitation was held on Wednesday, June 30, at Fellows, Helfenbein & Newman Funeral Home in Centreville. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, July 1, at 11 a.m. at Our Mother of Sorrows Parish, 303 Chesterfield Ave, Centreville. A luncheon reception will follow the service at the church hall. Donations in memory of Jeanne may be made to St. Martin's Ministries.
(Obituary from "Record Observer," Centreville, MD, July 1, 2010.)
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