Jane Parker Huber, 82, of Hanover, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at her home.
She was born Oct. 24, 1926, in Tsinan, China, the daughter of Albert G. Jr. and Katharine McAfee Parker, who were Presbyterian missionaries stationed there at the time. In 1928 the family returned to the United States and in 1929 they moved to Hanover, where her father became the president of Hanover College. She attended Hanover schools for 10 years before graduating in 1944 from Northfield School for Girls in Massachusetts. She attended Wellesley College for three years before graduating from Hanover College in 1948. In 1948, she and her husband moved to Chicago, where he attended McCormick Presbyterian Theological Seminary and served at the Presbyterian Church in Kansas, Ill. They then lived in Noblesville, serving the Noblesville Presbyterian Church for three years, then moved to Indianapolis, where her husband was the organizing pastor of Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church in 1955. The couple retired in 1988, and returned to Hanover and built their first house. She served on several committees and councils of the Presbyterian Church. She was vice president of the United Presbyterian Women from 1973 to 1976, serving on the national executive committee; served on the Council on Women and the Church and was chairwoman for three years; was on the General Assembly Mission Council, the Advisory Council on Discipleship and Worship, and the Joint Committee on Women leading up to Presbyterian reunion in 1983. After reunion, she served on the General Assembly Council for six years and on the Committee for a New Hymnbook. She received several honors from the Presbyterian church and was named a Valiant Woman by Church Women United in their jubilee year. Beginning in 1976, she wrote new hymns set to familiar tunes. Two books of her hymns were published by Westminster/John Knox Press in 1987 and 1996, together containing 125 hymns. Eleven hymns were published in The Presbyterian Hymnal published in 1990. She also wrote studies for These Days and for Horizons magazine
She was preceded in death by her parents and one grandson.
A memorial service was held later. Cremation was chosen
Madison Courier 11/17/08
โผA memorial service for Jane Parker Huber, 82, of Hanover, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hanover Presbyterian Church. She died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at her residence.
MadisoN courier 12/11/08
She was born Oct. 24, 1926, in Tsinan, China, the daughter of Albert G. Jr. and Katharine McAfee Parker, who were Presbyterian missionaries stationed there at the time. In 1928 the family returned to the United States and in 1929 they moved to Hanover, where her father became the president of Hanover College. She attended Hanover schools for 10 years before graduating in 1944 from Northfield School for Girls in Massachusetts. She attended Wellesley College for three years before graduating from Hanover College in 1948. In 1948, she and her husband moved to Chicago, where he attended McCormick Presbyterian Theological Seminary and served at the Presbyterian Church in Kansas, Ill. They then lived in Noblesville, serving the Noblesville Presbyterian Church for three years, then moved to Indianapolis, where her husband was the organizing pastor of Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church in 1955. The couple retired in 1988, and returned to Hanover and built their first house. She served on several committees and councils of the Presbyterian Church. She was vice president of the United Presbyterian Women from 1973 to 1976, serving on the national executive committee; served on the Council on Women and the Church and was chairwoman for three years; was on the General Assembly Mission Council, the Advisory Council on Discipleship and Worship, and the Joint Committee on Women leading up to Presbyterian reunion in 1983. After reunion, she served on the General Assembly Council for six years and on the Committee for a New Hymnbook. She received several honors from the Presbyterian church and was named a Valiant Woman by Church Women United in their jubilee year. Beginning in 1976, she wrote new hymns set to familiar tunes. Two books of her hymns were published by Westminster/John Knox Press in 1987 and 1996, together containing 125 hymns. Eleven hymns were published in The Presbyterian Hymnal published in 1990. She also wrote studies for These Days and for Horizons magazine
She was preceded in death by her parents and one grandson.
A memorial service was held later. Cremation was chosen
Madison Courier 11/17/08
โผA memorial service for Jane Parker Huber, 82, of Hanover, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hanover Presbyterian Church. She died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at her residence.
MadisoN courier 12/11/08
Jane Parker Huber, 82, of Hanover, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at her home.
She was born Oct. 24, 1926, in Tsinan, China, the daughter of Albert G. Jr. and Katharine McAfee Parker, who were Presbyterian missionaries stationed there at the time. In 1928 the family returned to the United States and in 1929 they moved to Hanover, where her father became the president of Hanover College. She attended Hanover schools for 10 years before graduating in 1944 from Northfield School for Girls in Massachusetts. She attended Wellesley College for three years before graduating from Hanover College in 1948. In 1948, she and her husband moved to Chicago, where he attended McCormick Presbyterian Theological Seminary and served at the Presbyterian Church in Kansas, Ill. They then lived in Noblesville, serving the Noblesville Presbyterian Church for three years, then moved to Indianapolis, where her husband was the organizing pastor of Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church in 1955. The couple retired in 1988, and returned to Hanover and built their first house. She served on several committees and councils of the Presbyterian Church. She was vice president of the United Presbyterian Women from 1973 to 1976, serving on the national executive committee; served on the Council on Women and the Church and was chairwoman for three years; was on the General Assembly Mission Council, the Advisory Council on Discipleship and Worship, and the Joint Committee on Women leading up to Presbyterian reunion in 1983. After reunion, she served on the General Assembly Council for six years and on the Committee for a New Hymnbook. She received several honors from the Presbyterian church and was named a Valiant Woman by Church Women United in their jubilee year. Beginning in 1976, she wrote new hymns set to familiar tunes. Two books of her hymns were published by Westminster/John Knox Press in 1987 and 1996, together containing 125 hymns. Eleven hymns were published in The Presbyterian Hymnal published in 1990. She also wrote studies for These Days and for Horizons magazine
She was preceded in death by her parents and one grandson.
A memorial service was held later. Cremation was chosen
Madison Courier 11/17/08
โผA memorial service for Jane Parker Huber, 82, of Hanover, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hanover Presbyterian Church. She died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at her residence.
MadisoN courier 12/11/08
She was born Oct. 24, 1926, in Tsinan, China, the daughter of Albert G. Jr. and Katharine McAfee Parker, who were Presbyterian missionaries stationed there at the time. In 1928 the family returned to the United States and in 1929 they moved to Hanover, where her father became the president of Hanover College. She attended Hanover schools for 10 years before graduating in 1944 from Northfield School for Girls in Massachusetts. She attended Wellesley College for three years before graduating from Hanover College in 1948. In 1948, she and her husband moved to Chicago, where he attended McCormick Presbyterian Theological Seminary and served at the Presbyterian Church in Kansas, Ill. They then lived in Noblesville, serving the Noblesville Presbyterian Church for three years, then moved to Indianapolis, where her husband was the organizing pastor of Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church in 1955. The couple retired in 1988, and returned to Hanover and built their first house. She served on several committees and councils of the Presbyterian Church. She was vice president of the United Presbyterian Women from 1973 to 1976, serving on the national executive committee; served on the Council on Women and the Church and was chairwoman for three years; was on the General Assembly Mission Council, the Advisory Council on Discipleship and Worship, and the Joint Committee on Women leading up to Presbyterian reunion in 1983. After reunion, she served on the General Assembly Council for six years and on the Committee for a New Hymnbook. She received several honors from the Presbyterian church and was named a Valiant Woman by Church Women United in their jubilee year. Beginning in 1976, she wrote new hymns set to familiar tunes. Two books of her hymns were published by Westminster/John Knox Press in 1987 and 1996, together containing 125 hymns. Eleven hymns were published in The Presbyterian Hymnal published in 1990. She also wrote studies for These Days and for Horizons magazine
She was preceded in death by her parents and one grandson.
A memorial service was held later. Cremation was chosen
Madison Courier 11/17/08
โผA memorial service for Jane Parker Huber, 82, of Hanover, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hanover Presbyterian Church. She died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at her residence.
MadisoN courier 12/11/08
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