Mrs Jane Mitchell

July 29, 1923 - April 15, 2012

Jane Mitchell (88) died at home on April 15, 2012. Jane was born July 29, 1923 in Detroit the only child of Albert and Lucile White. She lived most of her childhood years in Birmingham, Michigan. Jane met Warren G. Mitchell while they were both students at Albion College and they were married on January 12, 1946. In March of 1946, after her husband’s discharge from the U.S. Navy at the end of World War II, the couple moved to St. Clair and opened a Hudson Motor Car dealership at the corner of Clinton and Riverside. Jane was a stay at home mother and was active in several community organizations. A favorite hobby was gardening and she was a founding member of the St. Clair Garden Club. She was active in Girl Scouting and a member of the First United Methodist Church. Jane is preceded in death by her husband, Warren. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Peg and Mike Turner of Albion, Michigan; son and daughter-in-law Dick and Kate Mitchell of Ann Arbor, Michigan; grandchildren Amy (Nick) Thole of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Tracy (Bob) Wolford of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ben Mitchell of Washington D.C., Lizzie Mitchell of Houston, Texas, Emma Mitchell of Ann Arbor, and William Mitchell of Ann Arbor; and five great-grandchildren Alex Thole, Lauren Jane Thole, Drew Wolford, Michael Wolford and Pete Mitchell Wolford. In state Saturday at the First United Methodist Church, St. Clair from 1PM till service at 2 PM, the Rev. Dr. Margie Crawford officiating. Burial in Hillside Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church or Blue Water Hospice. Arrangements by L.C.Friederichs & Son Funeral Home, wwwlcfandson.com