WAIN JEANE CRAWFORD THOMAS Age 90, Jeane passed away April 17, 2015, in Encino, CA. Born in New Brighton May 20, 1924, she was New Brighton HS valedictorian in 1942. At Oberlin College, she completed her AB (Phi Beta Kappa) in three years, and then began teaching at New Brighton HS in 1945. She also began working on her MA at Univ. of Pittsburgh. While taking classes in Los Angeles, she met Christopher Wain. They married in New Brighton on June 26, 1948. Jeane was proud of her ancestry, including the Thomases who fought in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and her Scots-Irish ancestors (Crawfords and Campbells) who came to Pittsburgh in the 1840s, and her German heritage (Beitsch, Hartman, Eckstein). A longtime member of Episcopal Church, she sang in choirs, and served as lay reader and as one of the first female Eucharistic ministers. A gifted teacher, Jeane taught English for more than 20 years at Fairleigh Dickinson University in NJ. She brought the great authors alive, and was once named teacher of the year. In 1983, she and Chris retired to California. They traveled extensively and enjoyed their grandchildren. She also added to her father's and brother's genealogical research and proudly became a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge. Surviving Jeane are her children, Chris, Jr. (Katrina) of Beaverton, OR; Margot Wain Moss (Robert) of Sherman Oaks, CA; four grandchildren, Stephen (Erin), Gregory, Meghan, and Emily Moss; and a grandniece, Olivia Thomas Sullivan. Predeceasing her were husband, Chris; parents, Joseph Warren Thomas II and Frances Jeane Crawford Thomas; brother, Joseph W. Thomas III; and niece, Deborah Brooks Thomas. A Memorial will be held in New Brighton in spring 2016. Send condolences post-gazette.com/gb