Jean Fidler Jordan

JEAN FIDLER JORDAN DIED WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2011 AT HOME IN SALISBURY FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS. THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE H. MAXWELL AND ALICE WOOMER FIDLER, JEAN WAS BORN IN LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA ON JANUARY 2 , 1940. SHE WAS EDUCATED IN THE LEBANON COUNT Y SCHOOLS AND CAME TO SALISBURY IN 1957 TO ATTEND ROWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF NURSING WHERE SHE GRADUATED IN SEPTEMBER 1960. FOLLOWING GRADUATION SHE WORKED AS A REGISTERED NURSE AT ROWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND THE SALISBURY VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL. IN NOVEMBER 1960 JEAN MARRIED DAVID B. JORDAN WHO SURVIVES. ADDITIONAL SURVIVORS INCLUDE TWO SONS, DAVID BRYAN JORDAN AND WIFE KIM OF MEMPHIS, TN. AND JEFFREY FIDLER JORDAN AND WIFE WENDY OF THE WOODLANDS, TX. AND A DAUGHTER, LYN JORDAN BEAVER AND HUSBAND JEFF OF SALISBURY. BROTHERS ROBERT M. FIDLER, SR. OF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA AND WILLIAM A. FIDLER OF HENDERSON, KY. AND JEAN’S EIGHT SPECIAL GRANDCHILDREN ALSO SURVIVE. ACTIVE IN THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WHERE SHE SERVED AN ELDER, SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND SUPERINTENDENT, PRESIDENT OF THE WOMEN OF THE CHURCH, YOUTH ADVISOR AND WAS ON THE FIRST TEENS WITH A MISSION (TWAM) TRIP TO MEXICO. SHE RECEIVED THE LIFE MEMBERSHIP AWARD FROM THE WOMEN OF THE CHURCH AND WAS A TRUSTEE OF THE MAXWELL CHAMBERS TRUST. JEANNIE ENJOYED MOST HER WORK IN HELPING START THE “FIRST PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY SOUP KITHCEN” WHICH OPERATED IN THE CHURCH BASMENT FROM NOVEMBER 1982 UNTIL 1989 WHEN IT BECAME PART OF ROWAN HELPING MINISTRIES. OPERATING UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF GINNY WILLIAMSON, COLIN GRUBB, JANE LUHRS AND JEANNIE, THE SOUP KITCHEN SERVED A MEAL AT LUNCH FIVE DAYS A WEEK TO ANYONE WHO CAME. JEAN’S COMMUNITY SERVICE INCLUDED BEING PRESIDENT OF RRMC AUXILIARY, WORKER IN THE HOSPITAL GIFT SHOP, SYMPHONY GUILD PRESIDENT, RED CROSS BOARD MEMBER, AND ACTIVE IN THE SALISURY AND BLOWING ROCK COUNTRY CLUBS. A MEMORIAL WORSHIP SERVICES FOR JEAN F. JORDAN WILL BE HELD FRIDAY (MAY 20) AT 11:00 AM AT THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SALISBURY WITH PASTORS DR. JIM C. DUNKIN AND DR RANDY KIRBY OFFICIATING. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS IN FIRST PRESBYTERIAN’S LEWIS HALL FOLLOWING THE SERVICE. SUMMERSETT FUNERAL HOME IS ASSISTING THE JORDAN FAMILY. ONLINE CONDOLENCES MAY BE MADE WWW.SUMMERSETTFUNERALHOME.COM. THEY JORDAN FAMILY EXPRESSES THEIR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO ROWAN REGIONAL HOSPICE, THE HOSPICE NURSES, AND TAMMY N., TAMMY S., TINA, BRITTNEY, CHERYL, AND PATTIE FOR THEIR LOVING CARE OF JEANNIE DURING HER ILLNESS. MEMORIALS: IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO ROWAN REGIONAL HOSPICE 720 GROVE STREET, SALISBURY, N. C. OR TO THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 308 WEST FISHER STREET, SALISBURY,N. C..

Jean Fidler Jordan

January 2, 1940 - May 18, 2011