Wannette “Jean” Cottrill, age 101, of Jackson, and a former resident of Kentucky, passed away Thursday, July 31, 2014, at the Jenkins Care Community in Wellston, Ohio.
She was born January 18, 1913 in Phelps, Kentucky to the late General Grant and Abanata Morrison Bentley. Jean was a former employee of Federal Glass and Omar Bakery, both in Columbus. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Jackson.
Jean is survived by great-nephews, David Wittkamp (Tami) and family of Jackson; Bobby Weber (Shelby) and family of Somerset, Ohio, and Don Cameron and family of Jackson; great-nieces, Tina Gossard and family of Columbus and JoAnn Cooper and family of Pataskala, as well as several great-great nieces and nephews, cousins and good friend, Nellie Kirkbride.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Theodore Cottrill; siblings, Beatrice, Gladys, Ruth, Freda, Lewis, Harold, Berbidge, Paul and Cecil; nieces, Ruby Wittkamp and Sammie Cameron, and great-nephew, Bob Wittkamp. As Jean so affectionately put it, she was the last of the Mohicans. Jean’s body was cremated and services and burial will be held at a later date at the Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus.
In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate memorial contributions be given in her memory to the Jenkins Care Community, 142 Jenkins Memorial Road, Wellston, Ohio 45692.
Services are under the direction of the McWilliams Funeral Home in Wellston. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.mcwilliams-funeralhome.com