Janellyn “Jane” Pickering Kleiner, passed away peacefully February 1, 2023 at St. Joseph Hospice at Carpenter House, Baton Rouge. She was born December 9, 1936 in Harrisburg, Illinois, the daughter of Herschel and Hester Pickering.
Jane graduated from the Louisiana State University School of Journalism in 1957, and then joined the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate and State-Times (now The Advocate) assigned as a reporter. Journalism gave way to a long career in library science at the LSU Middleton Library, where she retired in 2006 as an Associate Dean.
Jane was a member of the American Library Association, the Louisiana Library Association and the Delta Gamma Sorority, LSU Chapter.
In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her husband Arthur Kleiner. Survivors include her son, Mark Kleiner, and his wife, Jan; stepson, Richard, and his wife, Denise; stepson Arthur Kleiner Jr., and his wife Susan: and multiple grandchildren.