Sarah Jane Ball

BALL, Sarah Jane “Janey”, 70, of Clearwater, FL, died, October 1, 2011. Janey was born in Charleston,West VA. Janey was valedictorian of South Charleston High; received her BS from Florida State (where she met Donald) and her master’s degree in education from USF. She was a teacher for Pinellas County Schools for 43 years; president of Pinellas Education Employees Retired; active in Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association; Delta Kappa Gamma and Phi Delta Kappa. She was also active in Alpha Xi Delta Sorority; Daughters of the American Revolution and the Largo Historical Society. Janey loved children and history. She taught many years at Blanton Elementary and moved when Sawgrass Elementary School opened. She taught 5th grade Science, Social Studies and Math for the majority of her career. She sewed and fixed many costumes for school productions. She also enjoyed scrapbooking. In her retirement, Janey enjoyed turtle watching for the Clearwater Marine Aquarium and taking care of little ones at Kimberly Home in Clearwater.Jane is survived by her husband of 49 years, Donald; daughter, Laurie Cottrell; sons, Dan Ball and Chris Ball and granddaughters, Raven, Summer, Catherine, Emily and River. In lieu of flowers, her family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to Kimberly Home Pregnancy Resource Center, 1189 NE Cleveland St. ,Clearwater, FL 33755 r or to Pinellas Education Employees retired, Scholarship Fund, 650 Seminole Blvd., Largo, FL 33770. Please visit www.mossfeasterlargo.com for complete details.