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04/16/2013 12:00 PM

Jane White Lewis, 77, Guilford


Jane White Lewis, 77, of 29 Broad St., Guilford, wife of 55 years to Richard C. Lewis, died at home on April 7. She was born Jane Dolci White in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Oct. 20, 1935, daughter of the late Theodore and Jane White. Ms. Lewis graduated magna cum laude with an AB in economics from Bryn Mawr College in 1957, followed by an MA in psychology from Connecticut College in 1975, and completed her Ph.D. in analytical psychology from the Union Institute and University in 1997. She was certified as a Jungian Analyst in 1988.

After her marriage, Ms. Lewis lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Zurich, Switzerland before settling in Guilford, where she lived for 49 years, raising a family and practicing as a psychologist. In addition to her family and practice, her passions included music and singing, friends, and an active outdoor life of gardening.

Besides her husband, she is survived by her son Mark Lewis of Ankara, Turkey, and his spouse Yasemin Lewis; two grandchildren, Tanner Lewis and Daphne Lewis; her sister and brother-in-law, Beverly and Richard Hanselman of Nashville, Tennessee; and her niece and nephew Jane and Charles Hanselman. She was predeceased by two sons, Richard and Ian Lewis.

Services will be held at the First Congregational Church in Guilford at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 13. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Richard C. Lewis Memorial Prize Fund in Clinical Law at George Washington University Law School, 2000 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20052; or in memory of Jane White Lewis to Bryn Mawr College, 101 North Merion Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA 19010. The Hawley Lincoln Memorial, 1315 Boston Post Rd., Guilford, is in charge of arrangements.