Jane Laura Huhn

Jane Laura Huhn - May 10, 1933-July 19, 2024 Jane Huhn, age 91, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on July 19. Jane was born on May 10, 1933, in Grand Ledge, Michigan, to Leo and Rosella Huhn. She enjoyed growing up with her older brothers, Leon and Lyle, and helping with the family business, Huhn Chevrolet. Jane graduated from Grand Ledge High School in 1951 and entered what was then known as Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Her fondest memories of her time at Michigan State were attending football games and cheering on her beloved Spartans. Family and friends loved to hear stories of her time at Michigan State, including tales of playing with the children of President John A. Hannah on the lawn of Cowles House and being mistaken for a VIP while driving her father’s green Cadillac to a home football game and being escorted right to the front gate of Macklin Stadium, now known as Spartan Stadium! After graduating in 1955 with a degree in Education from MSU, she started her first teaching job at Greenwood Elementary School in Grand Ledge. Jane also taught at Sawdon School and then at Beagle Middle School. Jane spent 30 ½ years with the Grand Ledge Public Schools, teaching hundreds of students. Upon retiring in 1986, she moved to Largo, Florida, and began a second career as a bookkeeper for a medical office. She returned to Michigan in 2006 and resided in Lansing. Jane was a die-hard Spartan fan and bled Green and White. In 2023, on her 90th birthday, she was honored by the planting and dedication of a tulip tree in her honor on MSU’s campus, in the shadow of the Breslin Student Events and Basketball Center. She enjoyed spending time with her numerous nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews, and great-great nieces and nephews. She also enjoyed making holiday cards with her dear friends Bruce and Karla Mance and sending them to friends and family throughout the year, bringing a smile to all who received these special and unique gems. Jane was beloved and is survived by neices and nephews Nancy McNeilly, Susan Kage (Thomas), Philip Huhn (Kimberly), Diane Huhn (Carolyn Miller), Luci Huhn (Margo Runkle), Martha Quain (John), Christopher Huhn, and numerous great-neices and nephews and great-great-neices and nephews. Jane was preceded in death by her parents Leo and Rosella, brothers Leon (Marguerite), Lyle (Bettie), nephews Stephen and Thomas, Grandnephew Joseph, and several beloved aunts, uncles and cousins. She will be dearly missed by a host of family and friends. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, July 26, 2024, 11:00 am at St. Michael Catholic Church, Grand Ledge by Father James Eisele. Rite of Committal will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 4-7:00 pm at the Holihan-Atkin-Barclay Funeral Home, Grand Ledge and Friday at the church from 10-11:00 am. Memorial contributions may be given to the Grand Ledge Education Foundation, P.O. Box 121, Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837 (https://www.glef.net/checkout/donate?donatePageId=650b90958b10622fa6784031) and St. Michael Catholic, The Catholic Foundation, Diocesan Services Appeal, 345 Edwards Street, Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837 (https://www.dioceseoflansing.org/support). Share your memories and condolences online at www.holihanatkin.com

Jane Laura Huhn

May 10, 1933 - July 19, 2024