Jeanne Kaye Porush
1942 - 2022
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of an amazing mother, wife, dental hygienist, educator and all around fun and loving person. After a 10-year battle with Alzheimer’s, Jeanne Kaye Porush died peacefully in her sleep on 9/15/22 at Regency Park, Oak Knoll Senior Center in Pasadena, CA. She was 80 years old. She is survived by her husband, two children and her sister. The internment was at Mount Sinai Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.
Jeanne was born 7/19/1942 to Jack and Sylvia Kaye and grew up with her younger sister, Barbara Kaye Dichter, in La Crescenta, CA. After graduating from Glendale High School, Jeanne went on to do two years of lower division studies at the University of California Berkeley and then finished her Backelor’s degree at the University of Southern California’s school of Dental Hygiene in June of 1964. In October of that same year, Jeanne married Allan Porush and in 1967 she had her first child, David Porush. Two years after that, she had a daughter, Suzanne Porush.
Jeanne successfully practiced Dental Hygiene for over 20 years. She was the President of the San Gabriel Valley Dental Hygiene Society and Vice President of the State Dental Hygiene Society and very active in both groups.
After over twenty years working in Dental Hygiene, Jeanne retired from the profession due to nerve damage in her elbow and went back to school at Cal State Los Angeles to earn an MFA in Art as well as earning a teaching credential. She then started her second career as an educator. Jeanne taught Dental Hygiene at Pasadena City College and after several years became the Director of PCC’s Dental Hygiene Program. After over twenty years of being an educator, Jeanne retired from teaching in 2010.
After retiring, Jeanne returned to her passion in Art and was an active artist in the community making ceramics and painting in her shared studio. She also traveled the world with her husband Allan.
Jeanne will be very much missed by her family and her many friends.