Wilma Jean Mae Panthana
SARASOTA - Thank you for blessing all your Families with a lifetime of laughs and beautiful memories. For those who knew Jean, I hope you remember her whenever you see a golf course, raise a glass & cheer to those you are with, or you speak you opinion proudly! Whenever you shout OH… if you hear Olay that’s her! If you watch Fox News or put your toes in the sand, hear a sarcastic joke, have some love to give to others or that special feeling of belonging to Jesus , Through us remember our Jean because through us, she will always live! Jean, was born in 1927, Columbus Ohio, and drank enough Budweiser to prove it! She retired as owner of Jeanie’s Playschool in Whitehall Ohio that she operated for 40 years! She taught her young students tough love with many fondly remembering her today!
Jean & her husband Jim Panthana bought property in Sarasota, FL where they made this their permanent home! Jean died in the early morning of January 23rd, 2024, with her second Florida family the Goeller’s along with her favorite grand dog Piper caring for her, by her side!
She is preceded in death by her beloved sons Larry Fairall, Randy Fairall and their Father Lawrence Fairall and her husband Jim Panthana. They’re now reunited and will have heavenly golf matches. She leaves behind her younger sister Jody Gaiser, her 3 grandchildren Kelly (Wayne) Davis, Adam (Rachel) Fairall, and Megan Bailey with many great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends especially Patricia Goeller & all the Goeller crew, along with the Georges, & Archer’s who gathered throughout the years! She attended St Paul’s Lutheran Church until she gave up driving, then attended Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Church in Sarasota.
She will be missed immensely and remembered lovingly by all who knew her. She is a one-of-a-kind guardian angel now to everyone!
A Celebration of Her Life in Columbus Ohio at a later time where she will be buried along side of her Ohio Family! Special thanks to the staff at Life Care Center in Sarasota! In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Pancreatic Cancer Action Network at pancan.org/donate, or Saint Jude Research Hospital, https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/tr/memorialsmemorialspx=8280946&pg=personal&fr_id=154020©_link_share