Services will be 10:30 am Friday July 9, 2010 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Anamosa. Rev. David Ambrosy will officiate at the service. Friends may call from 6 to 9 pm Thursday July 8, 2010 at the Goettsch Funeral home in Anamosa. With an 8:00pm Scripture service at the funeral home Thursday night. Internment will be at the Holy Cross cemetery in Anamosa. Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.

Surviving are her children Patricia A. Whalen, T. Kevin Whalen and William B. Whalen; 11 grandchildren; 1 great grandchild; she was preceded in death by her parents, Husband John M. Whalen in 1991, 2 sons Jon K. Whalen in 1996 and Michael D. Whalen in 1985.

Jean was born on March 24, 1921 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where she lived for 41 years. She was the daughter of Florence and Benjamin Knight. She was a 1939 graduate of Franklin High School. She attended Coe College for 2 years and received her BA from the University of Iowa in Art and Chemistry in 1943. She attended Northwestern University Medical School completing Medical Technologist training in 1944. She registered with the American Society of Clinical Pathologists as a Medical Technologist. She pledged with the Alpha Xi Delta Sorority in 1939. On March 25, 1944 Jean and John M. Whalen, of Anamosa, were united in marriage in Abilene, Texas. Jean helped organize the P.E.O. chapter LI in Cedar Rapids in 1960. She continued to be an active member of the P.E.O. belonging to the CQ Chapter in Chargrin Falls, Ohio. She moved to Dallas, Texas in 1962 when her husband was transferred with Collins Radio. The couple lived in Texas until 1972 when they moved to Solon, Ohio. Jean was interested in art, flowers and was an avid painter. She was a member of The Church of Resurrection in Solon, Ohio.