Jennette Frame Gottlieb

Jennette Frame GottliebJennette Frame Gottlieb, age 89, a long-time volunteer for humanitarian causes, died on July 4th in her LaGrange Park home. Born of American Presbyterian medical missionary parents and raised in Resht, Iran, she attended the Community School of Teheran before coming to the U.S. permanently at age 13. She entered Wheaton College at age 16, earning a bachelor’s degree in anthropology. She received a nursing degree and training at Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago and worked as an operating-room nurse. During these years she met her husband, the late Dr. Reynold Gottlieb. They lived near the medical center on the near West Side where they started to raise their children before moving to LaGrange in 1955 and, 11 years later, to Oak Brook. She and her husband enjoyed summer vacations with their children at the Congregational Summer Assembly in Frankfort, Michigan, where they had honeymooned. An avid gardener, genealogist and traveller, she made trips to India, Ethiopia, Egypt, China shortly after it opened to Westerners, and Persepolis on the occasion of that city’s 2500th anniversary. Among her many volunteer activities were those of tutor at the PACE program of the Cook County Jail; ESL tutor; lay mentor of candidates for ordination at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago; Sunday school teacher and circle leader, then program chairperson and president of the Women’s Association of the First Presbyterian Church of LaGrange; and volunteer with St. Thomas Hospice. In addition to her husband, she was pre-deceased by brothers John and Charles Frame. Survived by sister, Margaret Frame; children Elizabeth Gottlieb (Martin Nieman), John (Ruth Clements) Gottlieb, Margaret (Pierce) White, Laurie (David) Spurr; grandchildren Nathan Green, Rachel (Seth) Feinberg, Otto Gottlieb, Sarah Nieman, John Davidson Gottlieb; and many nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church of LaGrange at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, 16 July, preceded by visitation in the church parlor from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the Sudan Interior Mission or to Wheaton College Scholarships. The private interment will be in Frankfort, MI.

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