Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pa., Thursday, November 8, 2001
On Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001 Jane Cameron Slaymaker Zimmerman formerly of Fox Chapel Manor Pgh, died at Longwood-at- Oakmont's Health Center, in her 89th years. The cause was cancer. She was interred in Lancaster, PA at a graveside service.
Mrs. Zimmerman was born at White Chimneys, Gap-in-the-Hills, Lancaster, PA where her family had lived since 1720. She moved to Pittsburgh in 1943 with her husband, John G. Zimmerman, also of Lancaster, PA, who predeceased her in 1981. While Mr. Zimmerman worked as Manager of the Applied Research Division of the United States Steel Laboratory, Mrs. Zimmerman volunteered extensively for St. Margaret's Memorial Hospital, on both the Dispensary and the Women's Auxiliary Boards. A capable businesswoman, she ran the Lawrenceville facility's Hospital Gift Shop for many years, building a large and loyal clientele and providing support for the hospital's bed fund, and other programs.
Mrs. Zimmerman was also very active in the Junior League of Pittsburgh and worked in and managed that organization's Thrift shop for many years. At her time of death she was the Leagues oldest Sustaining Member.
Gardens were on of Mrs. Zimmerman's lifelong interest, and she has been an active member of the Fox Chapel Garden Club since 1946. Over her lifetime, she built up a broad and deep knowledge of flowers and gardening, threes, grounds and landscaping. She continued to learn and to share her knowledge enthusiastically throughout her life. Her plants and seedlings were an important park of the Fox Chapel Garden Club's May Market booth.
Mrs. Zimmerman was a member of the National Society of the Colonial names of America in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a genealogical society devoted to historic preservation and patriotic education. She was a member of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church under the leadership of Howard C. Scarfe, and was instrumental in the founding of Fox Chapel Episcopal Church.
She was a member of the Hamilton Club of Lancaster and of the Fox Chapel golf Club.
Mrs. Zimmerman is survived by two sons, John G. Jr. of Sewickley, PA and William F. of Amherst, MA; one daughter, Mrs. D. Grahame Smyth, of Pittsburgh; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
A service of celebration of her life will be held at Calvery Episcopal Church at Shady Ave and Walnut St. in Pittsburgh on Wednesday Nov. 14. 2001 at 12:30 p.m.. Those whose lives were toughed by hers are warmly invited. In place of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Lancaster Farmland Trust, 128 East Marion St., Lancaster, PA 17603 or to the Horticultural Society of W. PA (the organization that is building the Botanic Gardens), PO Box 5126, Pittsburgh, 15206. A light lunch will follow. Local arrangements were under the direction of the Frank R. Zimmerman F. H. Inc., 627 Smithfield St., Mt. Pleasant.
On Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001 Jane Cameron Slaymaker Zimmerman formerly of Fox Chapel Manor Pgh, died at Longwood-at- Oakmont's Health Center, in her 89th years. The cause was cancer. She was interred in Lancaster, PA at a graveside service.
Mrs. Zimmerman was born at White Chimneys, Gap-in-the-Hills, Lancaster, PA where her family had lived since 1720. She moved to Pittsburgh in 1943 with her husband, John G. Zimmerman, also of Lancaster, PA, who predeceased her in 1981. While Mr. Zimmerman worked as Manager of the Applied Research Division of the United States Steel Laboratory, Mrs. Zimmerman volunteered extensively for St. Margaret's Memorial Hospital, on both the Dispensary and the Women's Auxiliary Boards. A capable businesswoman, she ran the Lawrenceville facility's Hospital Gift Shop for many years, building a large and loyal clientele and providing support for the hospital's bed fund, and other programs.
Mrs. Zimmerman was also very active in the Junior League of Pittsburgh and worked in and managed that organization's Thrift shop for many years. At her time of death she was the Leagues oldest Sustaining Member.
Gardens were on of Mrs. Zimmerman's lifelong interest, and she has been an active member of the Fox Chapel Garden Club since 1946. Over her lifetime, she built up a broad and deep knowledge of flowers and gardening, threes, grounds and landscaping. She continued to learn and to share her knowledge enthusiastically throughout her life. Her plants and seedlings were an important park of the Fox Chapel Garden Club's May Market booth.
Mrs. Zimmerman was a member of the National Society of the Colonial names of America in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a genealogical society devoted to historic preservation and patriotic education. She was a member of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church under the leadership of Howard C. Scarfe, and was instrumental in the founding of Fox Chapel Episcopal Church.
She was a member of the Hamilton Club of Lancaster and of the Fox Chapel golf Club.
Mrs. Zimmerman is survived by two sons, John G. Jr. of Sewickley, PA and William F. of Amherst, MA; one daughter, Mrs. D. Grahame Smyth, of Pittsburgh; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
A service of celebration of her life will be held at Calvery Episcopal Church at Shady Ave and Walnut St. in Pittsburgh on Wednesday Nov. 14. 2001 at 12:30 p.m.. Those whose lives were toughed by hers are warmly invited. In place of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Lancaster Farmland Trust, 128 East Marion St., Lancaster, PA 17603 or to the Horticultural Society of W. PA (the organization that is building the Botanic Gardens), PO Box 5126, Pittsburgh, 15206. A light lunch will follow. Local arrangements were under the direction of the Frank R. Zimmerman F. H. Inc., 627 Smithfield St., Mt. Pleasant.
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Pittsburgh, Pa., Thursday, November 8, 2001
On Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001 Jane Cameron Slaymaker Zimmerman formerly of Fox Chapel Manor Pgh, died at Longwood-at- Oakmont's Health Center, in her 89th years. The cause was cancer. She was interred in Lancaster, PA at a graveside service.
Mrs. Zimmerman was born at White Chimneys, Gap-in-the-Hills, Lancaster, PA where her family had lived since 1720. She moved to Pittsburgh in 1943 with her husband, John G. Zimmerman, also of Lancaster, PA, who predeceased her in 1981. While Mr. Zimmerman worked as Manager of the Applied Research Division of the United States Steel Laboratory, Mrs. Zimmerman volunteered extensively for St. Margaret's Memorial Hospital, on both the Dispensary and the Women's Auxiliary Boards. A capable businesswoman, she ran the Lawrenceville facility's Hospital Gift Shop for many years, building a large and loyal clientele and providing support for the hospital's bed fund, and other programs.
Mrs. Zimmerman was also very active in the Junior League of Pittsburgh and worked in and managed that organization's Thrift shop for many years. At her time of death she was the Leagues oldest Sustaining Member.
Gardens were on of Mrs. Zimmerman's lifelong interest, and she has been an active member of the Fox Chapel Garden Club since 1946. Over her lifetime, she built up a broad and deep knowledge of flowers and gardening, threes, grounds and landscaping. She continued to learn and to share her knowledge enthusiastically throughout her life. Her plants and seedlings were an important park of the Fox Chapel Garden Club's May Market booth.
Mrs. Zimmerman was a member of the National Society of the Colonial names of America in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a genealogical society devoted to historic preservation and patriotic education. She was a member of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church under the leadership of Howard C. Scarfe, and was instrumental in the founding of Fox Chapel Episcopal Church.
She was a member of the Hamilton Club of Lancaster and of the Fox Chapel golf Club.
Mrs. Zimmerman is survived by two sons, John G. Jr. of Sewickley, PA and William F. of Amherst, MA; one daughter, Mrs. D. Grahame Smyth, of Pittsburgh; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
A service of celebration of her life will be held at Calvery Episcopal Church at Shady Ave and Walnut St. in Pittsburgh on Wednesday Nov. 14. 2001 at 12:30 p.m.. Those whose lives were toughed by hers are warmly invited. In place of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Lancaster Farmland Trust, 128 East Marion St., Lancaster, PA 17603 or to the Horticultural Society of W. PA (the organization that is building the Botanic Gardens), PO Box 5126, Pittsburgh, 15206. A light lunch will follow. Local arrangements were under the direction of the Frank R. Zimmerman F. H. Inc., 627 Smithfield St., Mt. Pleasant.
On Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001 Jane Cameron Slaymaker Zimmerman formerly of Fox Chapel Manor Pgh, died at Longwood-at- Oakmont's Health Center, in her 89th years. The cause was cancer. She was interred in Lancaster, PA at a graveside service.
Mrs. Zimmerman was born at White Chimneys, Gap-in-the-Hills, Lancaster, PA where her family had lived since 1720. She moved to Pittsburgh in 1943 with her husband, John G. Zimmerman, also of Lancaster, PA, who predeceased her in 1981. While Mr. Zimmerman worked as Manager of the Applied Research Division of the United States Steel Laboratory, Mrs. Zimmerman volunteered extensively for St. Margaret's Memorial Hospital, on both the Dispensary and the Women's Auxiliary Boards. A capable businesswoman, she ran the Lawrenceville facility's Hospital Gift Shop for many years, building a large and loyal clientele and providing support for the hospital's bed fund, and other programs.
Mrs. Zimmerman was also very active in the Junior League of Pittsburgh and worked in and managed that organization's Thrift shop for many years. At her time of death she was the Leagues oldest Sustaining Member.
Gardens were on of Mrs. Zimmerman's lifelong interest, and she has been an active member of the Fox Chapel Garden Club since 1946. Over her lifetime, she built up a broad and deep knowledge of flowers and gardening, threes, grounds and landscaping. She continued to learn and to share her knowledge enthusiastically throughout her life. Her plants and seedlings were an important park of the Fox Chapel Garden Club's May Market booth.
Mrs. Zimmerman was a member of the National Society of the Colonial names of America in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a genealogical society devoted to historic preservation and patriotic education. She was a member of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church under the leadership of Howard C. Scarfe, and was instrumental in the founding of Fox Chapel Episcopal Church.
She was a member of the Hamilton Club of Lancaster and of the Fox Chapel golf Club.
Mrs. Zimmerman is survived by two sons, John G. Jr. of Sewickley, PA and William F. of Amherst, MA; one daughter, Mrs. D. Grahame Smyth, of Pittsburgh; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
A service of celebration of her life will be held at Calvery Episcopal Church at Shady Ave and Walnut St. in Pittsburgh on Wednesday Nov. 14. 2001 at 12:30 p.m.. Those whose lives were toughed by hers are warmly invited. In place of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Lancaster Farmland Trust, 128 East Marion St., Lancaster, PA 17603 or to the Horticultural Society of W. PA (the organization that is building the Botanic Gardens), PO Box 5126, Pittsburgh, 15206. A light lunch will follow. Local arrangements were under the direction of the Frank R. Zimmerman F. H. Inc., 627 Smithfield St., Mt. Pleasant.
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