[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 152 (Friday, November 19, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S8115]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
REMEMBERING MRS. JAN CRASE
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I rise today to honor the life and
legacy of Mrs. Jan Crase, who passed away on September 28, 2010, in
Lexington, KY. As a resident of Somerset, KY, Jan was a prime example
of a woman who gave back to her community. She valued education, faith
and family, and was one of the hardest workers I have ever had the
privilege of knowing. She attended Berea College for 3 years, and then
transferred to the University of Louisville where she graduated with a
degree in home economics. Even after leaving Berea College, she stayed
connected to the college community throughout the years, serving on the
Berea College Board of Trustees and the College President's Club. Jan
was a caring friend who wanted college students to have the same
positive experience she did in higher education. She helped raise
millions of dollars for student scholarships, study-abroad programs,
and computer funding at Berea College. As a member of Somerset's First
Presbyterian Church, she saw a need to educate children not yet old
enough to attend grade school, so she helped start the first preschool
in Pulaski County in 1970. Since then, many families have benefited not
only from the preschool but also from the youth groups and 4-H programs
that Jan helped establish.
Starting youth programs and bringing the community together to raise
money for a great cause were not the only things Jan excelled in; she
was a determined entrepreneur and businesswoman. She had her hand in a
variety of different careers, as a real-estate broker, an insurance
agency owner, a home agent for Kentucky 4-H programs, as well as a
dietician at Baptist Hospital in Louisville. Jan inspired everyone she
came into contact with because of her positive outlook and
determination in everything that she did. She was truly an upstanding
woman, who spent much of her life giving her time and talents to better
her community and our Commonwealth. There is no doubt the Commonwealth
is poorer for her loss. My thoughts go out to her husband, James; her
son, Karl' her two daughters Kim and Katherine; and her four
grandchildren. The Commonwealth Journal recently published an article
about Jan and the legacy she left behind. I ask unanimous consent that
the full article be printed in the Record.
There being no objection the material was ordered to be printed in
the Record as follows:
Somerset.--Jan Crase, 72, of Somerset, Ky., passed away
Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010 in Lexington, Ky.
She was born in Summer Shade, Ky., on July 11, 1938,
daughter of the late Seymore and Ruby Smith Hunley. She was a
member of Somerset First Presbyterian Church. She attended
Berea College and graduated from University of Louisville
with a degree in Home Economics with emphasis in Dietetics.
Jan was the first female in Kentucky to pass Series I
examination for the Member of Appraisal Institute
designation. She became a licensed Real Estate Broker in
Kentucky where she did appraisals and feasibility studies in
15 Kentucky counties. She owned and operated a Somerset
insurance agency successfully for ten years.
She was a home agent with the University of Kentucky
Extension Service where she worked in Louisville and
Jefferson County with both 4-H and homemaker programs. She
developed the first 4-H clubs in inner city schools in the
nation. She was a chief therapeutic dietitian at Baptist
Hospital in Louisville and instructor of dietetics and
nutrition at Louisville Baptist School of Nursing.
She was previously a member with Berea College Board of
Trustees, Berea College President's Club, Founder's Club,
Kentucky Medical Association Education Committee as a non-
physician member, former president of Kentucky Medical
Association Alliance Board of Directors, chairman of Kentucky
Music Hall of Fame and Museum Advisory Board member, where
she helped establish the museum, 5th District Steering
Committee and also a member of local UNITE organization,
lifetime member and former president of Lake Cumberland
Performing Arts Advisory Board, former president of Pulaski
County Medical Alliance, first president of Pulaski County
Lincoln Club and ember of Pulaski Republican Women's club.
Her prior civic activities include chairman of Berea
College President's Council, Berea College Alumni Co-chairman
for Alumni fundraising, Kentucky Medical Association
Legislative Committee as a non-physician member, Kentucky GED
Foundation chairman, Kentucky Foundation for Adult Education
chairman, Southern Medical Association Auxiliary Medical
Heritage Councilor for Kentucky, Master Musician Festival
Board of Directors member, Pulaski County Extension Service
Advisory Council member, Somerset/Pulaski County Economic
Development Board member, Somerset/Pulaski County Convention
and Visitor's Bureau Board chairman, Somerset Community
College Development Board member, started the first preschool
in Pulaski County at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church in 1970,
Somerset Cooperative Preschool Board of Directors member for
many years, Sunday School teacher at Somerset First
Presbyterian Church for 12 years, Co-director of Somerset
first Presbyterian Church youth group for many years,
Somerset First Presbyterian Church Elder, United Way Board of
Directors and Appropriations Committee chairman and PTA board
member.
Special award Jan received were Kentucky Medical
Association 2010 Layperson of the Year, 2005 Special
Appreciation Award from Kentucky Medical Association,
Kentucky Commission of Women, an award for endeavors to
promote, educate and advise women of the Commonwealth and
Somerset Business and Profession Women's Club, ``Woman of
Achievement in Business.''
She is survived by her husband, James D. Crase, M.D. of
Somerset; one son, Karl (and Melissa) Crase of Richmond, Ky.;
two daughters, Kim (and Joe) Claytor of Berea, Ky., and
Katherine Crase of Tampa, Fla.; one brother, Jerry Hunley of
Louisville, Ky.; and four grandchildren, Laura and Neil
Claytor and Jonathon and Amelia Crase.
Visitation will be after 8 a.m. today at Somerset First
Presbyterian Church.
A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. today, Oct. 1, at
Somerset First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Allen Brimer
officiating.
Burial will be in Lakeside Memorial Gardens.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Somerset First
Presbyterian Church Capital Fund or Berea College.
Pulaski Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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