Aleda Jane Whitener was born Sept. 9, 1942, at Fredericktown, Missouri, the daughter of Clarence and Nora (Wright) Tinnin. She passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at Jackson at the age of 79 years.
Jane was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Len Whitener, who she married at Benton, Missouri; sister, Beverly Page; great-granddaughters, Brandy Hobeck and Natalie Wood; and son-in-law, Eddie Wood.
She is survived by a son, Joe Bounds of Oak Ridge; daughters, Tina Miller of Cape Girardeau and Mary Jo (Tommy) Selsor of Jackson; stepchildren, Gina (Scott) Hobeck, Maggie Wood, Becky (Todd) Grosse and Nicky (Jeff) Wendel, all of Jackson; brothers, Glenn Tinnin of Cape Girardeau, Wayne (Shirley) Tinnin of Medford, Oregon, and Jack (Dollie) Tinnin and Tim (Lora) Tinnin, both of Fredericktown; sisters, Florence Atchison of Willard, Missouri; Eula O'Dell of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; Helen Tinnin of Aurora, Colorado; Janet (Butch) Boyer of Gordonville; and Elaine Bright of Cape Girardeau; grandchildren, Travis Miller of Cape Girardeau, Chris Miller of Cape Girardeau, Aimee (Jon) Clauser of Fredericktown, Kyle (Sarah) Polete of St. Louis, Lindsey Baumhoer, Jordan Huttiger, Ben (Mindi) Wood and Cameron (Sarah) Wood, all of Jackson, Damien Cook of Columbia, Missouri, and Charlie Wendell of Jackson; 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
She attended Cowboy Church of Cape Girardeau and enjoyed shopping, family and friends.
Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Follis & Sons Funeral Home in Fredericktown.
Funeral service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
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