Jane Sinnott Entwistle

away peacefully on April 3, 2016 in Colorado Springs,

Colorado after an eleven year battle with Primary Progressive

Aphasia.

She was born in San Jose, California on June 11, 1939, the

daughter of John and Gladys Sinnott.

Jane graduated from Lincoln High School in San Jose,

California in 1957. She entered UCLA as a member of the

Gifted Women Class of 1961 study program and attended

UCLA her freshmen year, where she pledged Alpha Phi

Sorority. She then transfered to Wheaton College in

Wheaton, Illinois, from which she graduated in 1961 with a

major in English and Literature. It was at Wheaton, in her

junior year registration line, that she met Larry Entwistle, her

future husband.

Following graduation, Jane continued her studies in education

at San Jose State University, and earned an MA at National-

Lewis University. She then embarked on a forty-year teaching

career spanning secondary schools in Pasadena, California,

District 11 in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Wheaton,

Illinois until retiring in 2004, when she was honored as

"Teacher of the Year" for District 200. Jane taught junior high

U.S. History and senior high Honors English; she truly loved

teaching, and students both respected and loved her in return.

Jane and Larry were married on August 4, 1961 in San Jose,

California and then lived in Pasadena and Sunnyvale,

California; Colorado Springs and Pagosa Springs, Colorado;

and Wheaton, Illinois before retiring back to Colorado

Springs, Colorado in 2004.

With a smile that lit up a room, Jane treasured relationships

with family and friends. She loved history, especially U.S.

History and her own family story of Swedish origin. A

voracious reader who wrote prodigiously, her output of

letters and cards was legendary. Jane also took a great

interest in travelling and visited over twenty-five countries.

She was very active in Young Life and her church in each place

in which she lived. Jane's 76 years epitomized the "Life Well

Lived".

Jane is survived by her husband of 55 years, Larry of Colorado

Springs, Colorado; two sons, Brooks of Singapore and Tyler

of New Canaan, Connecticut; two wonderful daughter-in-laws

Laura and Susan along with four amazing grandchildren,

Bryanna, Kayla, Ashley and Finn.

A Memorial Service will take place on Thursday, April 14,

2016 at 1:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church, 219 East Bijou,

Colorado Springs, Colorado 80203. Reception to follow.

The family would like to thank Sharon Gaines and her

wonderful staff at A Caring Angel, and the exceptional teams

at Pike's Peak Hospice and Morningstar Memory Care at Bear

Creek for taking such great care of Jane.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made "In Honor Of Jane

Entwistle" to Young Life www.younglife.org, Room To Read

www.roomtoread.org or the Northwestern University

Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center

www.brain.northwestern.edu/about/giving.html

Swan-Law Funeral Directors is entrusted with arrangements.