Alice Angelyn Forester Lane passed away on Thursday, the 16th of August 2018. She was born on the 20th of November 1945, in Atlanta, Georgia, as the youngest of four children to Elbert and Myra Hester Forester. Angelyn is survived by her sister, Sandra Faye Bryan; her husband, Wesley Lane; two children, Cason Lane and Courtney Lane Toon; her son-in-law, Mark Toon; two grandchildren, Hudson and Canon Toon; and her beloved pets Simone, Heidi, Kitty Rose and Rocky.
Having grown up in Atlanta’s Little Five Points neighborhood, Angelyn graduated from Bass High School and later from Georgia State University, where she met her husband, Wes, a recent graduate of nearby Emory University. They married in 1969 and soon moved to New Orleans, where she earned a master’s degree in early-childhood special education from Tulane University.
After starting her career as a social worker for Child Protective Services in Atlanta, Angelyn went on to become a special-ed teacher in the Jefferson Parish Public School System near New Orleans. She was very devoted to her students and took particular satisfaction in the remarkable improvements she observed in the lives of these young children. In fact, years later, one student presented Angelyn with his high-school diploma as a gift of appreciation. Another family sold their house and relocated to Angelyn’s school district so they could enroll their child in her class.
Angelyn was a self-taught gourmet cook and greatly enjoyed home decorating and garden design, and she further nurtured these passions as president of the Country Club Home Gardeners in Metairie, Louisiana. She was the club’s first president to serve three years consecutively.
Angelyn had an unusual sense of humor and would erupt unexpectedly in laughter upon thinking about a funny event, long after the event had passed and was already well laughed about. She loved the beach in Alabama (though not the long road trip to get there), and she enjoyed riding in the boat for water-skiing excursions with family and friends. Angelyn always had at least one cat in her household and was a compassionate supporter of pet associations and cat shelters.
In 2007, following her retirement from 21 years of teaching, Angelyn suffered a stroke from which she never fully recovered. Soon thereafter, she and Wes moved to Houston to live closer to their daughter and grandchildren. Angelyn died in Houston after a long illness, and her life was celebrated in a small, family-based memorial service.
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