Jean Dingley

Lake Junaluska, Jean L. Dingley, age 91, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 from complications of a stroke. Jean was born in Griffin, Georgia in 1926 to Harold and Clare Land. She attended the local schools, and graduated from Georgia State Women's, in Valdosta, Georgia in 1948. She married John (Jack) Thomas Dingley, Jr. in 1949. They relocated their growing family from Griffin to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1966, and lived there until Jack retired from 3M in 1988, when they moved to Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. Jean was a devoted mother, successful homemaker and supportive wife throughout her life. She learned how to sail on Lake Superior with Jack living in Minneapolis. She loved flower gardening, decorating the house for the various holidays, and especially playing bridge. She was an active member and volunteer of Long's Chapel United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, Jean was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Jack, who died in 2004; an infant son, John Thomas Dingley, III, who died in 1959; and a sister, Doris L. Baker, who died in 1978. Jean is survived by her six children, Linda Derosier (Michael), Doris Dingley (Steven Slostad), Clare Dingley (Larry Meier), Joyce Slostad (Peter), Allison Waring (Robert) and John H. Dingley (Laima); thirteen grandchildren, Amy Derosier, Laura Derosier (Brad Simeral), Alex Slostad, Michael and William Strand, Joshua, Matthew and Elizabeth Slostad, Rebecca, Victoria, Lauren and James Waring, and Katrina Dingley; two great-grandchildren, Jacqueline and Evelyn Simeral. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at Long's Chapel United Methodist Church in Lake Junaluska with Reverend Tim McConnell officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 1:45 p.m. prior in the church venue. Interment will be a private family ceremony. As an expression of sympathy, memorials may be made to United Methodist Women of Long's Chapel United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 459, Lake Junaluska, NC 28745. God looked around his garden and found an empty place, He then looked down upon the earth and saw your tired face. He put his arms around you and lifted you to rest. God's garden must be beautiful He always takes the best. He knew that you were suffering He knew you were in pain. He knew that you would never get well on earth again. He saw the road was getting rough and the hills were hard to climb. So he closed your weary eyelids and whispered, "Peace Be Thine". It broke our hearts to lose you But you didn't go alone, for part of us went with you the day God called you home. Anonymous

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