Celebrating the life of
Jane Slaughter Werth
January 28, 1925 - March 12, 2012
Savannah- Jane Slaughter Werth died Monday, March 12, 2012 at Memorial University Medical Center.
She was born January 28, 1925 in Orange, Virginia and moved to Savannah in 1959 with her husband Bogardus Werth. She was a graduate of University of North Carolina Chapel Hill with a degree in English literature. Mrs. Werth was a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church on the Isle of Hope where she served as President of the EWC guild. She was a member of the League of Women Voters and worked as an administrative assistant at Armstrong Atlantic University, and was a tutor for the Royce Learning Center.
She is survived by her daughter, Lucy Fontaine Werth; son, Rhodes Slaughter Werth; grandson, Maury Ellis Bogardus Werth, and two great-granddaughters, Diamond Elizabeth Werth and Breeanne Lynn Werth.
A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
The Family requests that remembrances be made in Mrs. Werth's memory to the Kidney Cancer Association, PO Box 96503, #38269, Washington, DC 20090-6503.
We at Royce Learning Center appreciate the work that she did. Her tutoring made a difference in the lives of children with learning disabilities.
- Carolyn Hannaford, Savannah, GA
Be it known, Jane was the widow of my late brother Bogardus. Because of an age difference, in part of their lives, they shared and periodically helped raise me during my teen age years. In the course of those years, not as a matter of gratitude did I choose to spend time in their and my, our advancing years, it was always because I especially enjoyed Jane’s and Bogie’s company. Fast foreword now to Jane and Bogie moving into the house they built on on the shores of the Skidaway River. Whenever I would travel from MD to visit my children's grandparents in Florida, we would stop over and visit for a day as my children, with fond eagerness would ask: Are we there yet to visit Aunt Jane and Uncle Bogie who found it always exciting when they would take my young kids down to their dock, catch crabs and then go for a boat ride. Jane, your contageous friendship shall be sorely missed by me and my family.
- George Carter Werth, Bethesda, MD
We at Royce Learning Center appreciate the work that she did. Her tutoring made a difference in the lives of children with learning disabilities.
- Carolyn Hannaford, Savannah, GA
Be it known, Jane was the widow of my late brother Bogardus. Because of an age difference, in part of their lives, they shared and periodically helped raise me during my teen age years. In the course of those years, not as a matter of gratitude did I choose to spend time in their and my, our advancing years, it was always because I especially enjoyed Jane’s and Bogie’s company. Fast foreword now to Jane and Bogie moving into the house they built on on the shores of the Skidaway River. Whenever I would travel from MD to visit my children's grandparents in Florida, we would stop over and visit for a day as my children, with fond eagerness would ask: Are we there yet to visit Aunt Jane and Uncle Bogie who found it always exciting when they would take my young kids down to their dock, catch crabs and then go for a boat ride. Jane, your contageous friendship shall be sorely missed by me and my family.
- George Carter Werth, Bethesda, MD
Services under the direction of:
Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel
912-352-7200
