JEANE ELIZABETH SUGGS What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller Jeane Elizabeth Suggs was born on March 13, 1954 to Thaylia Jane Brown and Millard Oscar Suggs. She grew up in Dallas and later in Irving, Texas. She and her mother moved to Bedford, Texas in 2005 to be closer to family. Her father worked for DART and her mother was a Registered Nurse. Jeane graduated from Irving High School in1972. She received her baccalaureate degree in nursing from Texas Womans University in 1976. She worked in the ER at Irving Community Hospital and later in emergent and critical care wherever her travels took her. Her professional career led her to the Ambulatory Endoscopy Clinic of Dallas where she worked for 14 years, retiring in 2009. She loved to travel. In her early years, she worked so that she could travel. Her first big trip was to Europe for 2 months. When her job would not give her the time off, there was no question but to resign. The Rocky Mountains incessantly called her name and this is where she loved to be. Howard Colorado was her rustic home in 1981, a quaint place on the Arkansas River where she visited frequently in the years to follow. As much as she loved traveling, her roots were deep in metropolitan Dallas. She and her mother, Toots, shared their home for 58 years. Miss Jeane loved the Dallas Stars. She was an avid fan and a season ticket holder for years until her health prevented her attendance. Jeane knew hockey like few people do, including history and current events. Ask her about hockey and she could tell you more than you wanted to know. A Stars game outside of Dallas was a good excuse for a trip to see them play. She collected so much Stars memorabilia that she dedicated a room in her home as the Hockey Room. She was a playful happy independent woman who made friends easily despite her wandering nature. To know Jeane was to love her. She had many loyal friends. She would smile and look you in the eye and say, Make a wish. Im a Jennie. I can grant your wish. And then she would laugh. Miss Jeane was an active member of the First Baptist Church in Irving. Her strong beliefs gave her comfort. When she was asked about her impending death, she would say: I do not fear death. I am a Christian. I know where I am going. Jeane had breast cancer five years ago. With faith and hope, she endured the surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. The treatment physically re-sculptured her body and the chemo slowed her cognitive processes giving her chemo brain. Last summer, she learned that she had inoperable liver cancer that invaded her bones, belly and brain. Her dear friends and family helped her as much as her independent nature would let them. She died peacefully among family and friends at her home in Bedford, Texas on the morning of her mothers funeral, December 15, 2012. It was her wishes to be cremated and her ashes spread in the Rocky Mountains that she so dearly loved. Her parents and her brother, James David Suggs, preceded her in death. She is survived by her sister in law, Delores Suggs-Marshall, her niece Tara Lawshe (Beau), and many nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and her two cats, Occi and Tot. A butterfly lights beside us like a sunbeam And for a moment its Glory and Beauty belong to our world, But then it flies again And though we wish it could have stayed We feel lucky to have seen it. unknown There will be a service to celebrate her life on Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 3pm at First Baptist Church Chapel 403 South Main Street in Irving, TX with Tyler Shores and Pastor John Durham officiating. In lieu of flowers, Jeane asked that you make a donation in her name to the charity of your choice. Arrangements are under the direction of Donnellys Colonial Funeral Home, 606 West Airport Freeway, Irving, TX 75062.