Creamer, Jean Dow Fenton

Mrs. Jean Dow Fenton Creamer, 95, died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011. A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. Friday at Immanuel Baptist Church, Greenville, N.C. Burial will be at a later date in Marion.

Mrs. Creamer, a native of Marion, Iowa, was a graduate of Coe College in Cedar Rapids, where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority. She received a master's degree from the University of Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y., and taught in Manly, Iowa for three years, then for 17 years in Albion, N.Y. From 1974 to 1993, she was a resident of South Bend, Ind., where she was a member of First Baptist Church. In 1993, she made her home in Greenville, N.C., and was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church.

In Greenville she was involved as a literary and PCMH volunteer and was a member of PEO for 70 years. She enjoyed her knitting group and swimming at ViQuest with her many friends.

Mrs. Creamer will be remembered as a sweet, loving friend and mother.

She is survived by her daughters, Dow Fenton Malnati and husband Robert of Pittsburgh, Pa.; andEllen Fenton Hucknall and husband Charles of Greenville, N.C.; two grandchildren, Angus Hucknall and wife Arlie of Durham, N.C., andBrian Hucknall, of Ocracoke, N.C.; andgreat-grandchild, Draegan Hucknall.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Richard P. Fenton in 1963; her second husband, Charles Creamer in 1991; and a grandson, Eric Dow Hucknall in 2002.

A special thanks to her Iowa friend, Joe Otto; caregiver, Josephine Short; and the staff of University Home Health and Hospice.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Immanuel Baptist Church, 1101 S. Elm St., Greenville, NC 27858 or to the PEO Sisterhood Chapter BG, 2580 Portertown Rd., Greenville, NC 27858.

Arrangements by Wilkerson Funeral Home and Crematory, Greenville.

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