A memorial service is planned for January 17, 2015 at 2 pm at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 2105 W. Market St. in Greensboro, NC. For further information please consult the Piedmont Funeral Home, Lexington NC website (www.piedmontfuneralhome.com) or call: 336-248-2366. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the CSI Jane E. Myers Lifetime Mentor Award or CSI, 16 Court Square, Lexington, NC 27292. All such donations are tax deductible.

Dr. Micheline Chalhoub-Deville, Professor of Educational Research Methodology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, sent the following tribute:

About a year and a half ago, we were celebrating Jane’s retirement from UNCG. True to Jane’s reputation, her retirement simply meant she was ready to undertake new professional challenges. She undertook the position of Executive Director of Chi Sigma Iota International, which she approached with the same intensity, ambition, and planning that typified her career.

Jane lived richly at every stage of her life. Just the pictures we saw at the retirement gathering show how multitalented she was. She rode motorcycles and played judo - had a black belt. She learned to fly and owned her own plane. (Jane owned a couple of planes, I believe). Jane got her Ph.D. and established a scholarship that earned her innumerable professional accolades. Jane travelled widely for work and for pleasure. She loved vineyards and red wine. Jane treasured her family and talked about their successes and travails. She did the same with her students.

A few years back, Jane had a major health problem that threatened her life. She was in a coma for a long time and physicians just could not diagnose the problem. But Jane’s resilience, passion for life, love for Tom, as well as Tom’s and the physicians’ care brought her back to a normal life. Jane did not dwell on any of this. She simply moved on! Given all that Jane did and went through, as well as how she handled it all, I called her, at her retirement gathering, Jane Bond!

What solace can be offered to Tom who saw his love go through this harrowing experience? Jane and Tom were inseparable. They loved/love and honor one another. Jane and Tom are lovers and professional partners. They did almost everything together. It continues to warm my heart to remember how they celebrated their wedding anniversary every month. Tom and Jane are much loved and admired. They are loved and admired because of who they are as individuals, the lifestyle they have created together, and the relationship they have cultivated.

Jane has made an indelible mark on life, her profession, and our hearts. Jane is loved. Jane will be missed!

Reluctance
by Robert Frost

Out through the fields and the woods
And over the walls I have wended;
I have climbed the hills of view
And looked at the world and descended;
I have come by the highway home,
And lo, it is ended.

The leaves are all dead on the ground,
Save those that the oak is keeping
To ravel them one by one
And let them go scraping and creeping
Out over the crusted snow,
When others are sleeping.

And the dead leaves lie huddled and still,
No longer blown hither and thither;
The last lone aster is gone;
The flowers of the witch-hazel wither;
The heart is still aching to seek,
But the feet question 'Whither?'

Ah, when to the heart of man
Was it ever less than a treason
To go with the drift of things,
To yield with a grace to reason,
And bow and accept the end
Of a love or a season?

If you would like to make a donation to CSI in memory of Dr. Myers, you can contribute to the Jane E. Myers Lifetime Mentor Award Fund.

Originally published at csi-net.org on December 27, 2014.