Jane Nyman

August 19, 1920 - December 18, 2004

Jane G. Nyman, 84, formerly of Covenant Manor, 23 W. Third St., died at 1:55 A.M. Tuesday (Dec. 14, 2004) in the Lutheran Retirement Home. She was born August 19, 1920 in Jamestown, a daughter of Marvin C. and Anna Anderson Gossett. A 1938 graduate of Jamestown High School, she was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving from August 1943 to December 1945, stationed at Ft. Belvoir, Va. Prior to retiring, she had been employed as a secretary in the law offices of Attorney Tuby L. Scarpino. She was a confirmed member of First Lutheran Church and a member of Ira Lou Spring Post 149, American Legion. She had also been a member of the Jamestown Chapter, Women of the Moose for over 50 years, where she held the Academy of Friendship Degree and the College of Regents Degree, and for 19 years served as recording secretary for the New York State Moose Association's annual conclave. Always one for whom her family came first, she enjoyed bowling, roller-skating, music and playing the piano, arts and crafts, and was a cat lover. Survivors: Son - Bruce A. Nyman of Colorado Springs, Col. Daughter - Brenda C. Nyman of Jamestown Grandchildren - Christopher Nyman of Jamestown, Jason Yonkers of Jamestown, David Yonkers of Ft. Myers, Fla., and Amy Jane Yonkers of Green Bay, Wisc. 2 great granddaughters, 2 great grandsons She was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur O. Nyman, whom she married March 4, 1945 at Ft. Belvoir, Va., and who died July 4, 1995; a sister, Carol Ann Gossett, and a brother, Ernest C. "Bud" Gossett. Rev. Mary Anne Nelson-Loefke, pastor of First Lutheran Church will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery. Memorials: First Lutheran Church Social Ministry 120 Chandler St. Jamestown, NY 14701 -or- Chautauqua County Humane Society 2825 Strunk Rd. Jamestown, NY 14701