Washoe-Ormsby-Carson County NV Archives Obituaries.....Botts, Laurettte March 9, 2001
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Lovelock Review-Miner, 3/22/2001


     

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March 22, 2001 

Obituary: Jeanne Laurette Botts 





     Jeanne Laurette Botts, 52, of Sparks died March 9, at Tahoe Pacific 
Hospital in Sparks, following a battle with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 
or Lou Gehrig's disease).

     Botts was born in Reno, June 1, 1948 to Jerry and Laurette (Leoni) Maroon. 
She was preceded in death by both her parents. She was a graduate of Pershing 
County High School in Lovelock.

     She received both bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of 
Nevada Reno.

     Ms. Botts was the recipient of an "Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters" 
by UNR in October of 2000. She graduated from UNR in 1970 and became a 
nutrition education specialist for the Nevada Cooperative Extension Service in 
Reno. In the early 1980s, she relocated to

Carson City and began her long career in service to the State of Nevada. She 
held the positions of education coordinator for the Nevada Department of 
Commerce, and was deputy commissioner of insurance, analyst for the Nevada 
Department of Administration and Budget Division, and was program analyst for 
the Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau.

     In 1999, Ms. Botts relocated to Sparks and became the senior director of 
business and financial services for the Washoe County School District.

     She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Marilyn and Ed Bartlett 
of Butte, Mont.;

     a sister and broth-in-law, Jerry Ann and Doug Jinnett of West New York, 
N.J.; two nieces,

     Suzanne Wong of Hercules, Calif., and Kim Jinnett of Hoboken, N.J.; one 
nephew, David Jinnett

     of Chicago, Ill.; three grand-nieces and one grand-nephew.

     Funeral services were held Monday, March 19, 2001 at Ross, Burke and 
Knobel Mortuary, 2155 

     Kietzke Lane, Reno. A private inurnment was held at Our Mother of Sorrows 
cemetery, Reno.

     Memorial contributions can be made to ALS Association, Nevada chapter, 
2101 S. Jones, Ste.

     120, Las Vegas, Nev. 89146 or to the Humane Society.





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