Rona Jean (Lane) Chamberlain

Rona Jean Chamberlain

September 6, 1940 - March 14, 2018

Rona Jean Chamberlain passed away at Memorial Hospital in Modesto, California after a brief illness, on March 14, 2018. Jean was born and raised in Collins, Georgia.  As an Air Force wife, she traveled much of the United States, visited Europe and lived in Iceland and avidly soaked up the local history and atmosphere wherever she went.  When her second husband retired from the Air Force, they returned to Collins where she lived for twenty more years, until moving to California to be with her daughters after the death of her husband in 2016. Jean worked in nursing most of her life, in hospitals and other facilities in Colorado, Nevada, Missouri, New Jersey and Georgia. In her free time, she enjoyed her cats, reading, traveling, working in her yard and being with family.  Most recently, she liked watching historical documentaries and sorting through decades of photos of family and her travels and sharing her stories. Jean was preceded in death by her parents, William Ronald Lane and Beulah Oliver Lane, and her husband of forty years, Thomas Chamberlain, all of Collins.

She is survived by her daughters,  Jennifer (Guy) Woodmansee of Escalon, California, Lea Anne Cates of Galt, California; brother, W.O. "Shine" Lane of Collins; four grandchildren, Derek Woodmansee of Escalon, Amber Tedrow of Sacramento, Megan Tedrow of Sacramento and Alyssa Tedrow of Bakersfield.

The family will receive friends beginning at 11:00am with the memorial service to follow at noon at the Chapel of Low Country Cremation and Burial with the Rev. Dr. Chuck Jonas officiating.  Inurnment will follow in the Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.

Floral gifts are welcomed, as Jean loved her plants and flowers, but memorial donations to your local library or your favorite veteran's organization are encouraged.

Low Country Cremation and Burial is serving the Chamberlain family.