jean carol (smitherman) gesteland
CINCINNATI - Mrs. Jean Carol
Smitherman Gesteland, 56, of Cin- cinnati, Ohio, died Saturday, July
10, 1993 of complications from asthma and diabetes. Mrs. Gesteland was
born in Winston-Salem on January 18, 1937 to J.A. and Nonnie Ball
Smitherman.
She was a graduate of Elkin High School and Salem College, and attended grad- uate school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She had worked for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Boston Symphony. She was active for many years in the Democratic Pary and the Garden Club in Ev- anston, Ill.
Mrs. Gesteland is survived by her husband, Robert C. Gesteland; one son, Matthew Gesteland of Newport, Ky.; two daughters, Wendy Gesteland of Cincinnati and Carrie Gesteland of Boston, Mass.; one grandson, Theodore Gesteland; her mother, Nonnie Smitherman of Elkin; one brother, R. Wesley Smitherman of Jamestown; and four sisters, Opal Mabe of Phoenix, Ariz., Dorothy Nelson of East Bend, and Evelyn Sparks and Joan Dawson, both of Winston-Salem. A memorial service is being planned in Elkin in August.
She was a graduate of Elkin High School and Salem College, and attended grad- uate school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She had worked for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Boston Symphony. She was active for many years in the Democratic Pary and the Garden Club in Ev- anston, Ill.
Mrs. Gesteland is survived by her husband, Robert C. Gesteland; one son, Matthew Gesteland of Newport, Ky.; two daughters, Wendy Gesteland of Cincinnati and Carrie Gesteland of Boston, Mass.; one grandson, Theodore Gesteland; her mother, Nonnie Smitherman of Elkin; one brother, R. Wesley Smitherman of Jamestown; and four sisters, Opal Mabe of Phoenix, Ariz., Dorothy Nelson of East Bend, and Evelyn Sparks and Joan Dawson, both of Winston-Salem. A memorial service is being planned in Elkin in August.