Several of us have known Jane
Stentz since we studied with her at Scarritt College during one
of her years there, but all of us welcome her to Brooks-Howell.Her family moved around a lot, as her father worked in business administration and also was the first manager and announcer at Asheville’s radio station WWNC. That was the year she was six when they lived just off Merrimon Avenue, and she was enrolled in Claxton School. Only one of their moves took them out of western North Carolina, to Los Angeles, where Mr. Stentz served as business and radio technician manager at a Methodist Church. They lived in Waynesville, North Carolina during her high school and early college years. She has an A.A. degree from Virginia Intermont College, B.A. and M.A. from Scarritt, and a M.Ed. from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida.
Following her Scarritt graduation in 1949 she taught for three years at Leonard Theological College in Jabalpur, India, as a short-term missionary. She is a Certified Director of Christian Education, a commissioned Deaconess, a consecrated Lay Worker, a Diaconal Minister, and has trained in other fields. Her career has included positions with the General Boards of Mission and of Education. She moved to Florida in 1964, serving in student and local church positions in Tallahassee and Boca Raton. She retired in Boca Raton in 1984 and continued to do volunteer work in the community.
"The Lake" (Junaluska) has always been a special place for her family. Her father, Jeptha Dale Stentz, and her mother (Mary Stuart Stentz) lived there. Her grandfather (Dr. George R. Stuart) was one of the founders of the Assembly, and the auditorium was dedicated to him. Her father was the first Director of the Assembly. When she was introduced in our chapel service, she stood up and said, "I’m home–hurrah!" We decided she is a happy member of our family, situated near "the Lake" she loves.