Graveside service for Jane Louise Cottingham will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 9, 2021 in Highland Cemetery with Rev. Dr. Wayne Morris officiating.

Arrangements are under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

Jane Louise Cottingham died Wednesday, January 6, 2021 in Lawton, Oklahoma at the age of 95.  She was born February 16, 1925 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to Travis and Louise (Farthing) Ritter.  She married James E. Cottingham, Sr. on June 18, 1949 in Ardmore.  He preceded her in death on August 26, 1996.

Mrs. Cottingham was a 1943 graduate of Ardmore High School.  She attended Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha, studying science and later earned her bachelor's degree in biology.  Her first job after  college graduation was in Kerrville, Texas at Camp Waldemore teaching Life Saving and Swimming.  She later taught shorthand and typing at Cameron State Agricultural College from 1958 to 1961 and taught biology at Eisenhower Senior High School from 1970-1987.

She was a member of First Presbyterian Church where she had served as a Deacon.  She was past president of the Lawton Junior Service League and a past board member of both the McMahon Auditorium Authority and the Easter Pageant Board.  She also had served as a volunteer with Comanche County Memorial Hospital for nine years and was an avid bridge player.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Jim and Shirley Cottingham, Lawton; two granddaughters and their spouses, Erin and Jeff Roberts, Edmond, Oklahoma and Jenna and Mike Woessner, Cache, Oklahoma; four great grandchildren, Graham Roberts, Charlie Roberts, Layla Roberts and Rylee Woessner.

Her parents, husband, a son, Crue R. Cottingham, her brother, Gene T. Ritter, and her twin sister, June Moyers, preceded her in death.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.