Jean Bowman Stengle, 86, died of natural causes Wednesday night at Homestead Village in Lancaster.

Mrs. Stengle worked seven years as an employment counselor for the Tennessee Dept. of Employment Security in Savannah, TN, until she retired in 1984. She also was a former schoolteacher in Savannah. A former chemist, Mrs. Stengle worked two years for Armstrong Research in Lancaster in 1946-47.

A 1944 graduate of Gettysburg College, Mrs. Stengle also earned a Master's degree in 1977 from Memphis State University.

She was a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster. She had been a volunteer tutor for the Adult Education Center and had served for eight years on the associates board of North Museum.

Born in Harrisburg, she was the daughter of Edwin A. and Gertrude Stouffer Bowman.

She was married 53 years to William Bernard Stengle, who died in 2002.

Surviving are two daughters, Wilma, wife of Edwin Buczek of Knoxville, TN,  and Bernice, wife of Gary Johnson of Winter Park, FL; a son, Bernard, husband of Julie Stengle of Fort Thomas, KY, and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Mildred S. Zimmerman.

A service will be held at Homestead Village Commons, 1800 Village Circle, Lancaster, PA, 17603, on Tuesday, December 30 ^th , 2008 at 2PM, with Rev Peter Newport officiating. Arrangements by the Charles F Snyder Funeral Home Inc, Lancaster, PA (717) 393-966.To send an online condolence, please visit www.snyderfuneralhome.com.