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Jeanette E. Purvis

May 23, 1938 — February 9, 2020

PURVIS, Jeanette E, age 81, of Centerville, passed away Sunday morning, February 9, 2020. She was born Jeanette Elizabeth LeBato in Lake Charles, Louisiana on May 23, 1938. She married Kenneth Gerald Purvis in 1958 and has lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Sacramento, California before moving to Centerville, Ohio in 1978. Most recently a member of Morningstar Baptist Church, Jeanette has been devoted to her church as choir member, high school Sunday School teacher and director, Women’s Missionary Union and Baptist Women’s president and served in several other capacities through the years. Jeanette worked many years in the guidance offices at Centerville High School where she developed lasting relationships with her coworkers and where she loved and encouraged so many students.

Jeanette is preceded in death by her husband, Ken (Gerald); father and mother, John and Helen LeBato; brother, John LeBato; grandson, Jason Purvis. She is survived by her sisters, Nola Wright and Betty Spalding; her three sons, Dwayne and his wife, Denise, Brian and his wife, Vicki and Tim and his wife, Courtney; granddaughters Liz Sullivan, Nicole Purvis, Aaron Purvis and Ella Purvis; grandsons, Paul Humphrey, Drew Purvis, Grant Purvis, Micah Purvis, Alex Vastine and Noble Purvis; and many nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends at Routsong Funeral Home, 81 N. Main Street in Centerville on Thursday, February 13 at 12 Noon. The funeral service will begin at 1 PM with Pastor Danny Griffith officiating. Burial service to follow in David’s Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family encourages you to make donations to the Alzheimer’s Association Miami Valley Chapter, 31 W. Whipp Rd, Dayton, OH 45459. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.routsong.com.

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Thursday, February 13, 2020

12:00 - 1:00 pm (Eastern time)

Routsong Funeral Home & Cremation Services - Centerville

81 North Main Street, Centerville, OH 45459

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Funeral Service

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Starts at 1:00 pm (Eastern time)

Routsong Funeral Home & Cremation Services - Centerville

81 North Main Street, Centerville, OH 45459

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