Remembering Jane Lotter

Nice piece by Bob Dunning in the Davis Enterprise March 9, 2016. At www.davisenterprise.com

Bob Dunning: One of the reasons Davis is Davis
By Bob Dunning From page A2 | March 09, 2016

THE BEST OF THE BEST … for my money, Jane Lotter was one of the greatest women ever to grace our town … Jane, who died late last month at the age of 90, was a part of so many good things in Davis that it was hard to keep track of them all … she and her husband, Will, were to social justice issues what Dorothy and Bob Laben were to feeding the hungry … for years and years it seemed as if the Lotter home on Sunset Court was open to just about anyone in need …

As the Bible says, the two shall become one, and Jane and Will were one every day since their marriage in the Berkeley hills more than 68 years ago … they came to Davis in 1952 and raised their four accomplished sons here … Jane co-founded Davis Su***de Prevention, and she and Will were co-founders of the Unitarian Church in Davis in the early ’60s and also co-founded the Davis Religious Community for Sanctuary … the Lotters also made frequent trips to Guatemala to help disadvantaged people there …

But way beyond her activism and her passion for helping the less fortunate, people will remember Jane for her innate kindness and her unique understanding that we all have a story to tell … she will be missed …