Annette Haines, wife of Lewis Jackson Haines, Class of 1959, passed away. They live in Troy, Illinois.

Lew’s brother, David Haines, Class of 1964, who lives in Richmond, Virginia with wife Kris, wrote:

“It is with profound sorrow that I inform our friends and family of the passing of my brother, Lew Haines’ spouse, Annette Haines, after a very short illness.

“She was a wonderful person, an accomplished educator and a wonderful sister-in-law and an integral part of our family. We will all be glad we knew her for a while and will miss her forever. With continued awareness that she will be gone but never forgotten.”

Annette was chair of the Scientific Pedagogy  Committee at the Montessori Training Center in St. Louis. She came from Belleville, Illinois.

She was outstanding in horsemanship, too. She won the Pleasure Open Class title at the Illinois State Fair.

At Monongah High, Lew was in the band and orchestra, National Honor Society and attended Boys State.

David is a WVU Pharmacy School graduate who grew up in Worthington. He retired after more than four decades as a pharmacist.

Lew and David’s parents were the late Wilda Margaret Haines and Arley Lewis Haines. They once owned who owned Precision Hydraulics in Worthington.

There’s a Jo Ann Wells Haines, Class of 1977.