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JORDAN Rovena Louise Conn Jordan, age 93, of Columbus, OH, passed away Thursday, January 13, 2011 at Sunrise at the Scioto. She was born July 11, 1917 in Boone, IA. Rovena was the valedictorian of the Boone High School Class of 1935. In 1939 she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spanish from Stanford University where she graduated Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and was a member of the Spanish Honorary Sigma Delta. She moved to New York City and worked at Conde Nast Publications for both Vogue and House & Garden magazines. Rovena was actively involved in many community activities in Columbus. She served for 17 years on the Columbus Symphony Orchestra Board and was an honorary lifetime trustee; the Columbus Cancer Clinic as an active member for 30 years including time as President of the Board of Directors; Twig 13 Children's Hospital and Canterbury Unit Columbus Symphony Orchestra. Rovena was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Her interest in languages and linguistics led her to tutor Ph.D. Aeronautical Engineering candidates in Scientific Russian at Ohio State University. Preceded in death by her parents David John and Pearl Louise (Patterson) Conn, brother Captain Richard J.H. Conn, USN Retired (Ann), nephew Brett Conn, husband Captain James Adam Jordan, USN Retired, and her children's father Dr. H. William Clatworthy Jr. Rovena will be missed by family members, Harry William Clatworthy III, Columbus, OH, Diana Clatworthy Morgan (Kent A.), Bonita Springs, FL, John Conn Clatworthy (Andi), Fort Morgan, CO, Susan Honor Clatworthy (James D. Grintz), New York, NY, Harriett DeGraff (John T.), Albany, NY, and James A. Jordan Jr. (Joanie), Sea Ranch, CA; grandchildren, Maria Morgan Caplin (Thomas Salvatore), Ostrander, OH, Barbara DeGraff (Philip Guilfoyle), Sydney, Australia, Deborah DeGraff, Montpelier, VT, John T. DeGraff III (Kimberly), Boulder, CO, Andrew Jordan, Phoenix, AZ, Kathryn Jordan, Columbus, OH; and great grandchildren, Anna Morgan Caplin and Marcus Joseph Caplin, Adam and Sam DeGraff Guilfoyle, John T. IVand Charlotte Rose DeGraff, Kate Elizabeth Jordan; nephew, Scott Conn. Family will receive friends Monday, January 17, 2011 from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the funeral service at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 2151 Dorset Rd., Columbus, OH, Rev. Bruce Smith, officiating. Rovena will be laid to rest at Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone, IA.
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