Obituaries - December 25, 2012 - Iwanda Jay
Iwanda Jay,89, the surviving spouse of the late Rev. Harry W. Jay, died Dec. 25, 2012. The graveside service was conducted by her grandson, the Rev. Alex Riffee, Dec. 29 in Stonewood, W. Va.
Iwanda Mae Petit was born April 1, 1923, to the late Russell W. and Sudie Phillips Petit
She and H. Wilbur Jay were married in 1942 while he was serving during World War II. They had one child who survives.
He began his ministerial career in 1951 and in the 1950s served Christian and Missionary Alliance churches in New York. Then in 1956, they moved to Virginia where he served Evangelical United Brethren churches, the Berkeley-Morgan Charge, Massanutton Charge, Blairton-Greensburg Charge and First Church in Berkeley Springs. After the merger in 1968, he was appointed to United Methodist churches, 1970-‘76, the Pikeside UMC, 1977-’84, the Myersville Charge. He retired in 1985.
Iwanda Jay worked alongside her husband in many capacities in the United Methodist Church and its predecessor churches.
She was predeceased by her husband, the Rev. H. Wilbur Jay, who died in 1999.
Survivors include her daughter, Deborah Jay Riffee of St. Albans, W. Va., and two grandsons.
Condolences may be sent to her daughter at 404 Sun Valley Drive, St. Albans, WV 25177.
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