1. | FADDOUL, Jeannette was born in 1923 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 31 Jan 2004 in Niagara County, NY. Notes:
JEANNETTE DEBAN, RETIRED TEACHER, LIBRARIAN
Buffalo News, February 1, 2004
Jeannette DeBan, a retired teacher and librarian, died Saturday (Jan. 31, 2004) in Mount St. Mary's Hospital, Lewiston, after a long battle with cancer. She was 81.
Born Jeannette Faddoul in Niagara Falls, she was a graduate of Niagara Falls High School and received a bachelor's degree in education from Buffalo State Teachers College in 1944 and a master's in library science from the University of Chicago in 1949.
After graduating from Buffalo State, she was a civilian employee of the Navy during and after World War II. She served at Navy Pier in Chicago and later was acting director of the library at St. Albans Naval Hospital in Queens. In that job she helped paralyzed and amputee war-wounded veterans learn to use devices that could help them use printed materials, including books.
In 1951, she married U.S. Air Force Lt. Harry G. DeBan. They lived on military bases in Texas, MS and Georgia before returning to Niagara Falls at the end of the Korean War. They moved to Wheatfield, where they resided for 50 years.
Mrs. DeBan taught in rural schools in Georgia and later throughout Niagara County. She established libraries at Bishop Duffy High School in Niagara Falls and at DeSales High School in Lockport.
She was a library media specialist with the Niagara Wheatfield School District for 18 years and had received the district's Teacher of the Year award.
She was active in Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, a national honor society for women educators. She was a delegate to national conventions; past president of the chapter; and past state historian. For many years, she coordinated the chapter's annual donation of books to the Niagara-Wheatfield School District.
Mrs. DeBan also was a member of New York State United Teachers; the first elected president of the Ladies Auxiliary of Niagara Council 247, Knights of Columbus; a 50-year member, past regent and vice regent of Court Niagara 662, Daughters of the Americas; Town of Wheatfield and Our Lady of Lebanon Church Senior Citizens groups; and a longtime member of St. Francis Guild of Mount St. Mary's Hospital, where she volunteered in the gift shop.
Mrs. DeBan also was an avid reader and did crafts in copper, leather and ceramics. She also was a member of Prince of Peace Catholic Church and before that Our Lady of Lebanon Church.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by four sons, Harry M. and Armand, both of Wheatfield, Denis of Etowah, N.C., and Gary of Newfane; four daughters, Marsha Smith of Las Vegas, Cynthia Meisenzahl of Rochester, Deborah Haseley of Wheatfield and Donna Maggard of Sagamore Hills, OH; a sister, Selma Washburn of Niagara Falls; two brothers, Joseph Faddoul of Niagara Falls and George Faddoul of Town of Niagara; and nine grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11 A.M. Wednesday in Prince of Peace Church, 1055 N. Military Road, Niagara Falls. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
Jeannette married DEBAN, Harry G on 16 Jun 1951 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Harry (son of DEBAN, George and Sadie) was born in 1924 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 30 Jan 1996 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. DEBAN, Denis
- 3. DEBAN, Gary
- 4. DEBAN, Cynthia
- 5. DEBAN, Harry Michael
- 6. DEBAN, Karen
was born about 1962; and died.
- 7. DEBAN, Donna Marie
- 8. DEBAN, Deborah Jean
was born on 14 Aug 1962 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; died on 22 Mar 2019 in Town of Wheatfield, Niagara County, NY.
- 9. DEBAN, Marsha
- 10. DEBAN, Armand
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