WINONA, Minn. – Jean Billman, who held a doctorate in childhood education and ran the Child Care Center at Winona State University, died peacefully at age 84. In retirement she enjoyed sewing, painting, knitting, quilting, cooking, and doing ceramics. Watercolor painting was her favorite. Friends remember her coming back from weekly visits to the library with an armful of books. She read so many books that she had to keep a journal of plots and characters. She drew on the journal to recommend books to friends. Her yard was always overflowed with flowers.
1937-2022