LITTLE ROCK, AR-Graveside memorial services for Jane Ellen Davis Ahrend, 72, of Little Rock, AR, formerly of Ada are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Rosedale Cemetery, Rev. Jill Acree will officiate.
Ms. Ahrend died Wednesday, September 12, 2012, in Little Rock, AR. She was born January 3, 1940 in Ada, Oklahoma to Dennis Augustus and Muriel Elizabeth Kittell Davis. She graduated from Ada High School in 1958 and the University of Oklahoma in 1962 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism.
Ms. Ahrend was an employee with the State of Arkansas for over 25 years, working with agencies such as the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission and the State Planning Commission. She was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority at the University of Oklahoma and was of the Presbyterian faith.
Survivors include a son, Samuel Davis Ahrend; daughter-in-law, Sheila Annette Kirk Ahrend; and a daughter, Julie Elizabeth Ahrend.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that any gifts in memory of Jane Ahrend be made to: Arkansas Hospice, 14 Parkstone Circle, North Little Rock, AR, 72116.