Jeanne Elizabeth Mossman Wiger
The world has lost an artist.
Between late Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, and early Wednesday, Jeanne Elizabeth Mossman Wiger (91) breathed her last.
In her long and rich life Jeanne wore many hats among them, social worker, wife (even dare we say pastor’s wife?), mother, educator, anti-racism trainer and activist, bon vivant, counselor, friend, spiritual guide, author, world traveler, feminist, gadfly, storyteller, family matriarch, and probably many more. But whatever hat she don, she always wore the heart of an artist. An artist is called to notice the world and show it to the rest of us in new and surprising ways. Jeanne did this this in her watercolors, collages, prints, ceramics, and sculpture. She also did it in the therapy she led, the stories she told, the lessons she taught, and the love she gave and the live she lived.
Jeanne was born July 17, 1930, to Ella and Lou Mossman and grew up in Glenwood and St. Paul. She graduated Central H.S., received her bachelor’s degree from Luther College, and was in the first MFA/M.Ed cohort at MSU. She was a Certified member of the International Transactional Analysis Association, a licensed Marriage and Family Counselor and a Ph.D. from Columbia Pacific University.
Jeanne was preceded in death by a miscarried child, her long time husband, Alfred Wiger ‘51, her brother James Frank Mossman ‘53, Ame Wiger and Elizabeth (Biz) Wiger. She is survived by her three sons, their spouses, seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, sister-in-law, and more loved ones than can be imagined.
A memorial was held Nov. 12, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, St. Paul. Jeanne (a polio survivor) was a strong believer in vaccines and the family requested that only those who are fully vaccinated attend the memorial.
Jeanne loved flowers and would want you to look closely at them – to notice the gentle curve of the petal, the way the colors blend, the soft pollen, the strength of the stem. That said, in lieu of flowers, please donate to the White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELRP.org).
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