Jeanne L. Gleason died Nov. 18, 2019. She was 77.  Gleason earned her bachelor’s degree from Medill and a master’s degree from the University of Chicago. She worked as an elementary textbook editor at Scott Foresman, Silver Burdett Ginn, Pearson, and Houghton Mifflin.

She is survived by her brother Robert Gleason, her nephew David and her dear friend and caregiver, Ruth Otey.