Mrs. Jane Randolph DeMott, age 81, of 211 Milton Brown Heirs Road, Boone, died Monday, March 16, 2009, at Glenbridge Health Care Center.

Mrs. DeMott was born December 20, 1927 in Ithaca, New York, a daughter of the late Lowell Fitz Randolph and Fannie Rane Randolph.
She was educated in the Ithaca School System and later enrolled and graduated from The Putney School in Putney, Vermont. Mrs. DeMott enrolled in Cornell University, in Ithaca and graduated with a B.A. degree with the class of 1948. While at Cornell, she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theda Soroity's Iona Chapter. After graduating, Mrs. DeMott worked for the Hanes Department Store in Newark, New Jersey.

In 1970, she married The Reverend Richard A. DeMott, and resided in New City, New York. Mrs. DeMott was involved in church choirs and an active volunteer counselor for the Rockland Volunteer Counseling Service. This latter activity propelled her into pursuing a graduate degree in social work. She gained a M.S.W. Degree, with counseling as a specialty, from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1973.

After her husband's retirement in 1996, they moved to Watauga County and settled in the town of Seven Devils. Mrs. DeMott continued to pursue her hobbies of spinning and weaving, horticulture, knitting, and church activities.

Mrs. DeMott is survived by her husband, Richard A. DeMott of Banner Elk; three daughters, Mary Elizabeth Stewart and husband Jeffrey of Greenwich, Connecticut, Carolyn Jane Wiltsie of Trumansburg, New York, and Frances Jane Wiltsie-Ibbra and husband Husto of Landrum, South Carolina; one son, George Randolph Wiltsie and wife Chris of Ithaca, New York, and one brother, Robert Fitz Randolph of Vero Beach, Florida. She is also survived by seven grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one brother, Rane Randolph.

A memorial service for Mrs. Jane Randolph DeMott will be conducted Saturday morning, March 21, 2009, at 11:00 o'clock, at St. Mary of the Hills Episcopal Church. Officiating will be Father Rick Lawler and the Right Reverend Gary Gloster.

The reception will follow in the church fellowship hall.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Western Carolina Chapter, 3800 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28215, High Country Health Care System/Hospice, 400 Shadowline Drive, Suite 100-B, Boone, North Carolina, 28607, or to St. Mary of the Hills Episcopal Church, PO Box 14, Blowing Rock, North Carolina, 28605.

Online condolences may be sent to the DeMott family at www.hamptonfuneralservice.com.

Hampton Funeral and Cremation Service is in charge of the arrangements.