- Date Of Birth: June 21, 1938
- Date Of Death: August 30, 2022
- State: North Carolina
Jean Kotter Dilworth, 84, of Waxhaw, North Carolina passed away Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at Atrium Health Union in Monroe. She was born June 21, 1938 in Huntsville, Illinois to the late Bryon E. Kotter and the late Hazel V. Thompson.
She is survived by brother Lloyd Kotter, sister and brother-in-law Donna and Larry Geer, son and daughter-in-law Dr. Doug Dilworth and Lisa Gerdon-Dilworth, and daughter and son-in-law Sondra and Chad Brown. She is also survived by her two granddaughters Carter Gerdon and Charlee Dilworth and many family and friends throughout the country.
Jean attended Blackburn College transferring and graduating from University of Illinois – Champaign in 1961. She ran her own retail fabric business, Nifty Fabrics in Adair, Illinois from 1968 through 1980. Jean obtained her Master of Fine Arts in costume design from Western Illinois University in 1985. She was especially proud to join the ranks of university educators at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina in 1988. She continued to become a tenured professor at Eastern Illinois University teaching from 1988 until her retirement in 2010.
She was a life-long learner and teacher.
Her light shined bright for all those that had the privilege to spend time with her.
