Jane Wackerbarth

Evolution of Jane
Jane was born in Morenci, Arizona. She was named Elsie after her father's Aunt, but she always went by Jane. She was the oldest of five girls. Her sister, Joy was 18 months younger. The family moved to Granville in western Massachusetts when Jane was still a toddler. Sister Joanne was born 10 years later, followed by Jill and Jacky. Jane's free spirit and creativity were apparent early on.

The small town in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains offered an unlimited playground of small farms, orchards, woods, creeks and ponds, it was the beginning of a lifetime of love with nature and the great outdoors.
Intelligent, artistic and athletic, she was a teacher's dream. Her summers were spent as a camp counselor, she was always full of fantastic ideas for her campers. She accepted a scholarship to Michigan State and graduated with a teaching degree for Physical Education.

In 1964 a letter from the newly formed Peace Corps program arrived which accepted her into the program, she was ecstatic. She was placed in a town in Venezuela, learned Spanish quickly and met amazing people. She traveled after the Peace Corps and ended up in Colorado where her life started to fall into place.

She loved social gatherings, square dancing , taking pictures and singing. She met her husband, Lynn Hutchinson, at a Rocky Mountain Singles group. They married and in 1969 had a baby girl, JoLynn. 5 years later a son, Jeff, joined the family. Jane immersed herself in her children, her church and her garden. She encouraged her children's interests in dancing, sports and art. She learned about organic gardening and created an oasis of visual beauty where only grass had grown before. She always shared her bounty and knowledge, she loved to share.

Parker, Colorado offered a new life after her divorce in 1979. She loved horses and hoped to create a small farm atmosphere for her children, similar to the ones she knew as a child. A welsh pony and a goat joined the dogs, cats and rabbits at "the farm. She was involved in town policies on various committees, she wrote articles for the local paper, she coached soccer and she worked as a substitute teacher.

Denver called her back in the early 90's and she found a new but slightly familiar role as a grandmother. In 1993, Jared, her first grandson was born. Grandson Joshua arrived in 1996. She loved playing Grandma to "the boys."
With a Master's Degree in Community Development from Metropolitan State College, she took on challenges that directed her toward new horizons. Colorado State Parks offered many volunteer projects, she was thrilled to help build the Colorado Trail, an undertaking to connect existing trails into a statewide 500 mile trail. Her calling still included gardening , she volunteered for a project called Hudson Gardens which introduced gardening to young children, she was enthusiastic about the program and proud of her young gardeners' successes.

During this time she was motivated to volunteer for Denver Youth Survey, a survey funded by Colorado University to try to understand the motivation behind gang related activities. She also took on a Vanderbilt survey which studied the effects of the homeless once they were recently moved into semi-permanent housing. She was touched and she sought to help those in need.
A friend sparked an interest, the study of the irises of an individual's eye. Birth order intrigued her, she studied it and felt the two combined were powerful and valuable sources of information from our past lives. The University of Santa Monica offered classes in Spiritual Studies, she spent eight months commuting to classes for the Masters Degree that she felt was the most important of her life. She was introduced to Spiritkeepers and Dances of Universal Peace, it connected her to many wonderful people.

In 2000 she was introduced to Biogenesis, she immediately completed the healing workshop and truly enjoyed the process of restoring harmony to people's life. She had written a manuscript which tied her knowledge together, but she had trouble finding interest in the publishing world. Ever the optimist, she was instructed to continue healing and helping others, she was taught new methods of performing biogenesis and she was given an assignment to help souls.
In 2007 she welcomed a new grandson, Griffin who was soon followed by granddaughter Madelyn. She spent several times a week with the children and on nice days she would take them to the park.

Jane was inspired to share information with the world, she was genuine and patient. When something caught her interest she immersed herself fully and became a master of it. She lived, loved and gardened with the most generous soul, always giving of herself, always giving everything that she had. She was a fearless optimist, seeing the good when many could only see the bad. She is no longer tied to us in a physical body, she is now finally free.

70, of Golden, soared free on January 23, 2011. She is survived by her two children: JoLynn (Eric) Heil and Jeff (April) Hutchinson. Four grandchildren: Jared, Josh, Griffin, and Madelyn. Daughter-in-law: Jessica Hutchinson. Four sisters: Joy (Bob) Bashore, Joanne (Fax) McCandlish, Jill Tierney, and Jacky (Bruce) Arnold. Also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles, and friends. Preceded in death by her parents, Sam and Doris Wackerbarth.

Donations may be made to a cause which Jane loved dearly, Dances of Universal Peace. Please make checks to DUP-Boulder c/o Jane Wackerbarth, 3445 S Clermont St., Denver, CO 80222.