Jane Owens is originally from Toledo, OH and was Office Manager for The Andersons, which was an agribusiness, for 13 years. She served as Chairman of the Red Cross Blood Drive and United Way Campaign while working at the Anderson. She was also Secretary to the Northwest Ohio Air Force Academy Parents Club for 3 years when her son Joel was attending the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
Jane has been married to Dick Owens for 56 years. Their son Matt was born in 1956 and then Joel, their second son, was born in 1959. Sadly, Matt died from a brain tumor when he was 14 years old. Joel was in the Air Force for 25 years and retired in 2005. Joel and Ellie have been married 20 years and have Sean who is 15 and Joshua who is 12. They reside in Longwood, Florida.
Jane and Dick came to Florida in 1984 and she again worked as Office Manager for Lacher McDonald and Co., CPA's for 10 years, retiring again in 1998.
Jane has been a member of the Belleair Women's Republican Club since 1988. She has belonged to the Pinellas County Republican Executive Committee and has done numerous volunteering during the various political campaigns.
Sherrie Morton
Treasurer
Sherrie Morton moved to Florida in 1968 and as a transplant, she has developed a large taproot.
She was personal assistant to three elected judges in Pinellas County and retired after 30 years of service. In 1968 she received Outstanding Part-Time Teacher of the Year in Vocational Technical Adult Education. In 1992 she was elected President of the Judicial Assistants Association of Florida. She represented over 900 judicial assistants in the State of Florida and served two terms.
In 2003 she was elected President of the Belleair Beach Island Garden Club and served two terms. She has won first place in flower arranging and first place in table artistry for the State of Florida.
She served as President of the Belleair Civic Association in 1998 and 2001 and this year she was elected treasurer. Since 2002 she is the editor of the Belleair Telephone Directory. Currently she is the Chair of the Town of Belleair Code Enforcement Board. She has served on this board continuously since 2000.
Sherrie believes in community service. She arranges flowers for her church and she works on her church newsletter. Currently she is President of her church Steering Committee. She volunteers at the Morton-Plant Mease Foundation and also for Animal Control in Pinellas County.
Carol Williams
Recording Secretary,Ways and Means, Directory
Carol was born in Muskegon, Michigan. She attended Albion College then transferred to Ball State University. She graduated from Ball State with Elementary Education and English majors. She completed her Masters at Western Michigan University. She has been a teacher, a technical writer and a computer analyst. Mostly she has been a volunteer!
Carol lived in Tampa with her family for eight years. The family moved to Salt Lake City, where she lived for 14 years. She returned to Florida from Detroit in 2000 sans husband.
Carol's volunteer activities include the Chislers, a Tampa women's group dedicated to the preservation of Plant Hall on the University of Tampa campus, 211 Tampa Bay Cares and Publicity for the Abilities Guild. Besides the BWRC, she is a member of the Ivory Club and the PCREC.
Carol's children are very successful in their professions. Robbin is a Senior Vice President of Wealth Management for Wells Fargo Bank. Her son, Justin, owns his own cosmetic laser business.
Carol was born in NY and brought to reside in Florida at the age of ten. She grew up on the Beaches and attended local schools. She went north to Upsala College, NJ and returned with a husband and their first child. Carol and Paul lived in Seminole and raised four children, two boys and a set of twin girls.
Carol graduated from JC and USF; she worked as a nurse at All Children's, Bay Pines VA and for 28 years at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater.
She was active in scouting with all the children, sports as a coach (basketball and softball). Carol held many offices with the Gulf Beach Jr. Woman's Club and for many years also volunteered for Cancer, Heart and MD drives. She was a member of the Queen's Court in St. Pete in 1970. Carol was on the PTA Board and served several years as Chairman at Blessed Sacrament School. She ran the school carnival for seven years and was active in several political campaigns.
Currently Carol is a member of the Mid County Council of the Juvenile Welfare Board, a member of Boley Angels, a member of the American Association of University Women where she is Chairman of Women on the Way Committee working with this program at SPC, teaches K4J and RCIA at her Catholic Church and is active in Republican politics at the county and state levels and holds membership in the Ivory Club an arm of the Pinellas Republican Executive Committee.
Joyce Paquette
Chaplain
Joyce Paquette has led a varied and interesting life. She owned a florist business in Farmington, Connecticut where she was a free style designer. She did weddings, malls, and private gardens.
Joyce was a foster mother to many children through the years. She was a chemist for Monsanto and an R.N. for thirty years. She was honored by Clearwater as “Woman of the Year”. She ran the state’s arm of the Miss Universe Pageant. She has always been involved in politics.
Sandy Hutton
President
I have been a Republican for over 25 years and my husband and I have always been very active in political clubs and groups in the communities where we have lived. I feel that, one of the most important things we can do, as citizens of this country is to be well informed, vigilant, and to be political activists in matters that concern us. I am currently a member of the Pinellas County Republican Executive Committee, Treasurer of the South Garden Women's Club and was formerly on the Advisory Council of the Save America Foundation, a conservative organization, and was very active in the Friends of the Biltmore Group (for the preservation of the Belleview Biltmore Hotel).
I have had a career in sales, marketing, banking and finance: eight years in banking, ending the last three years as an Executive Vice President, and going on 23 years now, as a Senior Vice President in the securities industry. Needless to say, my favorite newspaper is the Wall Street Journal. My wonderful husband and I merged families of six children over 25 years ago. We now have five grandchildren. My career years have taken me from the Midwest (Indianapolis) to the south (Memphis) and to the southwest (Dallas) and on to the Sunshine State. My husband is from Connecticut and New Jersey. His mother was the first woman state representative for the state of Connecticut (Republican, of course). We have had many wonderful family travels and many ventures around the world. Being Texans before we became Floridians, we worked especially hard in the campaigns of George "Dubya" Bush, and went to both his inaugurations. I will always cherish our collection of White House Christmas cards from the Bush years.
My passions are reading, writing, traveling, spending time with my family and friends, politics, Bible studies and my faith in God and community activities. The gutsiest and one of the most fun things I ever did was skydiving with my daughters (once only!) and being a passenger in an ultra light hang glider over Kauai, Hawaii. My fondest memories of traveling are of the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, Biblical sites in Israel and African safari adventures.
I love Belleair and am honored to be the president of this great club of Republican women.
Carol Bumiller
Parliamentarian
OFFICERS
ELECTED OFFICERS:
President: Sandy Hutton (727) 776-0100
First Vice President: Joyce Kooymans (727) 443-3382
2nd Vice President (Membership): Debby Whisenand (727) 596-3342
Recording Secretary: Carol Williams (727) 474-7102
Treasurer: Sherrie Morton (727) 581-8313
Corresponding Secretary: Julie Steiner, 593-7730
DIRECTORS:
Marilyn Lenihan (727) 596-0790
Jane Owens (727) 595-0341
Joyce Pacquette (727) 584-4735
Norma Stalions (Past President) (727) 772-0079
Sandra Tuten (727) 581-7314
Sarah Whidden (727) 395-0550
APPOINTED OFFICERS:
Chaplain: Joyce Pacquette (727) 584-4735
Parliamentarian: Carol Bumiller (727) 596-5808
SPECIAL COMMITTEES:
Ballot Box: Claudia Thomas (727) 772-8891 and Carol Williams (727) 474-7102
Directory: Carol Williams (727) 474-7102
Hospitality: Jane Owens (727) 595-0341
Lunch Reservations: Marilyn Lenihan (727) 596-0790 Pat Watts (727) 595-1791
Historian: Sandy Tuten (727) 581-7314
Membership: Debby Whisenand (727) 596-3342
Programs: Joyce Kooymans (727) 443-3382, Cell: (700) 560-7609
Ways and Means: Norma Stalions (727-772-0079) and Carol Williams (727) 474-7102
Publicity: Sarah Whidden (727) 395-0550
Greeters: Cynthia Bie (727) 596-5025, Jan Murray (727) 595-6724, Corinne Schlising (727) 724-3242,
Norma Stalions (727) 772-0079, Carol Williams (727) 474-7102
Chances: Mary McVay(727) 471-2082, Sarah Whidden (727) 395-0550, Julie Steiner, 593-7730, Denna Shiben, 398-5259
Website: Norma Stalions 727-772-0079
Website Photos: 727-772-8891
Jane Owens, Director and Hospitality.
