88, lifelong animal lover wrote newspaper columns for 30+ years
Gloria Jean Brody, Jean, was born in Brunswick, Ga. on Dec. 7, 1931, to Luby and Marion Peters. She was the oldest of three children. Jean was raised in several places in Georgia and Florida.
She attended Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.
Jean raised her four children, Clarke, Marion, Phoebe and Katy in Delray Beach, Fla. and St. Louis.
Later in life she earned her teaching degree from Fontbonne College. She taught English at Layfette High School in Chesterfield, Mo.
One of the highlights of her life was working for Missouri Youth for Environmental Quality and then raising wolves and other wild animals. It was from this work she developed a lifelong love and passion for animals both domestic and wild.