Jean C. Row, 85. DOVER - Jean C. Row, of Dover, died Thursday, August 21, 2008, in her home. She was 85. Jean Row was born April 15, 1923 in Shippensburg, Pa., to the late John E. Coffey and Kathryn Fogelsanger Coffey. She graduated from Shippensburg High School in 1940 and earned her bachelor of science education degree at Shippensburg State Teachers College now Shippensburg University, in 1943, having taken an accelerated program because of WWII. From 1943 to 1949 she was a teacher in the public schools at Mount Union, Pa. On May 21, 1944 Jean and Howard E. Row of Millersburg, Pa., were married at Grace Reformed Church now known as U.C.C in Shippensburg. They moved to Dover Feb. 1953. Jean has been a teacher in Sunday schools, a director at church activities, a leader in Girl Scouts and coordinator of a recreational program for children of migrants. At St. Andrews Evangelical Lutheran Church, Dover she was Luther League Advisor in the 1960's and historian for its first 32 years. She compiled an extensive genealogical record of the Coffey, Fogelsanger, Row, and Elicker families and wrote historical accounts of individual members which are available for research at the appropriate historical society libraries. Jean was a guide for Dover Heritage Trail, Inc. from 1980 to 1992 and tour director from 1985 to 1992. She researched and wrote a guidebook for the Victorian Dover Historic District and researched and expended the guidebook for the Old Dover Historic District. Jean donated photo portraits of Sarah Wistar Miller to the Leon DeValinger Hall of Records. These were hung near the vault where the charter documents from Charles and James Duke of York are preserved. The documents were gifts for the State of Delaware from Sarah Wistar Miller in 1909. She is survived by her husband of 64 years, Howard E. Row of Dover; two sons, David A. Row and his wife Mary of Colorado Springs, Colo., and John H. Row; granddaughters, Julie B. Row Ingram and Debbie Row Whately and her husband Shane; great-grandchildren, Aspen, Nickolas, Katie Whatley and Grant T.J. Ingram. Services will be private. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions be made to St. Andrews Lutheran Church, 425 N. Dupont Highway, Dover, DE 19901 and gifts designated to be used for maintaining historical records. Arrangements by Torbert Funeral Chapels, Dover. Letters of condolences may be sent, and guestbook signed, at torbertfuneral.com