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Jane B. Kellogg, 85, of San Antonio, TX passed away Friday, May 23, 2025 at her home in San Antonio. She was born in Ada, OK on October 28,1939 to Melvin David and Maudie Ruth Strother (Strong). Jane was an educator, administrator, technology consultant, pilot, business owner, benefactor, and aviation mentor. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Education degree from the University of Tulsa and Master of Science degree from Oklahoma State University. Her professional career included science teacher Tulsa, OK, public relations director Ada, OK, school administrator Holdenville, OK, Apple Computer account executive for the State of Oklahoma (received Top Gun Award), telecommunications consultant Tennessee, and business owner Kellogg & Sovereign Consulting. As a pilot she achieved instrument rating and was passionate about aviation. Jane and her late husband funded the Don and Jane Kellogg Mathematics and Science Teaching Scholarship at East Central University (ECU). Jane and Debi Sovereign’s company, Kellogg & Sovereign Consulting, sponsored the financial teaching lab at the ECU Stonecipher School of Business and started the ECU Business Scholar Program. Their company was awarded the ECU Distinguished Service Award in 2014 and the Oklahoma Technology Association Friend of Technology Award in 2017. After Jane moved to San Antonio, she actively worked with aviation students at Southwest ISD where she was awarded the “Friend of Southwest ISD” and organized various scholarships granted to aviation students. She was a member of the Commemorative Air Force and an EEA Lifetime member, San Antonio, TX. Jane is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Donald Homer Kellogg and her ex-spouse, Wesley J Burris. Jane is survived by her children, Wesley Jay Burris II (Caryn Beard Burris and Kathy Becker Burris, deceased) and Deborah Jane Burris Sovereign (Michael Sovereign); step-children Cindy Kellogg Cason (Robert Cason, deceased), Donald Eugene “Gene” Kellogg (Jennifer Logsdon Kellogg) and Donna Kellogg Ashelford. Grandchildren: Stephen Burris, Jessica Sovereign Castaneda (Timothy Castaneda), and Thomas Michael Sovereign (Preslie Olson Sovereign). Step-Grandchildren: Katherine Ashelford Leyden (Andy Leyden), Becky Ashelford, Andrew Cason, Daniel Cason (Andrea Duran Cason), Jonathan Cason, Sarah Roe-Cason (Graham Roe-Cason) Zachary Kellogg, and Elise Kellogg. Great grandchildren: Temperance and Verity (Katherine Leyden), Mitchell and Trevor (Jessica and Tim Castaneda), Miles and Parker (Thomas and Preslie Sovereign). She always said she was blessed to live a “Cinderella” kind of life where she was afforded great opportunities from meager beginnings and she never knew where the next one would lead to. Never could she have imagined the life she has had from teaching, school administration, technology consultant, sales executive with Apple Computer, then consulting in Tennessee and all that came from that, and best of all, sharing 25 years working side by side with her daughter to build a business focused on schools, libraries, and healthcare, and in her final years serving as a benefactor and aviation mentor. She came from a relatively small family and relished building a large family later in life. She adored every member and enjoyed hosting everyone under her roof whenever possible, ensuring that all felt welcome and special in her home and supported when outside of it. As shared by Ian Heritch, EAA Chapter 35, “Jane represented the best of us. She was always happy to be around other aviators; she was fiercely supportive and encouraging of any young person who had a passion for learning how to fly, and she did not hesitate to help Chapter 35 (and other aviation organizations) reach for the future.” Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to: Will Rogers High School Foundation https://willrogersfoundation.net/donate/, Forest Heritage Center https://okfhc.org/become-a-member/, Angel Flight https://www.angelflightsc.org/how-to-give, The 99's Women Pilot's Association https://www.ninety-nines.org/donation.htm, or EAA-Young Eagles Program https://chapters.eaa.org/eaa35/donate

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Jane B. Kellogg

October 28, 1939 - May 23, 2025