Georgia Jean Osha Wellman, 75, of Washington, died March 18 at her home.
Born March 15, 1941, in Washington, the daughter of George and Fleta Osha, she attended Washington schools, graduating in 1959. She attended Indiana State University in Terre Haute where she was a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1964.
During her time at Indiana State, she met John F. Wellman of Portage. They married in 1962, in Terre Haute. During their 18-year marriage, they had two sons: John, born in 1963, and Jay, born in 1969.
She and her husband continued their education at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana, where she earned a Master of Education degree in 1967.
After moving to DeKalb, Illinois, in 1969, Jean was a tax accountant at H&R Block, as well as at the accounting offices of Arthur Krupp and Robert Clausen. She also taught accounting courses at Kishwaukee College and was an enrolled agent to practice before the Internal Revenue Service.
In 1990, she moved from Illinois back to southwest Indiana, first to Terre Haute, then to Vincennes and finally back to Washington, where she lived in the house where she was raised. She continued to do tax returns for a small group of friends, family and long-term clients until she died.
Jean enjoyed cooking and sewing and for years sold her hand made clothing at various craft shows throughout the area. She enjoyed being involved with the reunions of her Washington Hatchets High School Class of 1959 and with homecoming events involving her Gamma Phi Beta sisters at Indiana State.
She is survived by her two sons, John of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Jay (Stacey) of Dublin, Ohio; nieces Debbie, Donna and Anita; nephews Joe and Scott; and grandchildren, Jordan, Jessica, Patrick and Nicholas.
She is preceded in death by her parents and by her two brothers, Donald and Robert.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Oak Grove Cemetery in Washington.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to the Washington Community Schools College Scholarship Fund at the Daviess County Community Foundation: https://communityfoundation. wufoo.com/ forms/gifts-to-thedaviess-county-communityfoundation/