Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, February 11, 2005 at the First Baptist Church of Canyon with Rev. Terry L. Meyer and Rev. David Lowrie officiating. Mary Jane Reeves was born August 15, 1929, in Denver, Colorado, to Joseph and Mary Jane Guiteras. She grew up in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Santiago, Chile, where she attended The American College. She graduated from Stephen"s College and received a Master of Arts in Spanish from the University of Colorado. For three summers she was in charge of the language school at the University of Colorado and also studied Russian at Middlebury College in Vermont. She spent a year at the University of Innsbruck in Austria as a Fullbright Scholar and attended the Universities of Madrid and Santander, Spain. She returned to Denver to teach languages at East High School. It was during this time that she met John Reeves. They were married in August of 1959. Mary Jane continued to teach in the Denver Public Schools until 1970, when she, John, and their three children moved to Canyon, Texas. She taught languages at Canyon High School, and for several summers she and John took groups of students to Europe. Mary Jane taught in the Education Department of West Texas State University for several years before accepting a position as Gifted & Talented Coordinator at Region XVI Service Center, helping area school districts develop and strengthen their gifted & talented education programs. Among her many awards and distinctions was being named Texas State Educator of the Year. She retired in 1996 to spend more time traveling and to be with her children and grandchildren. She continued to tutor at Lakeview Elementary School, to help with Odyssey of the Mind Program, and to judge area speech tournaments. She was diagnosed with Parkinson"s Disease in 1997 and fought a valiant fight that made her family proud. She shared with her family her lifelong love of traveling, learning, music and languages. The family would like to express their gratitude to the many people who gave their love and support during her last days. Survivors include her husband of forty-five years, John T. Reeves, of the home; three daughters, Anne Blasdel, of Oklahoma City, OK, Meg Williams, of Denver, CO, and Jenny Wilson, of Dallas, TX; one brother, Joseph Guiteras, of Oxnard, CA, and five grandchildren, Natalie, Zac, and Nate Blasdel, and Noah and Luke Wilson. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to the Gifted & Talented Scholarship at WTAMU, Box 60909, Canyon, Texas, 79016, Odyssey Hospice, 1000 S. Jefferson, Amarillo, Texas 79101, or to a favorite charity.