Jane Ann Slater, "Pah-Me-Jith" 70, of the Kickapoo Reservation, passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2022 at the Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.

She was born on October 19, 1951 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of George and Ida Bernice Dupuis Ogden. She graduated from East High School, Kansas City, MO., Emporia State Teacher's College and received her Master's in Education from the Georgia University in Athens, GA. Jane taught school in Shonto, Arizona, at the Kickapoo Nation School, was a Kickapoo Head Start Director, Social worker for NECAP and retired as a Residential Aide at the Haskell Indian Nations University.

Survivors include a brother, George Ogden Jr.; two sisters, Mary Belle Patterson and Linda Allen; many nieces, nephews and other relatives. The family will greet friends on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 from 6:00 to 7:00 P.M. at the Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton, Kansas.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, September 1, 2022 at the Kickapoo Community Building with the burial to follow at the Kennekuk Cemetery on the Kickapoo Reservation. A dinner will follow the burial at the Kickapoo Community Building. A special message may be  sent to the family at www.dishon-maple-chaney.com