Dates

• Existence: 1931 - 2016

Biography

Jean Fausett Atthowe (1931-2016) was the founder of the Montana Spay/Neuter Task Force.

Jean Fausett Atthowe was born February 26, 1931, in Brooklyn, New York, to Lynn Fausett and Helen Wessels. She went to the University of Utah and subsequently worked at Sunset Magazine in Palo Alto, California. There, she met John (Jack) Atthowe and married him in 1954. They spent their first five years of marriage in Germany and England and returned to the United States to start a family. They moved to Montana, where Jean got her master's degree in fine arts at the University of Montana while raising two daughters. Jean and Jack retired to Stevensville, Montana in 1989. In 1992, Jean founded and was president of the Montana Spay/Neuter Task Force, an organization devoted to helping communities solve pet over-population problems. Jean Atthowe passed away December 19, 2016, in Richland, Oregon.

Citation:

tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com, viewed August 17, 2019 ǂb (Jean Atthowe; born Jean Fausett in Brooklyn, New York on February 26, 1931; died December 19, 2016 in Richland, Oregon; writer; teacher; founded Montana Spay Neuter Task Force in 1992)

Collection of interviews by James D'Arc, 1974-2008(Jean Fausett Atthowe)

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