Jane Z. Waxman Obituary (2009) - Prairie Village, Kansas

Jane Z. Waxman, MD, 83, of Prairie Village, KS, passed away January 18, 2009. Funeral services will be at 3:00pm Saturday, January 24, 2009, at South-Broadland Presbyterian Church, 7850 Holmes Road, Kansas City, MO. Burial to follow at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, MI. In lieu of flowers, the family request contributions to The Jane Zabel Waxman Fund, Camp Eberhart Alumni Association, 316 S. Eddy Street, South Bend, IN 46617. Dr. Waxman was born in South Bend, Indiana to Walter and Adah Zabel. She was the valedictorian of her Niles High School class of 1943, Niles, MI. She learned to be an expert sailor, equestrian and riflewoman as a youth at Camp Eberhart, Three Rivers, MI. She attended The University of Michigan where she was Phi Beta Kappa and received a Bachelor in Science in 1946 and a Doctor of Medicine in 1949. Her postgraduate training was at Syracuse University Medical School, Syracuse, NY, where she met her husband of 57 years, David Waxman, MD. She later moved with her family to Kansas City, MO, where she began a private practice in pediatrics. She was the first woman president of the Kansas City Pediatric Society from 1982-84. After 25 years in private practice, Dr Waxman moved to an outpatient pediatric practice with the military, first at Richards Gebaur AFB in Grandview, MO, then later at Munson Army Hospital in Leavenworth, KS. She received the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service and the Department of the Army Meritorious Civilian Award. She retired from medical practice in 1993. Dr. Waxman was preceded in death by her husband, David, in 2007 and her brother Robert Zabel, in 1999. She is survived by her daughter Gail Prestigiacomo and husband Michael of Killeen, TX; son Michael Waxman, MD and wife Nancy, of Leawood, KS; son Dan Waxman, MD and wife Sharon of Indianapolis, IN; daughter Annie Lopez, JD and husband Alberto of Glencoe, IL; son Steve Waxman, MD and wife Betsy of Iowa City, IA; and daughter Abby Moore, CPA and husband Ronnie of Overbrook, KS; grandchildren: John, Jennifer, Sarah and husband Michael Kline, Jacob, Rachel, Max, Sam, Isaac, Mary Jane, David, Walter, William, Chelsea and Jessica.