Dr Jane E.        Oltman

Founding Member

of SNAN

Dr Jane E. Oltman, 96, of Fairfield, died May 31 at her home. Dr Oltman was born in St Paul, Minn., on October 26, 1909, a daughter of Charles A. and Lucy (Hennings) Oltman.

She was a graduate of the University of Minnesota where she earned both her bachelor’s and medical degrees with a concentration in psychiatry. Dr Oltman received her medical license in 1936 and first worked in Concord, N.H.

In 1937 she married Dr Samuel Friedman. For a short period, she was physician at the Niantic Women’s Prison, Niantic.

Dr Oltman was a staff psychiatrist and clinical director at Fairfield Hills Hospital in Newtown until 1970. From 1970 until her retirement in 1979, Dr Oltman was a member of the staff at Bridgeport Hospital.

 She was a founding member of the Spay and Neuter Association of Newtown. Dr Oltman was an adjunct professor at Yale University for many years.

Dr Oltman had been a resident of Fairfield since 1997.

Her daughter, Judith Kimball of Fairfield; three nieces, Mary Bishop of Evanston, Ill., Maria Vandersluys of Wisconsin, and Doris Oltman of Bozeman, Mont.; and a sister-in-law, Evelyn Oltman of Evanston, Ill., all survive Dr Oltman. She was preceded in death by a brother, Roy Oltman.

A memorial service and interment in Newtown Village Cemetery will be held at the convenience of the family. Arrangements were by Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main Street, Newtown.

The Newtown Bee        June 9, 2006