Jean English decorated interiors from Cleveland to the Bahamas: news obituary

Jean English sometimes used plants as drapes and built outdoor shower stalls open to the ocean.

The bold interior decorator had a brain aneurysm on Nov. 18. She died March 15 at the Hospice of Palm Beach County at age 88.

She was born Jean Easterday in Mansfield and graduated from Cleveland Heights-University Heights High School. She went to Rockford College and Ohio Wesleyan University.

In the early 1960s, she started what became known as the Jean English Studio at her house in Bainbridge. She decorated homes and businesses in Greater Cleveland and the Bahamas, including the clubhouse at Tanglewood Country Club and a restaurant at La Place.

She decorated model homes at Tanglewood Lake, Lake in the Woods, Landerwood Glen and elsewhere, scattering eyeglasses, fruit and open books for that lived-in look. She sometimes hung stenciled wallpaper and local artwork.

English eventually moved to Treasure Cay in the Bahamas and spent summers in Moreland Hills. She co-founded Valley Presbyterian Church and Fellowship Bible Church, both in Bainbridge. Fellowship will host a memorial service at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 31.

She outlived her husband, Phil English. Survivors include eight children, 23 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

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Jean English decorated interiors from Cleveland to the Bahamas: news obituary