JANE TALBERT

1924 - 2020

JANE MARTIN TALBERT (Age 96)  
Of Suitland, Maryland went home peacefully to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 29, 2020, surrounded by her loving family and caregivers. She died of natural causes. She was born at home in Anacostia, DC on St. Patrick's Day in 1924 and attended Birney Elementary School, Shaw Junior High, Dunbar High School, and Miner Teachers College. She met the love of her life, Edward J. Talbert, on a "blind date" in the summer of 1948, while she was in New York working on her Master's degree at New York University. She was a teacher in the District of Columbia Public School System, first at Anthony Bowen School, then at Charles Young School, Turner Elementary School, and finally Stanton Elementary, where she taught Third Grade for twenty years until her retirement in 1980. In 1957, she and Ed moved from Anacostia to Dupont Heights (Suitland), MD, where they lived happily until their deaths. A third generation Washingtonian, Jane was predeceased by her parents, John T. Martin, Sr. and Bertha Estelle Howard Martin, her brother, Col. John T. Martin, Jr. (Hestlene), nephews, John Martin III, Dr. Alan Martin, Attorney James Porter, and niece, Theresa Roberson. Beloved wife of Edward for over 70 years until his death in December 2019, she leaves to mourn her passing her devoted daughter, Patricia Talbert Smith and husband, Christopher Smith of Rockville, MD; her granddaughter, Courtney Koreiwo (Christopher John) of San Diego; her sister-in-law, Alma Sherman of Washington, DC; her nephew, Attorney Charles Martin of Washington, DC; her niece, Joan Teaiwa (John) of Suva, Fiji Islands, as well as her great-nieces, friends of all ages, and neighbors of over 60 years. The family especially thanks caregivers Abe, Cheryl, Kathy, and Judy for bringing her so much joy. Jane was a member of Allen Chapel AME Church for almost 50 years.Jane donated her body to science and will eventually be inurned with her Tuskegee Airman husband at Arlington National Cemetery. Due to the pandemic, a virtual service will be planned for a later date. Memorial contributions can be made in her name to the Youth in Aviation Program of the East Coast Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen (ECCTAI), Inc. www.ecctai.org).