JANE A. CONNELLY

CONNELLY, Jane A. (Preston) Jane Ann (Preston) Connelly of North Easton, Massachusetts, peacefully passed away Monday, April 23, at the Pond Home in Wrentham. She was 98 years old. She was the daughter of the late Robert J. and the late Rose M. (Brown) Preston, and she was predeceased by her brothers, Robert Preston and Richard Preston. Jane was a first grade teacher in North Easton for more than 20 years. She also taught elementary school for eight years at St. Margaret Mary in South Euclid, Ohio, and began her career in North Andover. She was the wife of the late John J. Connelly, a professor at Stonehill College, and led a two-career household long before it was commonplace. Jane was predeceased by her daughter Mary Ann Connelly and is survived by her other children and their spouses, including John P. Connelly and his wife Susan of Foxborough, Christopher P. Connelly and his wife Mary of Marblehead, and Kathleen Connelly Legg and her husband David of Auburn. She is also survived by many grandchildren, including John T. Connelly and his husband Matthew Haynes of London, U.K., Timothy Connelly of Foxborough, Laura Connelly of San Francisco, Caroline Connelly of Boston, Patrick Connelly of Los Angeles, Daniel Legg of Worcester, Brian Legg and his partner Jessica Dias of Easthampton, and Martin Legg and his fiancee Colette Garrigues of Leverett; and her great grandchildren, Arya Dias and Milo Dias Legg of Easthampton. Jane was born in Glens Falls, N.Y., and moved to Boston with her family during the Great Depression. She earned a bachelor's degree in education at Salem Teachers College (now Salem State University). She loved to read and travel and visited many parts of this country and most of Western Europe. Jane was a devout communicant at the Immaculate Conception Parish in North Easton where she was an active member of the Daughters of Isabella. In her retirement, she remained engaged with her friends and colleagues in Delta Kappa Gamma Society and the Massachusetts Teachers Association. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the funeral from Kane Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 605 Washington Street (Rte.138) EASTON, on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass in the Immaculate Conception Church, Easton, at 10:00 a.m. Visiting hours on Friday from 4-7 p.m. in the funeral Home. Interment will be held on Monday, April 30, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. St. Mary's Cemetery, Glens Falls, NY. For directions or condolences visit www.kanefuneralhome.com