Jane Connor Hale

Hale Jane Connor Hale, died peacefully at the Clare Bridge facility for Alzheimer's persons near her home in Northville, Michigan. Jane was 65 years old at the time of her death from complications of early onset Alzheimer's. Jane was a graduate of St. Mary of the Springs Academy in Columbus, Ohio and of Saint Mary's College in South Bend, Indiana. She was active in her community, among other things being the President of the area American Association of University Women. She was passionate about education, women's rights, equity issues, and especially about her family. Friends are remembering Jane as the most beautiful, fun, funny, happy, smart, articulate, generous, strong woman who loved her family and music. She is survived by her husband of nearly 40 years, Dan Hale; her son, Andrew and his fiancé, Emilie; her stepdaughter, Christine Hale Vertucci and her husband, Phil; her stepdaughter, Vicky Carvour and her husband, Tim and their children, Harrison and Chloe; her two brothers, John Connor and wife, Susan, and Dan Connor and wife, Sharon; and her many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be at the RUTHERFORD CORBIN FUNERAL HOME at 515 High Street, Worthington, Ohio from 4-7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 21, 2014, and a Mass at Our Lady of Victory, 1559 Roxbury Rd, Columbus, Ohio, at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 22, 2014. Friends are invited to a brief reception following the Mass at the Lady of Victory Church. There will also be a commemoration event for her friends in Michigan on the evening of Thursday, March 27 at a place and time to be determined. The family has requested that donations instead of flowers be made to the Alzheimer's Association at Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011 or online at http://www.alz.org/join_the_cause_donate.asp.