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Jane was a resident of Rutherford for 75 years. She had a Bachelor's degree in Education and had a wonderful career teaching for 40 years at Pierrepont Elementary School in Rutherford, retiring in 1990.
She enjoyed crossword puzzles, embroidery, attending the Opera and Broadway Shows in New York City. Jane loved New York City and traveling aboard to Europe and frequent trips to Paris and vacationing in Lake Ontario. She was an avid reader and had a great relish for swimming & drinking a Manhattan every day. Jane cherished her family, especially her precious grandchildren.
Jane will be deeply missed by her loving sons Mark and wife Susan, Philip and wife Marigene, her grandchildren; Philip, Brian, Kristen, Jack, Michael and siblings Mariann VanBuren. Jane is predeceased by her twin sister Frances Ferris & Walter Gokey.
Funeral Mass of Christian Liturgy will be held Wednesday August 16, 2023 at 12:00 pm at the Church of Saint Mary, 91 Home Ave., Rutherford. Interment in Immaculate Conception Cemetery, 712 Grove Street, Upper Montclair, NJ.
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Ron Micci
June 13, 2024
My deepest condolences to the family. I had Jane as a 4th grade teacher and my mother was a close friend, and so our families interacted with one another socially for many years. Jane had a wonderful spirit and zest for life as did her late husband, Walter. Miss them both dearly. If all of humanity were as loving and enthusiastic as Jane, oh what a blessed world this would be.
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