JANE ROLLINS

ROLLINS--Jane, 85, of New York, NY, passed away peacefully on January 1, 2012. Born Pearl Rose Levine on June 14, 1926 to Eva and Henry Levine, she lived in the Bronx, NY and graduated from New York's High School of Music & Art. She married Jack Rollins in 1948 and they resided on Manhattan's Upper West Side and at their summer home in Old Chatham, NY for most of their 63 year marriage. Jane was a professional singer with The Tattlers, a vocal quartet performing in nightclubs and theaters nationwide, and a musical cast member of television's "Your Hit Parade" in the early 1950's. When she left singing to raise a family she was an active member of the PTA, a Girl Scout leader, and a founding member of the West 83rd Street Block Association, one of the first organizations of its kind, as well as a vital helpmate to her husband in his career as a personal manager and film producer. Jane is survived by her husband, her three children, Susan Rollins of New York, NY, Hillary Rollins of Santa Monica, CA, and Francesca Rollins of Los Angeles, CA, and her younger sister, June Levine of Walnut Creek, CA. She is also survived by four grandchildren, two sons-in-law, cousins, nieces, nephews and numerous beloved friends who were like family to her. The funeral will be held Wednesday, January 4th, at 4pm at Riverside Memorial Chapel on Amsterdam Avenue and 76th St. Additional memorial services in Old Chatham and Los Angeles are planned for the near future. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, one of the many causes she championed.