Jane Banister

1947 - 2024

Jane Hoffman Banister, 77, died on April 9. 2024 from complications of Parkinson's disease and dementia. She passed away peacefully in her home with her family at her bedside.
Janie was born February 22, 1947 in Salisbury, North Carolina. She was a Proud Pirate graduating from East Carolina University in 1969 with a degree in education. With her diploma in hand, Janie headed north for Virginia where she taught second grade for Chesapeake Public Schools primarily at E. W. Chittum elementary from which she retired after thirty years of service.
While living in Virginia Beach, she met Fred at a party hosted by her and her roommates. They wedded seven months after this encounter and enjoyed fifty one years of marriage which produced three children and four grandchildren.
Janie was predeceased by a son, Stephen, her parents, Burt and Nancy Hoffman, and a brother, Scott. She is survived by her loving husband, Fred, a son, John (Ellen), a daughter, Anne (Cora), and four grandchildren, Vivian, Sammy, Bryn, and Oliver, two sisters, Cynthia and Beth, a sister-in-law, Lina, and five nephews and nieces.
A visitation will be held at Sturtevant Funeral Home, 2690 Bridge Road, Suffolk, from 6:30 to 8pm on Monday, April 15th followed by a graveside service at Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens, 4569 Shoulders Hill Road, Suffolk at 11am, Tuesday, April 16th.
Her family wants to thank her long-time team of caregivers and the staff of Gentiva Hospice for their loving care.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial gift to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, give.michaeljfox.org. or the ECU School of Education, give.ecu.edu.