Jane Virginia Edmunds Edwards, 74, of Blakeslee, Pennsylvania, and Jonesport, Maine, formerly of Plainfield and South Plainfield, passed away peacefully April 12, 2024, at home after a valiant battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was surrounded by family and in the embrace of her eldest son.
Jane was born in Patterson to Robert Edmunds and Barbara Elwell Edmunds and grew up in Little Silver. She graduated from Red Bank Regional High School and the Duke University School of Nursing with a BSN and a love for the Duke Blue Devils. As a professional, she served hospitals in Port Jervis, New York, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Red Bank and at the Girl Scouts Camp Sinawik at Camp Oak Springs in Somerset.
Most of her life was dedicated to her family. Her greatest passion was for her children, grandchildren, and most any children, having been involved in Girl Scouts, Christian Nursery schools and other school and church activities. Her second passion was spending time at her piece of the old Farnsworth Family Homestead on Masons Bay in Jonesport, Maine, where she was a sixth-generation blueberry grower. She enjoyed sewing, knitting, crafting, baking and gardening.
Up until her time of passing, Jane, along with her husband, was a dealer at Pocono Peddlers’ Village Antique Mall in Tannersville, Pennsylvania.
Jane was a member of the Pocono Lake Wesleyan Church, Pocono Lake, Pennsylvania, Sawyer Memorial Congregational Church, Jonesport, Maine, and the Jonesport Historical Society.
She is survived by her husband of 53 years Mark Edwards; a sister Marilyn Edmunds; a brother Russel Edmunds; two sons, Keith (Carrie) Edwards of Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania, and Brian Edwards of North Brunswick; daughter Cindy (Doug) Cooper of Calhan, Colorado; and five grandchildren, Riley and Connor Edwards, of Pocono Summit, Daniel and Jack Cooper of Calhan, and Katherine Cooper of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
A Celebration of Life was held April 18 at Pocono Lake Wesleyan Church. All attending were encouraged to wear something yellow to honor her. Interment was scheduled at a later date in Jonesport, Maine.
Bolock Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., has been entrusted with the arrangements. Condolences may be expressed at bolockfuneralhome.com.
The article originally appeared in the May 9 – 15, 2024 print edition of The Two River Times.
