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August 23, 2007
Services
A memorial service is planned for 11:00 AM on Friday, August 31, at the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East, Wayne.
Jane K. Byles, age 86 of Wayne died on Thursday August 23, 2007 at the Sunrise Assisted Living, Fairfield, NJ with her family gathered around her.
Jane was born in East Orange and graduated high school there in 1939. She attended Upsala College, graduating in 1943 with a degree in biology. She worked as a biology laboratory technician before becoming a full-time mother to her five children.
After the war, Jane and her late husband, Howard (2004) moved to Wayne in 1948, when the town was little more than a farming community. They, along with several other families from their East Orange area neighborhood, settled in Packanack Lake. Jane loved her new home and was very active in the Packanack Community Church as well as various clubs and lake associations in and around Packanack.
Jane particularly loved her summers in Manasquan. Her children and grandchildren recall many fond memories of those summers with her at the beach; deep-sea fishing and just enjoying the Jersey Shore.
Jane was a great cook and Christmas was probably her favorite holiday for entertaining, although her home seemed to be the place that almost all holiday’s and family gathers were celebrated.
She enjoyed bowling and was passionate about playing Bridge. When she recently moved to Sunrise Assisted Living in Fairfield, her Bridge partners were no longer close by, so they hired a car service to take them to Jane’s place just so they could play Bridge!
It is also worthy to note that Jane’s father, William Kolb, is credited with inventing the candy apple and the ‘all day sucker’ lolly pop. He had his own confectionery business and later worked for Holsten’s Brookdale Confectionery in Bloomfield, NJ.
Surviving are: one sister, Shirley K. Brown of Marathon, Florida; five children: William Byles and his wife Barbara of Succassuna, NJ; Bonnie Soleau and her husband Glen of Oak Ridge, NJ; Suzanne Sparano and her husband Rick of Caldwell, NJ; Douglas Byles and his wife Meri of Oakland, California; Merry Lynn Daly and her husband John of Nevada City, California; and thirteen grandchildren.
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A memorial service is planned for 11:00 AM on Friday, August 31, at the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East, Wayne.
August 23, 2007
Services
A memorial service is planned for 11:00 AM on Friday, August 31, at the Packanack Community Church, 120 Lake Drive East, Wayne.
Jane K. Byles, age 86 of Wayne died on Thursday August 23, 2007 at the Sunrise Assisted Living, Fairfield, NJ with her family gathered around her.
Jane was born in East Orange and graduated high school there in 1939. She attended Upsala College, graduating in 1943 with a degree in biology. She worked as a biology laboratory technician before becoming a full-time mother to her five children.
After the war, Jane and her late husband, Howard (2004) moved to Wayne in 1948, when the town was little more than a farming community. They, along with several other families from their East Orange area neighborhood, settled in Packanack Lake. Jane loved her new home and was very active in the Packanack Community Church as well as various clubs and lake associations in and around Packanack.
Jane particularly loved her summers in Manasquan. Her children and grandchildren recall many fond memories of those summers with her at the beach; deep-sea fishing and just enjoying the Jersey Shore.
Jane was a great cook and Christmas was probably her favorite holiday for entertaining, although her home seemed to be the place that almost all holiday’s and family gathers were celebrated.
She enjoyed bowling and was passionate about playing Bridge. When she recently moved to Sunrise Assisted Living in Fairfield, her Bridge partners were no longer close by, so they hired a car service to take them to Jane’s place just so they could play Bridge!
It is also worthy to note that Jane’s father, William Kolb, is credited with inventing the candy apple and the ‘all day sucker’ lolly pop. He had his own confectionery business and later worked for Holsten’s Brookdale Confectionery in Bloomfield, NJ.
Surviving are: one sister, Shirley K. Brown of Marathon, Florida; five children: William Byles and his wife Barbara of Succassuna, NJ; Bonnie Soleau and her husband Glen of Oak Ridge, NJ; Suzanne Sparano and her husband Rick of Caldwell, NJ; Douglas Byles and his wife Meri of Oakland, California; Merry Lynn Daly and her husband John of Nevada City, California; and thirteen grandchildren.
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