Jill Carlile

Jill Carlile (nee Templeton), age 68, of Blairstown, NJ passed away peacefully on Monday, April 22, 2024 while receiving the loving care of her family.

Jill was born to David and Margaret Templeton and had two sisters Kathy and Patti.  She graduated from Hawthorne High School and went on to William Paterson University where she earned her bachelor's degree in teaching special education.  Jill started her lifelong career in 1978 at Blairstown Elementary School in Vail Preschool.  She worked for 40 years teaching special education and loved her job, colleagues, and students.

She married her husband John Carlile in 1978 and they built their home in Hope Township NJ.  They were blessed with two children, Jennifer and Kelly and two grandchildren Jonathan and Melody that were her world.   

Jill was the sweetest, most giving person.  She loved nothing more than spending time with her grandkids, daughters, family, and friends.  She loved making crafts with her granddaughter and keeping up on the sports her grandson loved.  Nothing made her happier than being together as a family.  She enjoyed her summers at the Lake House in Upper Greenwood Lake, NJ, stopping at farm stands to get her weekly vegetables, Broadway musicals, and going out with friends and family.

Jill is survived by her husband John Carlile; her two daughters: Jennifer Carlile of White Township, NJ and Kelly May and her husband Jason of Hope Township, NJ; her grandchildren: Jonathan Carlile and Melody May; her two sisters Kathy Templeton of Hawthorne, NJ and Patti Vance and her husband Mike of Conway, NH; as well as many loving nieces, nephews, and cousins.

In lieu of flowers please consider a donation in mom's honor to her nephew’s go fund me page: Hope for Liam: Fighting Leukemia Together