Lane C. Hawthorne

Lane C. Hawthorne, 84, of Wayne, New Jersey passed away on September 23, 2025, at Chilton Memorial Hospital in Pompton Plains, New Jersey.  Lane was born in Millersville, Ohio on September 6, 1941. Lane graduated from Collinwood High School in Cleveland, Ohio.  He worked as a clerk for City Blue, a blueprinting company, for many years.  Lane loved all sports, but especially fishing, golf, and baseball.  He always treasured time with his family.

Lane was preceded in death by his parents, Hugh Boyd Hawthorne and Sara C. Hawthorne.  He is survived by his sister, Ruth Ann Rainforth and brother-in-law Robert Edward Rainforth; his 6 nephews and nieces, John and wife Lisa Rainforth, Suzanne and husband Rick Iapoce and Jeff and wife Kim Rainforth; 10 great nephews and nieces Nick, Justin, Katie, Nina, Dan, Ricky, Jason, Megan, Brendan and Bryan; and 1 great-great niece Vienna Grace.

Lane will be remembered by the remarkable man he was.  Lane was born with cerebral palsy.  He was blessed to have parents that never gave up on him.  They always said to him “never ever say you can’t do it, for you can.”  Lane did everything other children did despite his disabilities.  He played baseball and golf and loved to play games. 

The last 7 ½ years he was a resident of Alps at Wayne.  It wasn’t an easy decision to move Lane to Alps, but it ended up being the best thing that could have happened to him.  He had so many friends and fantastic people taking care of him.  He shared his smile and positive attitude with everyone.  A big Thank You from his family for taking such good care of Lane!!!

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the cerebral palsy foundation or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memorial Processing, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959