Jane H. Durfee, née Hickok, age 100, of Evanston, IL, formerly of Levittown, PA, and Collins Center, NY.
Jane was a wonderful homemaker, cook and gardener. Jane was a beautiful seamstress and sewed quilts for the Evanston Levy Center gift shop. She golfed, played tennis & took flying lessons. A member of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Evanston, she was beloved by all who knew her and cherished by her children and grandchildren. Jane lived her last 18 years in Evanston with her daughter and her family and traveled the world with her children.
Beloved wife of the late Frederick; dear mother of Dr. Sharon (James) Durfee Amato and James F. (Marleen) Durfee; loving grandmother of Alex (Kelly Brooks), Victoria Jane, Christian and Nick Amato, Lauren (Sal) Corso and Lindsey Durfee; fond sister of the late Edith Terpstra.
A celebration of Jane’s amazing life will occur this Spring / Summer at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, Evanston.
Interment, Newark Cemetery, Newark, NY.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 2120 Lincoln St., Evanston, IL, 60201 (stmatthewsevanston.org) or American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37839, Boone, IA, 50037 (redcross.org).
Funeral info: 847.673.6111.
To read a recent article from the Evanston Roundtable on the occasion of Jane’s 100th Birthday, please click on this link:
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2022/01/10/100-year-old-evanston-resident-birthday/