Memorial marker only.
∼Jane Buckley Smith
Active in Sharon community
SHARON — Jane Buckley Smith, 82, died in the Sharon Hospital on Friday, June 8, 2007, after a long illness.
She was born in New York City on June 28, 1924, and was the daughter of the late William Franks and Aloise Steiner Buckley. Jane spent most of her life in Sharon, the family having moved there from Bronxville, N.Y., two years before her birth. While abroad as a child, she attended Cours Fenelon in Paris and, some years later, St. Mary's Convent, South Ascot, England. She completed her secondary education at the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City and Ethel Walker School in Simsbury and received her B.A from Smith College.
Mrs. Smith married William Francis Smith of Dayton, Ohio, in 1949, and they moved to Calgary, Alberta, where he was engaged in oil exploration for the next seven years. Four of their six children were born in Calgary. The Smiths moved back to Sharon in 1956 and bought the historic Van Cortlandt house on Sharon Mountain, which they sold after a fire. ( It later became Sharon Manor.) The Smiths were divorced in 1967 and Jane Smith and the children moved to Carrier Close, right next to the Sharon Country Club, of which she was a member for many years. Bill Smith, who predeceased his wife, was in real estate and served one term as state Representative in Hartford. Jane was also active in local civic affairs and was instrumental, with the late Alice Mix, in a campaign to replant trees on the Sharon Green and in efforts to enact Sharon's original zoning ordinance. She was also active on the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Historic District Commission, the Sewer and Water Commission and on the boards of the Hotchkiss Library and the Sharon Historical Society. Her six children attended Town Hill and Indian Mountain Schools.
Jane Smith's survivors include two sons, Cameron of Sharon and New York City, and Bruce Buckley of Princeton, N.J.; and four daughters, Kimberly Niles of Groton, Mass., Talbot Briggs of Simsbury, Jennifer Smith of Alexandria, Va., and Susan (Kate Gray) of Portland, Ore.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandson. In addition she leaves six brothers and one sister, James and Priscilla Buckley who both live, as Jane did, on Great Elm Drive in Sharon, William F. Buckley Jr., the editor and writer, of Stamford, Patricia Buckley Bozell of Washington, D.C; F. Reid Buckley of Camden, S.C., and Carol Buckley of Columbia, S.C.
The funeral Mass is at St. Bernard's Catholic Church on Tuesday, June 12, at 10:30 a.m. in Sharon, where Jane worshipped most of her life. All other services are private. Memorial contributions may be made to Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association, Salmon Kill Road, Salisbury 06068.
The Kenny Funeral Home 41 Main Street Sharon has care of arrangements.
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∼Jane Buckley Smith
Active in Sharon community
SHARON — Jane Buckley Smith, 82, died in the Sharon Hospital on Friday, June 8, 2007, after a long illness.
She was born in New York City on June 28, 1924, and was the daughter of the late William Franks and Aloise Steiner Buckley. Jane spent most of her life in Sharon, the family having moved there from Bronxville, N.Y., two years before her birth. While abroad as a child, she attended Cours Fenelon in Paris and, some years later, St. Mary's Convent, South Ascot, England. She completed her secondary education at the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City and Ethel Walker School in Simsbury and received her B.A from Smith College.
Mrs. Smith married William Francis Smith of Dayton, Ohio, in 1949, and they moved to Calgary, Alberta, where he was engaged in oil exploration for the next seven years. Four of their six children were born in Calgary. The Smiths moved back to Sharon in 1956 and bought the historic Van Cortlandt house on Sharon Mountain, which they sold after a fire. ( It later became Sharon Manor.) The Smiths were divorced in 1967 and Jane Smith and the children moved to Carrier Close, right next to the Sharon Country Club, of which she was a member for many years. Bill Smith, who predeceased his wife, was in real estate and served one term as state Representative in Hartford. Jane was also active in local civic affairs and was instrumental, with the late Alice Mix, in a campaign to replant trees on the Sharon Green and in efforts to enact Sharon's original zoning ordinance. She was also active on the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Historic District Commission, the Sewer and Water Commission and on the boards of the Hotchkiss Library and the Sharon Historical Society. Her six children attended Town Hill and Indian Mountain Schools.
Jane Smith's survivors include two sons, Cameron of Sharon and New York City, and Bruce Buckley of Princeton, N.J.; and four daughters, Kimberly Niles of Groton, Mass., Talbot Briggs of Simsbury, Jennifer Smith of Alexandria, Va., and Susan (Kate Gray) of Portland, Ore.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandson. In addition she leaves six brothers and one sister, James and Priscilla Buckley who both live, as Jane did, on Great Elm Drive in Sharon, William F. Buckley Jr., the editor and writer, of Stamford, Patricia Buckley Bozell of Washington, D.C; F. Reid Buckley of Camden, S.C., and Carol Buckley of Columbia, S.C.
The funeral Mass is at St. Bernard's Catholic Church on Tuesday, June 12, at 10:30 a.m. in Sharon, where Jane worshipped most of her life. All other services are private. Memorial contributions may be made to Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association, Salmon Kill Road, Salisbury 06068.
The Kenny Funeral Home 41 Main Street Sharon has care of arrangements.
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Memorial marker only.
∼Jane Buckley Smith
Active in Sharon community
SHARON — Jane Buckley Smith, 82, died in the Sharon Hospital on Friday, June 8, 2007, after a long illness.
She was born in New York City on June 28, 1924, and was the daughter of the late William Franks and Aloise Steiner Buckley. Jane spent most of her life in Sharon, the family having moved there from Bronxville, N.Y., two years before her birth. While abroad as a child, she attended Cours Fenelon in Paris and, some years later, St. Mary's Convent, South Ascot, England. She completed her secondary education at the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City and Ethel Walker School in Simsbury and received her B.A from Smith College.
Mrs. Smith married William Francis Smith of Dayton, Ohio, in 1949, and they moved to Calgary, Alberta, where he was engaged in oil exploration for the next seven years. Four of their six children were born in Calgary. The Smiths moved back to Sharon in 1956 and bought the historic Van Cortlandt house on Sharon Mountain, which they sold after a fire. ( It later became Sharon Manor.) The Smiths were divorced in 1967 and Jane Smith and the children moved to Carrier Close, right next to the Sharon Country Club, of which she was a member for many years. Bill Smith, who predeceased his wife, was in real estate and served one term as state Representative in Hartford. Jane was also active in local civic affairs and was instrumental, with the late Alice Mix, in a campaign to replant trees on the Sharon Green and in efforts to enact Sharon's original zoning ordinance. She was also active on the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Historic District Commission, the Sewer and Water Commission and on the boards of the Hotchkiss Library and the Sharon Historical Society. Her six children attended Town Hill and Indian Mountain Schools.
Jane Smith's survivors include two sons, Cameron of Sharon and New York City, and Bruce Buckley of Princeton, N.J.; and four daughters, Kimberly Niles of Groton, Mass., Talbot Briggs of Simsbury, Jennifer Smith of Alexandria, Va., and Susan (Kate Gray) of Portland, Ore.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandson. In addition she leaves six brothers and one sister, James and Priscilla Buckley who both live, as Jane did, on Great Elm Drive in Sharon, William F. Buckley Jr., the editor and writer, of Stamford, Patricia Buckley Bozell of Washington, D.C; F. Reid Buckley of Camden, S.C., and Carol Buckley of Columbia, S.C.
The funeral Mass is at St. Bernard's Catholic Church on Tuesday, June 12, at 10:30 a.m. in Sharon, where Jane worshipped most of her life. All other services are private. Memorial contributions may be made to Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association, Salmon Kill Road, Salisbury 06068.
The Kenny Funeral Home 41 Main Street Sharon has care of arrangements.
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∼Jane Buckley Smith
Active in Sharon community
SHARON — Jane Buckley Smith, 82, died in the Sharon Hospital on Friday, June 8, 2007, after a long illness.
She was born in New York City on June 28, 1924, and was the daughter of the late William Franks and Aloise Steiner Buckley. Jane spent most of her life in Sharon, the family having moved there from Bronxville, N.Y., two years before her birth. While abroad as a child, she attended Cours Fenelon in Paris and, some years later, St. Mary's Convent, South Ascot, England. She completed her secondary education at the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City and Ethel Walker School in Simsbury and received her B.A from Smith College.
Mrs. Smith married William Francis Smith of Dayton, Ohio, in 1949, and they moved to Calgary, Alberta, where he was engaged in oil exploration for the next seven years. Four of their six children were born in Calgary. The Smiths moved back to Sharon in 1956 and bought the historic Van Cortlandt house on Sharon Mountain, which they sold after a fire. ( It later became Sharon Manor.) The Smiths were divorced in 1967 and Jane Smith and the children moved to Carrier Close, right next to the Sharon Country Club, of which she was a member for many years. Bill Smith, who predeceased his wife, was in real estate and served one term as state Representative in Hartford. Jane was also active in local civic affairs and was instrumental, with the late Alice Mix, in a campaign to replant trees on the Sharon Green and in efforts to enact Sharon's original zoning ordinance. She was also active on the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Historic District Commission, the Sewer and Water Commission and on the boards of the Hotchkiss Library and the Sharon Historical Society. Her six children attended Town Hill and Indian Mountain Schools.
Jane Smith's survivors include two sons, Cameron of Sharon and New York City, and Bruce Buckley of Princeton, N.J.; and four daughters, Kimberly Niles of Groton, Mass., Talbot Briggs of Simsbury, Jennifer Smith of Alexandria, Va., and Susan (Kate Gray) of Portland, Ore.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandson. In addition she leaves six brothers and one sister, James and Priscilla Buckley who both live, as Jane did, on Great Elm Drive in Sharon, William F. Buckley Jr., the editor and writer, of Stamford, Patricia Buckley Bozell of Washington, D.C; F. Reid Buckley of Camden, S.C., and Carol Buckley of Columbia, S.C.
The funeral Mass is at St. Bernard's Catholic Church on Tuesday, June 12, at 10:30 a.m. in Sharon, where Jane worshipped most of her life. All other services are private. Memorial contributions may be made to Salisbury Visiting Nurse Association, Salmon Kill Road, Salisbury 06068.
The Kenny Funeral Home 41 Main Street Sharon has care of arrangements.
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Mary Aloise Buckley Heath
1918–1967
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John William Buckley
1920–1984
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Priscilla Langford Buckley
1921–2012
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James Lane Buckley
1923–2023
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William Frank Buckley Jr
1925–2008
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Patricia Lee Buckley Bozell
1927–2008
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Mary Ann Buckley
1928–1928
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Fergus Reid Buckley
1930–2014
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Maureen Lee Buckley O'Reilly
1933–1964
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Carol Virginia Buckley
1938–2019
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