She was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 13, 1939, the daughter of Forest and Marjorie Allen Barker.
Jane attended local schools and graduated from Arlington High School in 1957. While living here she was a member of the Order of Rainbow Girls. She then was a graduate of Catherine Gibbs School in Boston.
Jane and her family moved to Connecticut, where she worked for a short time for Pratt Whitney.
Returning to the Lexington, Massachusetts area, she was an administrative assistant for the Special Education Department and was also a member of the Park Avenue Congregational Church in Arlington.
Jane’s family summered in Ocean Park for many years and she and her family moved here permanently in 1983. Her latest employment was with the Special Education Department of Old Orchard Beach.
Jane enjoyed going to the beach and her gardens.
She is survived by: her husband of 57 years, Jackson C. Caldwell of Saco; two daughters, Lisa Caldwell and Karen Murphy and husband, Timothy, of Saco; and two granddaughters, Jillian Caldwell and Tenley Elizabeth Murphy of Saco.
A graveside service will be held Thursday May 25, 2017, at noon at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco.
Father David Robinson of Trinity Episcopal Church will officiate.
Dennett, Craig & Pate Funeral Home and Cremation, 365 Main St., Saco, are entrusted with the arrangements.
For those wishing to make memorial contributions in her memory, please consider The American Heart Association, 51 U.S. Route 1, Suite M, Scarborough, ME or to the Schelederma Foundation, 300 Rosewood Drive, Suite 105, Danvers, MA 01923.
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