Jane (James) Colford

Jane Colford (Nee: James), 62, a longtime school teacher, died Tuesday April, 18, 2017 after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Mrs. Colford, a resident of Roselle Park for 30 years, initially trained at Mount Aloysius College in Cresol, PA., to be an occupational therapist. She went on to work two years at Youville Chronic Disease and Rehabilitation in Cambridge, Mass., before she went back to school to earn her teaching degree at Jersey City State College (now New Jersey City University). She taught at St. Henry’s School in Bayonne, her alma mater, and later St. Dominic Elementary School in Oyster Bay, L.I.; St. Genevieve School in Elizabeth; Holy Spirit School in Union; Dr. Albert Einstein Academy / School No. 29 in Elizabeth, and Franklin Elementary School in Union. Mrs. Colford resisted all suggestions that she become a school administrator, because she so enjoyed working with students. Her classrooms were carefully and extensively decorated to augment her teaching plans and she was often sought out for guidance by new teachers. She was predeceased by her parents Joseph and Elizabeth (Nee: Oleskie) James and her siblings, Robert and Kathy James. Mrs. Colford grew up in Bayonne. She is survived by her husband of 35 years, Paul Colford, a retired vice president of The Associated Press, and their two children : Catherine and Liam Colford, both of Brooklyn and her siblings, Joseph James of Little Egg Harbor Township; William James of Bethlehem, Pa.; Betsy Blumetti, of Macungie, Pa.; Julie James of Belmar, and Edward James of Toms River. Visitation will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Helen’s Church in Westfield, with a Funeral Mass immediately following at 11:00 a.m. Interment to follow at St. Gertrude Cemetery, Colonia. Arrangements by: S. Fryczynski & Son Funeral Home, 32 East 22nd St., Bayonne 07002. IN LIUE OF FLOWERS, FRIENDS ARE ASKED TO CONSIDER A DONATION IN MRS. COLFORD’S MEMORY TO ST. JOSEPH SOCIAL SERVICE CENTER, 118 DIVISION STREET ELIZABETH NJ 07201

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