Pinellas Park, FL --- Jane Ann Sznajder passed away
peacefully the morning of December 29, 2016 at her Pinellas Park, Florida home
with her husband, family, and beloved dog, Bear, by her side. Jane was born September 1, 1945 in Fillmore,
New York, a daughter of the late Charles Edmund and Gladys Bundy McCarthy. She
married Stephen P. Sznajder who survives. She was a proud graduate of Angelica
High School in 1963. She also graduated
from the Rochester Business Institute in 1965.
Jane moved to Hartford, CT, where she met the love of her life, Stephen
P. Sznajder. They were married October 15, 1966 at Saint
Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Fillmore, NY.
They celebrated their 50th anniversary with a "wedding vow
renewal" ceremony and Mass in July 2016 also at St. Patrick's. The couple settled in West Suffield,
Connecticut to raise their family. The
couple have been life long active members of the Catholic Church. She was an active member of her town library
board and also served the town in other capacities. Jane was employed in the insurance industry
and worked for Ahrens, Fuller, St. John, and Vincent Insurance Company,
Suffield, CT for over twenty years prior to her retirement in 2000. She loved nature and her cherished dogs,
Buddy, Benjamin, Barney, and Bear. She
was devoted to her family and dedicated to her children, grandchildren, parents,
and friends. She was the number one fan
of the University of Connecticut (UConn) Women's Basketball Team for over
twenty years. A fun loving person
always, Jane enjoyed weekends at their New Hampshire lake cottage with her
husband and their friends playing cards, charades, scrabble, and dominoes. Laughter and good cheer always were in
abundance in New Hampshire.
Jane, with her husband, returned home to Western New York
(Arcade) in 2007 to be closer to her father, family, and local friends. Being able to spend more time with her
father, Sister Deborah, brother-in-law Clarence, nieces, nephews, and close
friends made her happy and at peace. She
loved visiting Letchworth Park and the Glen Iris Inn and remembering the times
she shared with her mother at the Inn as a child. Jane also enjoyed hosting family reunions
over the last ten years at her home at Lake Hiram, Arcade, NY.
Jane Loved Life!!
Jane enriched people's lives. She
will be greatly missed by many.
Jane is survived by her loving and dedicated husband, her
two children, Kathy J. Thompson, Hendersonville, NC, Stephen B. Sznajder,
Stafford, VA; two grandsons, Jeffrey Thompson and Travis Thompson,
Hendersonville, NC; two sisters, her sister and best friend Deborah (Doug) Wilson
of Kenmore, NY, Carol McCarthy of Perrysburg, NY, two brothers, Charles
McCarthy, Eugene (Raquel) McCarthy both of Angelica, NY, many loving nieces and
nephews and many lifelong devoted friends from everywhere she lived.
In addition to her parents she was preceded into eternal
life by two brothers Edmund and Patrick, her beloved sister Mary McCarthy
Cartwright and a brother in law, Clarence Cartwright.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Saturday, August
5, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in St. Patrick's Church, Fillmore, NY. Fr. Dennis JJ
Mancuso will be celebrant. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery,
Fillmore.
