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Obituary for Jane Lemkin

Jane Lemkin
Jane Lemkin, 82 (Born October 15, 1941), passed away March 2, 2024. Jane was passionate about serving others in her personal and professional life to the end. In recent years, she was a volunteer with the Rockland County Office for the Aging and a citizenship instructor for Literacy Solutions NY, after retiring as a social worker at Letchworth Village DDSO. Jane was always ready to offer comfort, assistance, and advice to anyone who needed her, starting with her loving family and extending to people she had just met. She was a lifelong Girl Scout, and started her professional career of service in the Peace Corps where she met the love of her life, Dick Lemkin.

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Howard and Mabel Burgess, she loved telling everyone that she graduated from Will Rogers High School in 1959. She was also a proud graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, Class of 1963, and then went to Syracuse University that summer to train for the early teams of Peace Corps volunteers. She and Dick served in Liberia in West Africa, where her daughter Kathy was born. Next the young family moved to Santiago, Chile, where son Eric was born. Back in the USA, Jane earned her social work degree from NYU and began her career advocating for developmentally disabled adults, eventually supervising many group homes throughout the Hudson Valley.

She leaves behind scores of people she helped lead richer lives, countless dear friends, and her cherished family: Husband, Dick Lemkin, daughter, Kathy ( husband Erik Korvne ) and son, Eric ( wife Robin ), grandchildren, Kyla, Ethan, Brendan, and Olivia, and a devoted extended family. She planned and orchestrated family reunions that built multigenerational priceless memories and bonds.

Jane’s love affair with this world included a deep appreciation for nature and joy in bringing people together and celebrating. The joy and profound connections she left everywhere she went are her legacy.
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