Amherst, Jane Elizabeth Cowles Bacon, 86, born in 1931 to Anna Swords Cowles and Walter E. Cowles in Springfield, MA, Jane was the second of 7 children — five sisters and one brother.  She Worked at the Holy Name Rectory while attending Cathedral High School and later at the Phone Company.

After graduating from the Elms College (majors in education and math) Jane worked for Pratt & Whitney. She met Carl Rogers (Roger) Bacon of Amherst at a dance at Mt. Tom and they married in 1953. With Roger she raised 4 children. Jane taught math at St. Michael’s School in Northampton for four years. After teaching, Jane learned computer programming and worked at the University of Massachusetts as a programmer for the Health Services, the Campus Police Department and Cooperative Extension Service.

Jane was a dedicated parishioner at St Brigid’s Church.  She taught CCD classes for many years and later became a Eucharistic minister making nursing home visits to offer communion to residents.

A warm and spiritual woman, Jane devoted herself to her family. Content in her life, she enjoyed family vacations in Maine and long car trips with Roger through new England and Canada.  She will be remembered for her ready smile and many kindnesses, pies and fruitcake, frequent check-in calls to family and friends, and for offering her prayers and unconditional love always.

Jane was predeceased by loving husband Carl (Roger) and by her parents and siblings Mary Ann, Carol, Diane, Peter and Margaret. Jane is survived by her sister Kathleen and sister-in-law Jean Cowles, and by many nieces, nephews, and cousins Margaret Swords, Christina and Chip Hedeen.

She is also survived by her children, Mary Jane Bacon, David Bacon and his wife Linda, Earl Bacon, and Roger Bacon and his wife Barbara Schaffer Bacon and grandchildren Amy Bacon Goldberg and husband Jonathan Goldberg, and Aaron Bacon and by her great granddaughter Elliotte Jane Goldberg who arrived in time to meet her Great Grandma Jane.

Funeral services will be Friday June 8, 2018, 9:00 am from the Douglass Funeral Service, Amherst, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 am at St. Brigid’s Church. Burial will follow in Wildwood Cemetery, Amherst. There are no calling hours.