Springfield- Jane T. Sienkiewicz passed away peacefully at home on July 22, 2023.  She was born Jane Hayes on June 10, 1929, to Albina H. (Chagnon) and Edward F. Hayes of Mt. Tom Junction, MA.  She worked in a defense plant during WWII before meeting her husband, Ronald P. Sienkiewicz of New York, NY and Hadley, MA.  They were wed on August 27, 1949 at Immaculate Conception in Easthampton, MA.

Jane was a homemaker and mother until her youngest child started school; she then went to work in the Registrar’s Office at UMass Amherst, where she worked for 23 years.  She retired in 1995 and spent her remaining years travelling, gardening, and visiting friends and family.

She was predeceased by her husband, Ronald P. Sienkiewicz (1983) and daughter, Veronica, (2017).  She is survived by her son, Steven & his wife, Susan of Orlando, FL, “The Girls”: Susan Blagburn & husband Ken of Lake View PLT, ME, Maryanne Sienkiewicz & husband Edward Hobbs of West Hatfield, MA, Jane Patenaude & husband Michael of Holyoke, MA and Terry Sienkiewicz & partner Gary Brogan of Brownville, ME many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great, great- grandchildren, nieces & nephews.

She is also survived by her sister, Kathleen Hayes of Ballston Spa, NY, sisters-in-law Roberta Reardon of Whately, Kay Sienkiewicz of Buckhannon, WV. and dear friends and adopted children Lynn Nolan & husband Higgy of Springfield, John & David Wolfe of Wyncote, PA and Abbi Gold of Tucson, AZ.

Visitation will be Saturday, July 29, 2023 at Douglass Funeral Home, 87 N Pleasant Street, Amherst from 8:30-9:30 A.M., with a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Brigid’s Catholic Church, 122 N. Pleasant St, Amherst at 10:00 A.M. with burial following at St. Brigid’s Cemetery at the corner of N. Maple St. & Rocky Hill Rd. in Hadley. Memorial guestbook at www.douglassfuneral.com