Age 86, passed away after a long illness, on March 3, 2019, in Pomona, CA.
Jane was born on July 3, 1932, in Toledo Ohio, to Raymond Gibbs and Beaulah Harger Gibbs. She grew up in Appleton WI, and Chicago, Illinois, and graduated in 1950 from St. Casimir Academy, Chicago. She worked as a secretary at United States Steel in Chicago, where she met her husband, Fred C. Schaffner, Sr. They were married in 1955, and had 4 children: Fred, Jr. (Janis Gonzalez), Susan DeForest (John), Cynthia Harteker (Jim), and Beth Kirsch (Larry). She is survived by her children, eight grandchildren: Joshua DeForest (Kate), Megan Negrete (Chris), Sean DeForest, Hayley DeForest, Rebecca Harteker, Caroline Harteker, Olivia Kirsch, and Charles Philip Kirsch, four great-grandchildren, and step-sister Joan (Conrad) Larson. She was preceded in death by her husband, and brother, Mike (Chris) Gibbs. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held March 23 at 12:00 p.m. at Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church, San Dimas, CA.
In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations to the Employee Appreciation Fund at Mt. San Antonio Gardens, Pomona, or to Ability First, Claremont.
