Still wondering what happened and if you are buried anywhere.  I will always miss you my friend. You are in my daily prayers every morning 🌄. Enjoy heaven 🙏  with your family both 2 legged and four.

I was her friend for 45 years. I was saddened to hear of her passing. I met her when I worked at the Hotel Mutiny in Coconut Grove Florida.  We even became roommates for awhile. We stayed in touch and I visited her in Kentucky and Georgia.  If there is any information on burial,  please let me know. She has been on my mind this year. She will be missed. Love you my friend.

I'm so sorry that this is so late but I just found out that Mary Jane had passed. She and I became friends in 1969 and continued until January 24th. We had an awful lot of fun when we were young and carried on over holidays through the next 52 years. I will miss my friend so much.could someone please email me some of the details of her last days?

I really only got to know my grandma Mary Jane in the last few years but I am so glad that I did. She was a woman who knew exactly what she wanted, would rarely take no for an answer, and enjoyed her friendships above all. There is so much that I wish I could have known about her, about her life and her love. 

I'll never forget teaching you how to drive an electric shopping cart and apologizing to everyone you hit as I chased you around Publix, or our happy milkshake dances, or sharing that one extra beer each night, and of course, drooling over your boyfriend Jaime on Outlander. 

I miss your smile and your sass. I promise to love and spoil Mickey and Sparky until they get to be with you again one day.  I love you grandma. 



Mary Jane Cairns, 76, of Cape Coral passed away Sunday the 24th surrounded by the love of her step-son, Norman, step-granddaughter, Emily, and friends that were always like family to her: Terry, Mara Lee and Tracey. 

She was born on September 22, 1944 in Emory, Georgia. Mary Jane was a graduate of Eastern Kentuckey University and Florida State University. She had a passion for art and for helping people. Her most rewarding profession was being a lifecoach for adults with disabilities which is where she met her pre-deceased husband, Douglas. They were happily married for 22 years. 

In her later years, Mary Jane was a woman in love with her daily routine. Her world revolved around her two Tonkinese cats, Mickey and Sparky, whom she had been perfectly spoiling for many years. She often visited many buisnesses throughout the area including Michelis, Books-a-million (to see her friend Bonnie and to add to her avid book collection), Publix ( Mostly to see her cashier "boyfriends") , Texas Tonys, Target (for the good cat food), and Perkins (for her muffins!). She was blessed to have two caretakers, Terry and Kristin, who enabled her to enjoy her fun outings with kindness, companionship and laughter. 

She is survived by her step-son Norman, his wife, Cathy, and their children, Doug and Emily. 

OBITUARY

Mary Jane Cairns

September 22, 1944 – January 24, 2021

Coral Ridge Funeral Home & Cemetery

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