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December 30, 1929 - November 15, 2015

Burial Date November 19, 2015

Funeral Home Hessling Funeral Home

Place of Service Saint John the Evangelist

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Jane E. Osmunson, 85, of Honesdale, died on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at her home. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Thomas H. Osmunson. The couple married on July 20, 1952.

Born on December 30, 1929 in Elizabeth, NJ, she was the daughter of the late John A. and Pauline Berry Walsh. Her family moved from Elizabeth to North Arlington, NJ before settling in Brooklyn, NY where she graduated from Fort Hamilton High School.

Before marrying her husband and starting a family, she was employed at Bond Clothing. In June of 1968, she and Tom moved their family to Honesdale. She went to work for Rea & Derrick Drug Store in 1969. She was employed at the same location for 32 years as it changed from Peoples Drug to CVS. She retired in 2001.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by her seven children, Linda Shaak and husband Rick of Whitehall, PA, Lisa Tallman and husband David of Honesdale, PA, Thomas H. Osmunson II and wife Amelia of Virginia Beach, VA, Beth Osmunson and companion George Yurkanin of Jessup, PA, Diane Rickard and husband Bill of Cherry Ridge, PA, Mary Bower and husband Don of Linden, PA and Laura Rivezzi and companion Stephen Baxter of Lowell, MA; 15 grandchildren Kyle and Katie Shaak, Adam and Jonathon Tallman, Meaghan Tallman Simpson, Thomas H. Osmunson III, Amy Osmunson Goff, Brynn Bruce, Stephen, Andrew, Michael and Zachary Rickard, Jane Thompson, Timothy Rivezzi and Wendy Rivezzi Soliz; 6 great grandchildren, Claragail Wheeler, Delia Goff, Shane Simpson, John William “J.W.”, Jacob and Henry Rickard; many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by an infant son Paul Gerard Osmunson; sisters Helen Finnen, Mary Blaikie and Rita George.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at St. John the Evangelist Church, Honesdale at 10am. All attending are asked to meet at the church. Interment will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Friends may visit at Hessling Funeral Home, Inc., 428 Main St. Honesdale on Wednesday, 5 to 8.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions can be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 1893, Memphis, TN 38101-9950.

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