Jane Mawhir (Mary Jane White Mawhir)
She goes by “Jane”. Anyone who made that mistake was promptly told so. Jane Mawhir, age 83, of Erie, PA, passed away on Thursday, August 17, 2023.
Jane was born in Dunkirk, NY on November 9, 1939 to the late Daniel and Margaret (Miller) White. She married our Dad, Richard Mawhir, on November 24, 1962. Jane and her husband, Dick, had been married for 57 years when he passed away on November 29, 2019.
They had 3 children, Helen Mawhir Santiago, Susan Miller, and Patrick Mawhir (Donna Jewel).
She has 7 grandchildren, Andrew Runstedler (Brittany), Matthew Runstedler, Mitchell Miller, AJ Miller, Nathanial Mawhir, Christopher Mawhir, Danielle Mawhir and Zachary Mawhir. She loved these kids so much!
Jane had been a blood donor and had given over 20 gallons during her lifetime. She also loved and collected Giraffe’s, going to lunch, and spent hours in the backyard working on her flowers. She also spent a lot of time reading since our Dad died.
She worked for Kmart for over 20 years and brought home bags of bargains she found, saying “it was on sale!” …we’re still finding these bags. She would say “I forgot all about that”
She had a special license plate “CJANEGO”…and her hair, she went weekly for her appointment and avoided anything that would mess it up before the next week. She wouldn’t go out in the rain, roll down the car window or if the situation involved someone having to touch her head she would say “don’t mess up my hair!”
She is survived by her sister, Joanne Schihl; her nephew, Jonathan Schihl, and her niece, Julie Mawhir (Elmer Vaughn). She is also survived by PJ Musgrave who called her “Aunt Jane”, and Melissa Stephenson and Alaina Pattison who called her “Gramma Jane”. She will truly be missed.
In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by her son in law, Benjamin Santiago; her brother, Thomas White and his wife Nancy; our Dad’s brother, Michael Mawhir and his wife Barbara Ann; her sister’s husband, Robert Schihl, and nephew Joel Schihl.
She didn’t want a funeral. We hope that everyone can remember her in their own special way.