Sad news about JaneV2.0 [Archive] - Simple Living Forums

iris lilies

9-25-23, 5:30pm

We received news that our own JaneV2.0 has passed away. This happened a few weeks ago, exact date unknown.

I do not know who is attending to Jane and her affairs. She lived alone and her boyfriend who she always referred to as her “SO” died in recent years.

Here in this space we can share memories of her.

i am sorry to be the bearer of this news.

bae

9-25-23, 5:42pm

Well, heck :-(

Tradd

9-25-23, 5:44pm

Oh, no! How were you able to confirm it? Have her real name from donations and then looked for obit?

pinkytoe

9-25-23, 6:07pm

I am so sorry to hear this. She was one of my favorite long-time posters.

ApatheticNoMore

9-25-23, 6:12pm

Very sad, one of my favorite posters too.

iris lilies

9-25-23, 6:28pm

Oh, no! How were you able to confirm it? Have her real name from donations and then looked for obit?
We have her name and address from donation record.

There is no obituary. I called Kenmore, WA police who confirmed they paid a visit to her address and would not give out any more information.

I started calling around to her neighbors since I have 0 information on her family, and a couple of them who had moved away from her block were VERY helpful. One guy contacted the man who bought his house next to her and that current neighbor of Jane’s relayed the sad news.

In this exercise I learned online directories are ridiculously out of date. Normally I use county assesor’s records for real estate ownership data but it seems King county won’t reveal that to online searchers.

Tradd

9-25-23, 6:30pm

She was a favorite, as well.

early morning

9-25-23, 6:58pm

Oh, I'm so sad to hear about this, I always enjoyed her posts and her perspective.

Jane - wherever you are, if you are - we will miss you!!

Rogar

9-25-23, 7:04pm

Bummer. She was a fixture here for what seems like forever.

iris lilies

9-25-23, 7:04pm

Oh, I'm so sad to hear about this, I always enjoyed her posts and her perspective.

Jane - wherever you are, if you are - we will miss you!!

She is now JaneV3.0, doncha think?

bae

9-25-23, 7:06pm

She is now JaneV3.0, doncha think?

That somehow cheered me up. What a great concept!

Tradd

9-25-23, 7:32pm

She is now JaneV3.0, doncha think?

Great thought!

catherine

9-25-23, 7:33pm

Oh, I am so sorry about this.

I always enjoyed Jane's posts.. she was extremely smart and was able to express her opinion in a very witty and pithy manner. I felt so bad when her SO passed away, and I'm sure she felt his loss profoundly since then.

I will miss her posts about politics, decor, nutrition, and her love of cats.

Thank you, IL, for tracking this sad news down. It's amazing to me that we all came together randomly and after all these years, I've thought of y'all as "virtual friends," a phrase that doesn't quite capture the degree to which I personally have valued the influence many of you, including Jane, have made on my real life.

Tybee

9-25-23, 8:38pm

Oh this is such sad news. Jane, I hope you have found your dream house and you are back with your true love.

rosarugosa

9-26-23, 6:12am

I am so sorry to hear this, and I too will certainly miss Jane's wit and wisdom. Thanks IL for tracking down this info and at least now we won't have to keep wondering.

happystuff

9-26-23, 10:06am

So sorry to hear this. Like everyone else, I greatly enjoyed her posts.

Thanks for finding out and passing the information along, il.

LDAHL

9-26-23, 11:50am

She is now JaneV3.0, doncha think?

I like to think that’s true. Although she did hate to travel.

I will miss her.

iris lilies

9-26-23, 12:14pm

I like to think that’s true. Although she did hate to travel.

I will miss her.
She did not entirely dismiss the existence of other worlds. Perhaps the “journey” didn’t involve swaths of geography.

catherine

9-26-23, 12:21pm

I love the idea of JaneV3.0, IL! And it fits perfectly with her agnostic yet open view of the afterlife, and certainly suggests an "improved" version of an earthly existence.

iris lilies

9-26-23, 12:27pm

I love the idea of JaneV3.0, IL! And it fits perfectly with her agnostic yet open view of the afterlife, and certainly suggests an "improved" version of an earthly existence.
Well, ya know, i’m cooking up in my mind a little ceremony in the wild part of my yard to honor Jane. It will be a tiny, druid-ish sort of affair to say Goodbye, taking place in the part of my yard she would like because it’s full of wild, messy things, and under a tree. She had an affinity for the wild of nature.

I will make sure it takes place in the evening when no loud motorized lawn maintenance equipment is operating.

I am already missing her a lot.

frugal-one

9-26-23, 3:23pm

Well, ya know, i’m cooking up in my mind a little ceremony in the wild part of my yard to honor Jane. It will be a tiny, druid-ish sort of affair to say Goodbye, taking place in the part of my yard she would like because it’s full of wild, messy things, and under a tree. She had an affinity for the wild of nature.

I will make sure it takes place in the evening when no loud motorized lawn maintenance equipment is operating.

I am already missing her a lot.

Nice tribute! Many of us will attend in spirit… she will be missed.

Yppej

9-26-23, 3:28pm

RIP Jane.

KayLR

9-26-23, 5:50pm

Aw, I am so sad to learn this. I will miss Jane very much---it was kind of nice knowing that she lived in my neck of the woods, too. RIP, Jane.

HappyHiker

9-27-23, 11:48am

Oh damn. I will miss Jane's intelligent and interesting posts so much.

Though I only knew her through her mind and commentary, yet feel as though I've lost a friend...

Rest easy, dear.

early morning

9-27-23, 2:10pm

I think your ceremony idea is lovely, IL, and I think Jane 3.0 may agree. I plan to do the same here. She'd probably have loved our yard and field, it's a mostly wild mess. I simply don't seem able to do - or want to do- "neat and tidy". (It's an excuse turned into a philosophy, lol.) I do wonder about people who disappear, thanks much for finding out about Jane. Catherine, I too think of many people here as "friends", even if it's in the digital sense. Many here have had a positive impact on me, and I feel a sense of diminishment within our collective when someone whose posts I enjoy is gone, for whatever reason.

Rogar

9-27-23, 7:47pm

Well, ya know, i’m cooking up in my mind a little ceremony in the wild part of my yard to honor Jane. It will be a tiny, druid-ish sort of affair to say Goodbye, taking place in the part of my yard she would like because it’s full of wild, messy things, and under a tree. She had an affinity for the wild of nature.

I will make sure it takes place in the evening when no loud motorized lawn maintenance equipment is operating.

I am already missing her a lot.

If you would like to share a day and time, I'd go out in my yard for a little quiet meditation in my suburban wild at the same time. I believe in such things, but some don't and I understand.

iris lilies

9-27-23, 9:03pm

If you would like to share a day and time, I'd go out in my yard for a little quiet meditation in my suburban wild at the same time. I believe in such things, but some don't and I understand.
I am waiting dor a misty evening. Probably tonight here would have been good, but I missed it.

that’s nice, Roger, but it may be too spontaneous. Go ahead and do it on your own. It would be fine!

One of Jane’s neighbors from 20 years ago said he remembers she used to feed the raccoons. His cat would go over and eat the food she put out for raccoons.

catherine

9-27-23, 9:08pm

gmiller

9-27-23, 9:13pm

I'm so sorry to hear about this. I'm new here and hadn't had the chance to communicate with her, but it's still heartbreaking to hear that she's gone. Thank you for letting us know.

Simplemind

9-29-23, 12:29am

This hits hard. Always loved her posts and felt a PNW kinship. I will really miss her pointed perspectives.

Klunick

9-29-23, 7:04am

Had to go to her profile to see if I recognized some of her past posts. Once I saw her profile picture, I knew. So sad to hear of her passing. May she rest in peace and her family find comfort.

Simone

9-30-23, 1:07am

Every post she wrote was worth reading carefully.

It's comforting, somehow, to know we'll all be missing her together.

iris lilies

9-30-23, 3:44pm

Today I saw this meme and thought of JaneV2.0/V3.0

5648

early morning

9-30-23, 6:51pm

Il, that is a lovely thought and tribute.

iris lilies

9-30-23, 7:02pm

Il, that is a lovely thought and tribute.
I thought it was amusing but also true, and not disrespectful, just zeroing in on my view of Jane. She liked the wild plantings.

gimmethesimplelife

10-1-23, 7:38pm

I am very sorry to hear of Jane's passing. A class act she was. RIP. Rob

boss mare

10-4-23, 10:12pm

Oh No !!!!!!! Although I never met her in reall life. I had a connection to her, due to the fact she didn't live far from my stomping grounds

littlebittybobby

10-16-23, 1:23am

Okay--I just stopped by for a minute, and you kids have some bad news, just like Sr Gory Dorthie of Zurra. But yeah--It's sad and I know she liked cats and disliked travel, which made her a good egg, in my estimation. Hope that helps you some. Thanks mee. Later.

iris lilies

10-21-23, 2:15pm

I got a bit of an update about JaneV2.0.

Her friend contacted me, someone she emailed back and forth “10-15 times a day.” In August this friend became concerned after not hearing from Jane in 3 days. She contacted the local police department to do a welfare check, and they found Jane dead, presumably a cardiac event. So as we guessed, she died quickly and unexpectedly.

The friend has been taking care of her property, paying the light bill, so that she can work in Jane’s house. She had landscapers trim back all the plants because the city had cited Jane for overgrowth in her yard. This surprises none of us! ;)

Jane has a sister who she’s not close to and who’s had several strokes. The sister has a son who will be taking over handling Jane’s affairs.Jane’s friend is sad about that because she sees him doing it as just a job, she doesn't think he will be thoughtful.

I told her we missed Jane on this forum. She said she really misses her friend Jane who is also her mom’s best friend since childhood.

So that little bit of news was interesting.

Tybee

10-21-23, 2:26pm

Thank you for sharing that. This makes the news both sadder and easier to hear, since we know now that she did not linger or suffer, which is definitely her style.

pinkytoe

10-21-23, 3:56pm

Thanks for letting us know. I already miss her commentaries.

happystuff

10-22-23, 9:24am

Thanks for the update, IL. It is sad.

We buried my mom's ashes yesterday and - I've said it before - family makes such a difference in times like this. I'm so blessed and grateful for mine.

Tybee

10-22-23, 9:26am

Happystuff, I am so glad your family is there for you, that is the way it should be. Hugs.

jp1

10-24-23, 1:41pm

Thank you for sharing that. This makes the news both sadder and easier to hear, since we know now that she did not linger or suffer, which is definitely her style.

I feel the same. Given her concerns with modern medicine I am glad that her final days/weeks/months weren't filled with unpleasant and ultimately unsuccessful medical treatments.

catherine

10-24-23, 2:51pm

Thank you, IL. It is good to hear that it was an acute event. How wonderful that she had been in constant contact with her friend who was able to contact the police as soon as she suspected Jane might need help.

I have surprised myself recently at how often my thoughts will flicker to something Jane has said, usually having to do with medicine and diet, so if her sister and her nephew have no interest in being her memory keeper, we can at least be part of that along with her real-life friends.

ApatheticNoMore

10-24-23, 3:28pm

I have surprised myself recently at how often my thoughts will flicker to something Jane has said

same

... so if her sister and her nephew have no interest in being her memory keeper, we can at least be part of that along with her real-life friends.

yes, not easily forgotten.

beckyliz

11-1-23, 1:13pm

I haven't been on the boards much recently and just saw this. Thank you, IL, for making the effort to check on her and letting us know. Goodbye for now, Jane!

iris lilies

11-1-23, 1:23pm

…I have surprised myself recently at how often my thoughts will flicker to something Jane has said..
.

Does anyone remember Nan from the old boards? She died of cancer. Anyway—every time I use my crockpot and lift the lid on it while it is cooking, I think of Nan who complained when her husband or sons did the same. Lifting the lid lets out much energy and it takes quite a while to build back up.But I do it anyway! Much to
nan’s chagrin.

Tradd

11-1-23, 1:41pm

I think I do remember Nan!

Tybee

11-1-23, 2:12pm

I totally remember her. She applied for a job and decided it was too good to be true. So I decided to apply for a job there and ended up getting the job and it turning into a full time gig for years and still part time and husband works there too.

early morning

11-1-23, 6:07pm

Tybee

11-1-23, 6:53pm

Yes indeed, and I felt so sad for her when she moved out and was so excited for a new start and then passed away with cancer. I wish she could have taken the job as it might have been her financial salvation.
I have worked there for 15 years now, and my husband for 12, I think. He is still full time and I hope he stays several more years.

Tradd

11-1-23, 7:37pm

littlebittybobby

11-1-23, 11:45pm

Okay--you kids forgot to remember Packy who is and was a very great and of course B R I L L I A N T man, with his opinions on everything from pizza consumption and of course lawn care obsessions and the excesses of lockers beef. Yup But yeah---I heard he started up his own Cat Chat forum and is bust COMPLETELY refurbishing old Packards from the late 50's. How do you like that?

littlebittybobby

11-1-23, 11:48pm

Also, Senor PA KY has very strong options about egg checking and rotisserie chicken. Chickens are pets, and should NOT be eaten. Nope.

iris lilies

11-2-23, 9:52am

Hoosier Nan, right? Left an abusive relationship, got her own little trailer set up like she wanted, died of cancer? that was really sad, I liked her too. I wonder about a lot of people on the old site - especially Chickadee, our "creative writer". And Sylvan, banned for being too vocal about being very very left-wing. Stella, from single to married with multiple children - she always reminded me of AmyD, the Frugal Zealot. Diana in Wisconsin - who, as I recall, was very big on having multiple streams of income. Screaming flea from Louisville - she moved to the West coast, I think? And has anyone heard from Cathy A?

Tybee, that's great that you got in with the "too-good-to-be-true" place!! Sounds like it must have been a really good fit for you. :)

yes, it was sad that Nan kind of got her life in order and where she wanted and then came down with cancer.

I don’t remember that Sylvan was banned tho he might’ve been given time out for being rude. Being banned for being left wing was just not a thing then, and I don’t even remember that he was very very left-wing. He was just… Canadian. And young.

I’m on a Facebook page with Stella and Diana in Wisconsin as well as a couple others from this site. They are both doing well. Stella has children out of high school. Hard to believe those kids are that old!

Rogar

11-2-23, 11:19am

I remember Packy. A rather colorful character. Maybe if he had most interest in restoring old Scouts and Broncos he would be rich. I understand those are the hot new collectables, although I do appreciate old Packards. Looking back at older posts, there has been a loss of diversity, although the number of "guests" can be a lot at times. I miss Steve in MN. Seems like he promised to check in occasionally.