Kathleen Jayne Blair Poland, 91 of Medway passed away on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at Milford Regional Medical Center, Milford, Massachusetts. She was married for 52 years to the late Robert James Poland who passed away in 1994.
Mrs. Poland worked as a ward secretary at Lakeshore Regional Medical Center in Irving, NY until her retirement in 1986.
Born on her grandfather’s farm in Hanover, NY on February 27, 1923, the daughter of Clarence E. and Emma (Faulkner) Blair, she graduated from Dunkirk High School, Dunkirk, NY and spent most of her life in Western New York and Massachusetts.
Jayne was a collector of people. Her warm aqua eyes, engaging smile and saucy sense of humor won her friends of every age wherever she went. She was an avid reader, crossword and word search solver and pinochle player, but those were a close second to her love of cooking. A passionate lover of her family, she spent her life nurturing and caring for them by preparing her delicious meals and by giving her cuddly hugs.
A devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Jayne is survived by three daughters, a son, 11 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren: Dianne Gullotta and her husband, Joseph of Falmouth, MA and Estero, FLA; Barbara Berry and her husband, David of No. Yarmouth, ME; Robin Gelbwachs and her husband, Archie of Milford, MA; son, Robert Poland and his husband, William Elliott of Boston, MA and Ft Lauderdale, FLA.
She is survived by a sister and brother, Clarice Alt, Buffalo, NY and Wallace Blair, Rancho Murieta, CA and is predeceased by a brother, Donel Blair, Dunkirk, NY.
Visiting hours will be on Thursday, February 19, 2015 from 4-8 PM at the Ginley-Crowley Funeral Home, 3 Barber Street, Medway, MA. Funeral Service and a celebration of her life will be held at the Medway Community Church, 193 Main Street, Medway, MA on Friday, February 20, 2015 at 10:00 AM.