Jane Peppard Crawford

January 11, 1942 - May 22, 2024

Jane's photo in 1960 Montclair High School Ampitheater  yearbook.

I have been unable to find an obituary or a workable current photograph of Jane. If you have an obituary or pictures to add to this page, please let me know.

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Brooke Hench Gieda sent this sad news about the loss of her lifetime friends Nan Peppard Krauss and Jane Peppard Crawford.  

[Before Nan died in January 2025], "she told me that in the last year, her identical twin, Jane Peppard Crawford, had passed away. Jane died May 22, 2024.  I am reeling from the death of my two oldest girlfriends, having known them both since 1st grade at Mt. Hebron. So many memories, so many laughs, so many joyous occasions we three shared!"

If you're inclined, a donation to the Alzheimer's Association can be made in memory of both Nan and Jane (www.alz.org).

Here's a story that Brooke shared about growing up with Nan and Jane:

"Having walked back and forth to school every day, I occasionally rode my bike (lots of accidents turning the corners on Braemore way too fast).  Our class included a bully (Danny Evans, who might be remembered by the Mt. Hebron crew) who lived a block above my house.  On occasion he would ambush me on the way home from school.  Thereafter, he kicked and hit me and kicked in the spokes on my bike which I then wheeled home in tears.  My father was so angry about what had happened that he suggested that Nan, Jane, and another neighborhood friend do the same to Danny -- which we did one afternoon after school on Upper Braemore Road.  We jumped out of the bushes and dragged him into a neighbor's sandbox where we beat the crap out of him!  That sandbox was only one yard away from Danny's house, and it happened to be the housekeeper's day at the Evanses.  She came out the back door waving a broom at us yelling, "You leave my Danny alone!!"  We all ran off laughing and slapping each other on the back.  Needless to say, Danny never touched any one of us again.  End of story! "

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