Paid Notice: Born June 28th, 1927, in Canandaigua, N.Y. in the home city of her maternal grandparents. Her mother had moved home temporarily needing help with two older daughters while her father stayed in Ithaca, NY for work.
She graduated from Ithaca College with a bachelor’s degree in business. Jane had two older sisters, Betty and Pat and a younger sister, Barbara. Jane started Catholic school early and then accelerated. Her first teaching job was at East Hampton High School where she sometimes taught students the same age as her because they had taken time off for the war. Her father, the fixed base operator in Ithaca, insisted that his daughter learn to solo a plane before driving a car and Jane did.
Settled in East Hampton, she married David L. Talmage, and they had four children: Linda, Steve, John and Tom. Her daughter predeceased her in 2022, dying from pancreatic cancer. Her three sons lived near her in East Hampton with their spouses. Jane had eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
People said on a good day she could outperform the typewriter demonstrator, a skill of keyboarding without looking, a skill she kept until the last year of her life. Jane had perfect Palmer penmanship, and she often used this skill in addressing wedding invitations.
Jane was an elder in the First Presbyterian Church in East Hampton. She was a member of the Eastern Star, Ramblers and the Lost Tribe of Accabonac. Jane enjoyed listening to instrumental music, completing the New York Times crossword puzzles, Sudoku and jigsaw puzzles.
She passed away from age-related illnesses on February 21st, 2025, at the Oasis Care facility in Center Moriches.
Early in their marriage Dave and Jane started an asphalt supply business which she ran from home. The business oversaw selling asphalt to Long Island municipalities. Dave was working in his paving business, D.L. Talmage, Inc., while still farming.
Jane was buried in Cedar Lawn Cemetery next to her husband and daughter. The Reverend Richard King, pastor of the Cutchogue First Presbyterian Church officiated.
