Jane F. O’Rourke

Jane Frances O’Rourke, a resident of Westwood, died Thursday, December 5, 2013 at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston.  She was 73.  Jane was born March 19, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the five children of Frances (Timms) and James A. O’Rourke Sr.  She graduated with a Master’s Degree in Education from Boston State Teachers College and worked as a teacher for 51 years for the Boston Public School System until her retirement in 2003.  After her retirement she worked as a substitute teacher at Brighton High School. Jane is survived by her two brothers, James O’Rourke, and his wife Marilyn, of Manchester, Connecticut, and Paul O’Rourke, and his wife Andrea, of Westwood; her two sisters, Judith Campbell, and her husband Kevin of Centerville, and Susan O’Rourke of Arlington; as well as many nephews, nieces, grandnephews, and grandnieces.  Visiting hours will be held Monday, December 9th from 4 to 8 PM at the Folsom Funeral Home, 649 High Street, Westwood.  Relatives and friends are invited to gather at the funeral home Tuesday at 9 am and proceed to St. Denis Church, 157 Washington Street, Westwood for her Mass of Christian Burial at 10 ‘o clock.  Interment will follow in Brookdale Cemetery, Dedham.  Donations to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, PO Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284 would be appreciated.