Jane Maletz Lane, age 81

January 23, 2026
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Jane Maletz Lane passed away unexpectedly at 81 on December 22, 2025. Jane was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. She was born on December 13, 1944 to Dorothy and Leo Maletz of Lynn, MA, and was a longtime resident of Wayland, MA and Harpswell, ME, where she cultivated two beautiful homes and gardens full of native plants. Jane was preceded in death by her parents as well as her brother Roy Maletz. She is survived by her husband Earle Lane, her daughter Annabel Lane, her stepdaughter Cathy Rohrer and her husband Greg, her stepdaughter Jodi McGowan and her husband Bob, her sister Andrea Chambers and her husband Bill, her sister-in-law Linda Maletz, her nephew Drew Maletz and his wife Allegra, her niece Allison Henricks and her husband Tim, her niece Abigail Sooy and her husband Alex, and her grandchildren, Eliana, Scott, Molly, Eric, and Casey. 

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