Obituary of Sara Jane Catron

Sara Jane Catron, MA, passed away at 89 years on November 5, 2023, in Ashburn VA. She was born in 1934 in New York, NY. Jane was preceded in death by her beloved husband John. She is survived by her younger brother John Maher and his wife Lucy of Keene NH, cousin Patti Kaiser and her husband Chris of Reston, VA, cousins Jack and Aileen Holland of Alton Bay, NH and many more extended family and friends.

Jane was a serious student of poetry and American and Russian literature. Teaching was her passion. Jane’s career included over thirty years of teaching high school English. To young public-school children, she taught religious education at her parish, St. Joseph’s Church in Herndon VA. Her classes for adults through George Mason’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute were well received and regularly sold out. She also was a Docent at the Folger Shakespeare Library in DC. When a high school class came there for a tour, she would enlist a few volunteers from the class to teach them a scene from a Shakespeare play. At the end of the visit they would all assemble in the theater and the newly minted actors and actresses would perform the piece! She made learning fun! Parents, young students, and adult learners all recognized her gifted teaching ability, and many gave her credit for their love of poetry.

A Mass will be celebrated at St. John Neumann Church, 11900 Lawyers Road, Reston, VA on Monday, November 13, 2023 at 11:00am. Interment Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Herndon, VA.  Arrangements by Adams-Green Funeral Home.