Jane Sayre Joseph

Jane Sayre Joseph

Jane Sayre Joseph passed away on Thursday March 13, 2025. Jane was born on April 5, 1941, to Bob and Alma Sayre in Binghamton, New York.

After graduating from Montrose High School in Montrose, Pennsylvania, Jane was one selected for a new pilot coop program by E.I. DuPont Company in Wilmington, Delaware with Goldey Beacom University for Academic degree high school graduates. Upon completion, Jane became a secretary in the Legal Department and then four years in the Textile Fibers Department Patent Division. She married Charles Joseph on May 16, 1964. Charles worked in sales for DuPont, and they lived in Indianapolis, IN, San Mateo, CA, Cincinnati, OH, and Wilmington, DE. In 1986, DuPont sold the non-wovens business to Reemay, Inc., and they moved to Hendersonville, Tennessee. Charles worked for Reemay, and Jane was rehired by DuPont. Jane spent a year in the Purchasing Department and then 12 years in Logistics managing the on-time rail delivery for the Ti02 business.

Jane retired from DuPont in 1999 and stayed busy being a volunteer with Hendersonville Medical Center, reading to the pre-K class at the Community Day Care, where single mothers are going back to school or working, and was very involved with the Special Riders therapeutic horseback riding program for mentally and physically challenged children and adults. Jane won the Frist Humanitarian Award for volunteer of the year at the HCA hospital and was nominee for the award two years later.

Traveling, the theater and symphony, walking 4 miles 4-5 days per week, singing in the church choir, reading, lunching and dining with wonderful friends, and enjoying the grandchildren kept her busy for many years.

Jane is preceded in death by her parents Bob and Alma Sayre, her son Robert Joseph, and brother Charles Sayre. She is survived by her loving husband Charles Joseph, her son Tom (Dana) Joseph, grandsons Rob (Kelli) Effler, Nick Effler, and Nathaniel Joseph, granddaughters Amy Joseph, and Katy Joseph.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, April 12, 2025, at St. Joseph of Arimathea Episcopal Church beginning at 11am. A committal service will follow at Hendersonville Memory Gardens.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Jane’s honor to: St. Joseph of Arimathea Episcopal Church, 103 Country Club Dr., Hendersonville, TN 37075.