JANE ELIZABETH GODFREY
On March 8, 2017, age 70, at The Village at Rockville, of Kensington, MD, from Orchard Park, NY. She is daughter of Dr. Joseph D. and Mrs. Mary Jo Riehle Godfrey; sister of Joseph J. Godfrey, William R. Godfrey (Shelley), and the late Mary Jo Godfrey Kelly (James Michael); aunt of Mary Johanna “Mollie” Kelly Kauffman (Jon), Joseph “Giles” Kelly, Jason Kelly, Jennifer Godfrey, Kathleen Godfrey, and William L. Godfrey; great-aunt of Charles Kauffman and Alice Kauffman. A graduate of Manhattanville College, she was a member of St. John the Evangelist Church, Silver Spring, MD. She worked for Senator Frank Church, Representative James G. O’Hara, and the U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations, Vice President Walter F. Mondale, Patrick Caddell in polling and market research, the Institute for Policy’s Roger Wilkins, Richard J. Barnet, and Diana deVegh. For many years she worked for the Environic Foundation International. For shorter periods of time she worked at the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, at Common Cause, and for the National Museum of the American Indians National Campaign. She was a member, staffer, and officer of Little Theatre of Alexandria some forty years. For the Woman’s Community Club of Kensington, she served as Secretary, President and chair of the Garden Department; she was also active in the Women’s Suburban Democratic Club and Kensington Historical Society. She cared for nieces, nephews, and parents. She was devoted to family, friends, staffer colleagues, and her neighbors in Kensington, MD. Viewing at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Blvd. West, Silver Spring, MD 20901, Tuesday, March 14, 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial, Wednesday March 15, 11 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Church, 10103 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20902, with nearby reception following. Jane requests friends to “dress colorfully.” Interment is private. Donations are encouraged to www.environicfoundation.org or to a charity of your choice.