Jane Chandler Saltonstall died peacefully, comfortably and surrounded by family on Dec. 1. She was 94.

She was born in Auburndale to Marjorie Pollard Chandler of Masardis, Me. and Paul A. Chandler of Hastings, Neb. She was educated at the Dana Hall School and Vassar College, which engendered a lifelong enthusiasm for learning both as a student and supporting individuals and institutions in education. Later in life she pursued post-graduate studies in Cambridge.

Jane married William L. (Bill) Saltonstall on April 18, 1953 and they enjoyed 55 years of marriage before his death in 2009. After their wedding they moved to Manchester. She remained there for the rest of her life except for six years in Washington, D.C. in the 1960s when Bill had a government job. Jane enthusiastically danced at the White House in her “Pinkie Doodles” party dress, viewed iconic political figures such as Churchill and Khruschev, used a trampoline to get an unobstructed view of Prince Hussein of Jordan and, while pregnant, rescued Caroline Kennedy from drowning in front of a sheepish Secret Service.

Jane was a warm and caring person who paid close attention to others. She was a mother and a caregiver to her parents and to her godparents Robert and Claire Ganz. As a volunteer she was deeply involved with the St. John’s Circle of Care Refugee Resettlement program, Project Genesis, affordable housing and Wellspring House in Gloucester, where she mentored and taught English for 11 years while having a recurring role in her friend’s math class as a mobile decimal.

She had a deep relationship with natural beauty and spent most of the summers of her life on Martha’s Vineyard where she went to restore her soul and rekindle connections with trees, animals, birds, rocks as well as her beloved house of the same age as herself.

Jane was predeceased by her husband Bill, daughter Claire, son Thomas and dog Jenny.

She is survived by her son Will, daughter Abigail, daughter in law Beth, extra daughter Liz Mathiot, sister in law Betsy McCombs, grandchildren Christian, Cedar, Harry and great-grandchildren Riley and Cooper of the Blankenship family of Palmer Alaska as well as step granddaughters Ericka Schenck and Katrina Moseley and great-grandchildren Henry Smith, Edwin Schenck and Aileen Moseley of Montana. She had many loved and loving nephews and nieces.

Her family is grateful to Care Dimensions hospice service and Caring for Caring home care for their loving attention to Jane.

A service is planned on Jan. 27, 2024 at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Beverly Farms. It will be simulcast on YouTube via a link from the church’s website and available later by the same link.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Robert Rogers Educational Fund at Wellspring House, 302 Essex avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930.

For information, directions and condolences visit campbellfuneral.com.