Margaret Jane Skwarek - At age ninety, Jane Skwarek died on June 18, 2011 from
complications, after having a second stroke. Born on March 17th,
1921 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Jane spent a happy childhood with her
beloved parents, Nathaniel and Vera Ellis, and two brothers Robert
and Richard Ellis. While in her early teens, Jane and her family
relocated to San Francisco. Majoring in music at UC Berkeley for two
years, she met, and later married, Richard T. Skwarek, who was also
a student there at that time. After World War II Jane and Dick moved
to San Diego, where they raised their two children, and had a
successful rental business. No funeral services were requested; in lieu of this, contributions to
a favorite charity would be appreciated. Arrangements by Lafferty &
Smith Colonial Chapel, 707-539-2921