Jane Frances Pollack

The world's light has dimmed with the loss of one of its kindest, brightest souls. Jane Frances Pollack, beloved daughter, sister, auntie, friend, and doting cat-mom, died on May 12, 2025, due to a brain aneurysm. Jane was born on March 1, 1965. She grew up in Rochester, Minnesota. She attended St. Francis of Assisi School, Lourdes High School for ninth grade, and graduated from John Marshall High School in 1983. Jane earned her bachelor's degree in mathematics from Minnesota State University - Mankato. She earned her master's degree from the University of Minnesota. Jane moved to the Twin Cities after college and ultimately made Eagan home. She worked many places as a computer programmer throughout the years, including the National Marrow Donor Program in Minneapolis. Education was always so important to her and even though it took a while, Jane earned her master's degree in "Bioinformatics and Computational Biology." (With a title like that, no wonder it took a few years.) She made a late-stage career move to The National Cancer Institute: Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology. She worked on a team that was working towards a cure for cancer. Unfortunately, she had recently lost her job due to cost-cutting measures and was worried about finding another one. However, on the day before the aneurysm, she got the call that her position was reinstated. She was so happy and relieved. Jane loved the people she worked with, and she was very proud of the work she did. How do you sum up a life so well-lived? Above all, Jane loved her family and friends and would do anything for them. She was a second mom to her niece and nephew and shaped who they are today in many ways. She wouldn't miss attending a family event and she would never pass up on an opportunity to be with her friends either. She traveled the world, returning again and again to her beloved France. She loved books (so many books!), live theater, board games, going on bike rides and walks, sewing, quilting, drawing, and writing. She was amazingly creative. Like her mother, Jane loved animals, especially her sweet kitties. Finally, as an organ donor, Jane's selflessness will change the lives of so many. Anyone who would receive her gracious and loving heart would be the luckiest of them all. Those of us she leaves behind are heartbroken: her father and best friend, Clete, brother, Steve, sister, Katie (George Vander Weit), nephew, Jacob (Becca), niece, Rachel (long-time boyfriend Alfredo), and so many other family members and friends. Jane was preceded in death by her mother, Norma. Jane was laid to rest in Resurrection Cemetery in Mendota Heights. A private family service was held. There will be a "Celebration of Life" service on May 31st, 2025. Washburn-McReavy Dawn Valley Chapel, 9940 Bush Lake Road, Bloomington, Minnesota. Visitation will begin at 10:00am, service at 11:00am, with lunch to follow. Please direct any donations to organizations that care for animals.

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Jane Frances Pollack

March 1, 1965 - May 12, 2025

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Jane Frances Pollack

March 1, 1965 - May 12, 2025

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