Jane O’Hara Larkin, returned to her Heavenly Father on April 4, at age 92.
Jane Larkin, 92, passed away on April 4. Her funeral will be on April 11 in Pennsylvania.
Born in Bronx, New York on Aug. 17, 1932, she grew up in nearby Pelham, New York. She was married to Robert Leon Larkin for 68 years. She was the daughter to Thomas Leo O’Hara Sr., born in St. Cecile, Quebec, and Mabel Sheridan from Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
She was a graduate of Pelham Memorial High School in 1950, where she played on the volleyball, basketball, and field hockey teams. Jane graduated from St. Elizabeth College, Morristown, New Jersey in 1954, earning a bachelor’s degree in business with honors and was All-State (New Jersey) for field hockey.
Jane Larkin lived in Darien for 27 years, from 1972 to 1999. She worked as a secretary for Continental Can Co. in Stamford for 13 years and as a bookkeeper for an advertising firm in Darien for 10 years.
She belonged to St. Thomas More Catholic Church, where she served on the Parish Council, taught Sunday School, and was a Stephen Minister, a Eucharistic minister and a RCIA sponsor.
An avid needle-pointer, she made a tapestry that hangs from the lector’s pulpit at St. Thomas Moore as well as hundreds of woolen hats and blankets that she donated to charity over many years.
In retirement, Jane moved to Lancaster Pennsylvania and enjoyed going on cruises and playing competitive bridge with her husband, achieving the rank of a Silver Life Master.
She married Robert Larkin in Pelham in May 1956 and she is survived by their five sons, all of whom were graduates of Darien High School: Robert J. Larkin, (MD) of Manchester, New Hampshire; Thomas P. Larkin, married to Kathleen Ward of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; James M. Larkin, married to Jean Sussman of Yardley, Pennsylvania; Gregory V. Larkin of Lancaster; and William P. Larkin, married to Margaret Sims of Greenwich; as well as six grandchildren and three great-granddaughters. She was predeceased by two sons, David and Stephen.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, April 11, 2025, at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church, 2427 Marietta Ave., Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Family and friends will be received from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church on Friday. Interment will be private in St. John’s Cemetery, Norwalk, CT.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Leo the Great Catholic Church.
— an obituary from Snyder Funeral Home, where online condolences may be left