Jane Dole passed away on February 2, 2016 at St. Peter's Hospice, born April 21, 1943 in Rockville CT., the daughter of the late Earl and Emma Dantono Taylor. The family moved to Brockton, MA in 1946. Jane attended Brockton schools and graduated from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst in 1965. She taught in Brockton for one year and in 1966 she married Alan Dole and they have resided in the Chatham area since then. They would have been married 50 years on August 20th. Joan was a member of the Business &  Professional Women (BPW) where she held several offices including president. She was recently elected to the Delta Kappa Gamma honorary sorority for women educators. She taught for 32 years at the former Ockawamick Elementary and Taconic Hills Schools. Since her retirement in 1988she has been active as a substitute teacher there. An ardent sports fan, she was a board member of the former Twin County Vikings. She and her husband were owners of the Berkshire Mountaineers semi-pro football team for six years. She was currently an Empire Football League Assistant and is a member of the American Football Association Hall of Fame as a semi-pro administrator. Jane was a dedicated New York Giants fan, but her happiest moments were watching her daughter play sports at Chatham High and Spingfield College. Jane also enjoyed winters in Florida, reading, crossword puzzles, casino visits, reunions with high school friends each summer on Cape Cod , and reunions with her college friends each summer in Maine. Survivors in addition to her husband are her beloved daughter and Son-in-law Kimberly and Thomas Allen of Watertown, CT and her two adored grandsons Jaiden Gray Allen and Kai Robert Allen, a sister-in-law Janice Dunn of East Longmeadow, MA, nephew Sean (Jung) Dunn of Austin, Texas, niece Julie (Marshall) Smith and grandniece Mari Smith of California and, nephew Harley (Debi) Dole of Hudson, she is also survived by three close cousins: Diane (Randy) Dodge of Brockton, John (Kathy) Dantono of West Bridgewater, MA and Maurene Keogh of Dover, NH along many other cousins and close friends. There will be a memorial in May. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Chatham Rescue Squad. Condolences may be conveyed at frenchblasl.com.