Jane Loveless Howard ’58

Jane Loveless Howard ’58, of Arlington, Mass.; Sept. 7, after the onset of dementia and a fall. She worked briefly as a public health nurse, then married and joined her husband in South Carolina at the Naval Ammunition Depot, where she became involved in the officers’ wives club. Upon his discharge, they moved to Cambridge, Mass., while he attended MIT and their family grew. After his graduation, they settled in Arlington and she became involved with the local Girl Scouts; Adventures in Music; St. Agnes Church, where she taught Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; and Arlington’s town planning department’s Vision 2020 task groups. An active member of Voice of the Faithful, she was also involved with Careful Where You Sit, an annual public viewing and sale of repaired and decorated old chairs. She enjoyed music and singing and, for many years, was a member of the MIT Women’s Chorale, where she was a skilled soprano and occasional piano accompanist. She helped run annual public lectures at MIT called Aging Successfully and enjoyed sewing, knitting, weaving, and gardening. She is survived by her husband, Peter ’58; two daughters; two sons; a daughter-in-law; a son-in-law; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a sister.