Jane Reller was a wonderful person; she was 20 days younger than me, and she passed away at 1:40 yesterday afternoon. She was surrounded by family, her husband, her cats and dogs; and she left us peacefully, losing a battle with pancreatic cancer. The above photo is of Jane and her husband, Michael Prewitt, and was taken in February of this year. Jane worked for Ball Aerospace in Boulder for 30 years; she had been invited by NASA to be in the control room at Cape Kennedy on May 12th for the space shuttle launch to repair the Hubble Telescope, and she had been looking forward to seeing it. Jane raised and bred Samoyeds, was a certified Agility Judge by the AKC, and worked with several Samoyed Rescue agencies. Jane loved her family, her animal buddies, and life.
She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and managed to "beat the odds" for 13 months. She took part in several cancer studies, and kept going strong until the second day of this month. I, personally, will always remember her smile, her quiet strength, and her love of all of nature and the creatures of this planet. Rest in peace and without pain, Jane.
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