Jane Mary Stephens Pease

Jane Pease died on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, at her home on Vashon Island with her family by her side.

She was born in Seattle on June 17, 1938, to the late Edwin J. Stephens and Mary Kathryn Smith Stephens. She graduated from Holy Names Academy in Seattle in 1956 and studied at Seattle University.

The beach and the mountains were central themes throughout Jane’s life. At age 4, Jane learned to ski at Stevens Pass and went on to represent Holy Names Academy in ski races in Washington and at Red Mountain, B.C. During the winter of 1959-1960, Jane and her friend Isa Giese, also of Seattle, competed in Europe as representatives of the United States Ski Association.

In April of 1961, Jane married Frederic Pease of Tacoma, Washington. They began their married life in Seattle and had six children: Mary, Geoffrey, Sarah, Elizabeth, James and Emily.

The Pease family moved to Vashon Island in 1976 and joined both the Vashon Golf and Country Club and the Quartermaster Yacht Club.

Jane began her 20-year career at the K2 corporation on Vashon in the early 1980s. She initially ran the company store and later joined the silk-screening department. A favorite activity of Jane’s was hosting an annual luncheon and afternoon at the beach for her coworkers.

Jane was widely known as a wonderful cook and hostess who opened her doors and her arms to a widespread group of neighbors, friends and “new best friends.” As Jane’s illness progressed and she could no longer entertain in the way she had always enjoyed, she and Fred became devotees of the island music community.

Jane is survived by her husband, Fred; her daughter Mary Johnson; grandchildren Nicholas Pease and Jessica Johnson of Vashon; son Geof (Sue) Pease; granddaughter Paulina of Maui, Hawaii; daughter Sarah (Evan) Pruett of Vashon; daughter Elizabeth (Joe) Bruscato of Normandy Park; son James Pease and grandsons Quinn and Finnegan of Whidbey Island and Vashon, and daughter Emily Pease of Vashon.

Jane is also survived by her sister, Clare (John) van Amerongen, of Vashon; brothers Greg (Patty) Stephens of Silverdale, Eddie (Margaret) Stephens of Seattle and Tom (Gretchen) Stephens of Seattle, as well as numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

A funeral mass was held Friday, Sept. 16, at St. John Vianney Catholic Church.