Sister Jane Tyler, OP of the Dominican Sisters, Sparkill, New York, died on October 20, 2018 in Siena Hall in Dominican Convent, Sparkill, NY. She was 88 years old.
Born in New York, NY on February 5, 1930, Jane was the daughter of William and Theresa O’Shaughnessy Tyler. She entered the Dominican Congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary in Sparkill on February 2, 1949 and received the name Sister William Therese. She professed her first vows in 1950 and her final vows in 1955.
Sister Jane received her BS in Elementary Education from Fordham University, Bronx, NY, 1957; her MS in Business Education from Hunter College, New York, NY, 1976 and a MS in Computer Science from Iona College, New Rochelle, New York, 1989.
During her more than fifty-six years in the ministry of education, Sister Jane Tyler served in the Archdiocese of New York at St. Brendan School; Bronx, NY (1950-1953) St. Rita School, Bronx, NY (1953-1959) before going to the Brooklyn Diocese serving in St. Teresa School, Woodside, NY (1959-1966). Sr. Jane returned to the New York Archdiocese to St. Ann School (1967-1968); St. Vito School, Mamaroneck, NY (1968-1969). For the next thirty-seven years, Sister Jane ministered at Msgr. Scanlan High School; Bronx, NY (1969-2006) as a business and computer studies teacher before becoming the General Manager at Park Avenue Thorpe, Bronx, NY (2006-2011). In 2018, Sister Jane retired to Dominican Convent.
Sister Jane Tyler is predeceased by her parents William and Theresa O’Shaughnessy Tyler and her sister Theresa McBride. She is survived by her sister Mary Tyler, her nieces, a nephew and their families whom she adored.
Sister Jane Tyler was a kind and gracious woman who made a difference in the lives of those who knew her. She served her God and congregation faithfully for more than seventy years as a Dominican Sister of Sparkill. We thank God for her life and her goodness and we pray she may enjoy the fullness of life in the presence of the God she loved and so faithfully served. We will miss her presence among us.