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Jane Anne (Rowan) Hickey - Bloomingdale’s employee

Jane Anne (Rowan) Hickey, 104, of Center Valley and Bethlehem, died Feb. 6, 2026. Born in Glasgow, UK to Thomas Rowan and Bridget McGhee Handley. She resided in Astoria, Queens and followed a family tradition of working at Bloomingdale’s in Manhattan until she married Thomas George Hickey in 1954 and relocated to Pennsylvania.

She is survived by; daughter Kerry and son-in-law James (“Rick”) Cheever, son James and daughter-in-law Carla Hickey; sister-in-law Mary Ann Jacquinot; grandchildren Brian and wife Lucia Hickey, Kevin Hickey and wife Noelle Wilkinson, Mary Kate and husband Michael Fazio, Lauren and husband Mike Sweeney, Kara Cheever and husband Fuery Hocking, Liam Hickey, Seamus Hickey, and Rowan Hickey; great-grandchildren Emma and Thomas Hickey, Evelyn and Lillian Sweeney, Lorelei and Sabrina Cheever, and Clara Fazio, and by numerous nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband; her eldest son Thomas Joseph, daughter-in-law Anne (Walker) Hickey; siblings Thomas Rowan, Sarah (Sally) Forrester, Edmund Handley, and their respective spouses Germaine (Palmer) Rowan, Robert Forrester, and Janette (Carter) Handley.

Contributions to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 would be appreciated.

Arrangements were made by James Funeral Home.

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