Jane Frances Furrer Magee, 93, Fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church, passed away on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. Jane was happily married to Jack Magee, who preceded her in death, for 65 years. She is survived by her four children Mary (Gary) Mindel, John Magee, Tom (Jeanne) Magee and Katie (Brian) Thiemann; her grandchildren Caitlin (Matt) Nahorski, Kelly (Brandon) Gasparovic, Elise Thiemann (Nicholas Schcolnik), Erin (Joe) Borg, Kurt Thiemann (Deirdre Ely), Nora Thiemann, Mary Magee, Kathleen Magee, and her great grandchildren Oliver and Evelyn Nahorski, Vincent and Francis Gasparovic and her sister-in-law Carol Barnhart; her godchild and nephew Mark (Kim) Furrer and their family; the late Rick (Janice) Furrer and their family and her nieces and nephews Denise (Chris) Brown, Warren and Elizabeth Barnhart and their families. Her grandchild Joseph Mindel predeceased her. Loving aunt, great-aunt, cousin, and friend.
Jane grew up in South St. Louis with her siblings J. Richard and Mary Rose Furrer whom she loved. She attended Loretto Academy and Webster College, only one of two female math majors in 1954. She also cherished her time at Universite Laval and practiced her French for the rest of her life. Upon graduation, she worked at the Chart Plant, the only woman in her department, where she met the love of her life, Jack Magee. While he was in Air Force flight training in Florida, Jack and Jane wrote to each other almost daily for a year, and they married in 1956 at St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church. Jack and Jane then moved to San Angelo, Texas where his Air Force service continued and Mary was born. After Jack’s honorable discharge, they moved back to St. Louis, and quickly had three more children. They moved to the Pebble HIll neighborhood in St. Dominic Savio parish, where they were blessed with an amazing set of lifelong friendships.
Jane chose to be a stay at home mother, but that didn’t keep her from extraordinary service to the Church and to her children’s schools. She did everything from Parish Council and School Board to being the first woman leader of the Annual Catholic Appeal at the invitation of Archbishop May. She chaired St. Louis U High’s CASHBAH Auction as well as Cor Jesu Academy’s inaugural auction. She loved planning reunions with her “LA girls” from Loretto and her “Webster girls” from college.
Jane and Jack were able to travel extensively throughout the US and the world. Their favorite place, however, was Disney World, where they took dozens of trips with friends, their grandchildren and even their first great-grandchild. She also loved entertaining her friends and her children’s friends, whether it was a formal dinner party, bridge club or making sandwiches and KoolAid for the neighborhood kids.
Mom’s greatest joys were her faith and her family. In her heart, she believed everyone wanted to be Catholic and never missed an opportunity to share the joy of the Catholic faith and her love for the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Communion of Saints. Her last years were spent mostly in prayer (as she discovered Liturgy and Prayer were available at all times on YouTube), being with her family or watching SnapChat videos of the great-grandchildren she loved so much.
Mom’s heart and lungs gave out just short of her 94th birthday and she was more than ready to join Jack, her family and friends in paradise. She told her family often that her happiest day would be when she went to heaven.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to The Moog Center for Deaf Education, https://www.moogcenter.org/donate/ in honor of her love and prayers for Francis Gasparovic.
Services: Visitation at Kutis Funeral Home, 10151 Gravois Road, St. Louis, MO 63123 on Friday, January 9th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Funeral Mass at St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church, 6047 Bishops Place, St. Louis, MO 63109 on Saturday, January at 10:00 a.m. with interment following at Resurrection Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to The Moog Center for Deaf Education, https://www.moogcenter.org/donate/ in honor of her love and prayers for Francis Gasparovic are preferred.
May The Angels and Saints greet her at the Gates of Eternal Life.
Joy in the Journey to Heaven and Jack.
Many prayers of comfort
Jane embraced me immediately when I started going to morning Mass at St Dominic Savio as a young mother. She always was so interested in our family, especially Kathleen and Maureen, and this connection has remained for over 50 years. She was the happiest person I ever new and that was her Catholic faith in action. She was a very special woman to all her knew her.
So sorry to hear of Jane’s passing. Another great neighbor from Holyoke passed on January 2nd. ( Kay G.). I’m sure that the Pebble Hill gang and the SDS members who passed are their in heavenly paradise to greet both Jane and Kay.
My prayers are with all of you at this time.
Ann Davis
The kid across the street!