Jan Kay Glockner (nee Saladino), 79, of Hackensack, NJ, formerly of Brooklyn, NY, passed away on Monday, March 17, 2025 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s. Beloved mother of Kristin Ognibene and her husband Peter and loving step-mother of Kim Glockner and Gary Glockner. Proud grandmother of Elizabeth, Caroline and Peter and step-grandmother to Jacquelyn, Matthew, Jessica, Adam, Joshua and Jacob, and step-great grandmother to Evangeline, Greyson and Wesley. She is pre-deceased by her loving parents, John L. Saladino and Lois D. (Anderson) Saladino.
Jan grew up in Brooklyn, NY and attended Erasmus Hall High School. She then went on to college at the College of Staten Island where she earned her nursing degree. She worked briefly as a nurse, then moved into the world of advertising where she had a brief yet memorable career with Wells, Rich, Greene. She married Gary Glockner in 1973 and they had a daughter Kristin whom they raised in Hillsdale, NJ. Jan was a very active member of the White Beeches Golf & Country Club in Haworth, NJ where she spent countless hours with friends, at the pool, playing golf and enjoying life. In addition, some of her favorite times were spent with friends from the Hillsdale community when she was managing her daughter’s softball team and going to games – she never missed one. She later went on to a career in real estate and moved back to Hackensack NJ where she made many new friends and and once again found herself enjoying time by the pool! She loved her family deeply and spent many years caring for her grandchildren and making wonderful memories. From attending their games, to taking them on modeling auditions, she was a constant presence in their lives. She also loved spending time with the Ognibene family of which she became an honorary member.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM at St. Pius X RC Church, Old Tappan, NJ with interment to follow at Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, NJ.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Jan’s memory can be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, www.stjude.org, a favorite charity of hers.
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