{"id":7637,"date":"2024-02-04T21:47:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T02:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/?p=7637"},"modified":"2024-02-04T21:47:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T02:47:44","slug":"jayne-jennings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/?p=7637","title":{"rendered":"Jayne Jennings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jayne-Jennings-Photo-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"912\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jayne-Jennings-Photo-912x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jayne-Jennings-Photo-912x1024.jpeg 912w, https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jayne-Jennings-Photo-267x300.jpeg 267w, https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jayne-Jennings-Photo-768x863.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jayne-Jennings-Photo-1368x1536.jpeg 1368w, https:\/\/pizzifuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Jayne-Jennings-Photo-1823x2048.jpeg 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 912px) 100vw, 912px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jayne Jennings&nbsp;(Morrison), 92 of Norwood, NJ,&nbsp;passed away peacefully&nbsp;on February 1, 2024,&nbsp;surrounded by her children.&nbsp;She was predeceased by her&nbsp;devoted&nbsp;husband&nbsp;of 58 years, Jack Jennings.&nbsp;&nbsp;She leaves behind a loving legacy in her children John, Mimi (Steve Benvenuti), Kerry (Dan Kelly), Paul, and Mark (Rosella) and grandchildren Isabel and Garret Benvenuti, Jacklyn, Brayden, and Pierce Kelly, as well as many nieces and nephews.&nbsp;Loving sister of&nbsp;Suzanne Reynolds and&nbsp;the late Gene Morrison and Mary&nbsp;Burns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born the third of four children to Howard and Charlotte Morrison in Wisconsin,&nbsp;Jayne\u2019s&nbsp;journey took her to Connecticutat the age of 9 (and later New York City),&nbsp;where&nbsp;she, along with her two sisters,&nbsp;embarked&nbsp;on a&nbsp;20-year&nbsp;musical career known as the Morrison Sisters.&nbsp;Managed by their&nbsp;talented&nbsp;mother,&nbsp;the sister singing group&nbsp;performed&nbsp;on the radio&nbsp;in Hartford, CT&nbsp;and appeared in clubs and theatres&nbsp;throughout&nbsp;New York.&nbsp;In the 1950\u2019s, they traveled extensively through Europe and&nbsp;the Far East&nbsp;on USO Tours.&nbsp;Their harmonious voices&nbsp;echoed alongside well-known entertainers&nbsp;such as Martha Raye, Joey Lewis, Jimmy&nbsp;Durante and Bob Hope.&nbsp;During their career, they recorded&nbsp;numerous records on the&nbsp;Continental, Deed and&nbsp;Decca labels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1960, Jayne&#8217;s life took a beautiful turn as she met and married Jack.&nbsp;They raised their family&nbsp;of five children&nbsp;in Norwood, NJ. &nbsp;They were longtime members of&nbsp;Immaculate Conception Church and St. Anthony&#8217;s Church in Northvale&nbsp;and served as co-directors&nbsp;of the adult and youth choirs, sharing their love for music and faith with the community.&nbsp;&nbsp;When her husband wanted to start a musical trio, Jayne learned to play the bass and joined the group, entertaining for years at weddings and other events.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After raising her family, Jayne pursued her love&nbsp;of&nbsp;art, studying&nbsp;oil painting&nbsp;at the NY Academy of Art&nbsp;and&nbsp;the Art Students League in NYC. &nbsp;She also studied at the Ridgewood Art Institute in Bergen County, where she later taught art classes and served on the Board&nbsp;of Trustees.&nbsp;Jayne&#8217;s talent as a painter was recognized and celebrated,&nbsp;as&nbsp;her works&nbsp;were&nbsp;exhibited&nbsp;in&nbsp;numerous&nbsp;national, museum, corporate, and one-woman shows.&nbsp;She continued her artistic journey into her retirement years in Cape May, NJ, teaching&nbsp;art classes at the Ocean City Arts Center in Ocean City, NJ.&nbsp;&nbsp;Her paintings&nbsp;are&nbsp;displayed in private collections throughout the US,&nbsp;and she was also represented in several galleries in NJ and Delaware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A celebration of Jayne&#8217;s remarkable life will be held&nbsp;at a later date. 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