Mary Jane Belrose

COOPERSTOWN – Mary Jane Belrose, age 75, of Middlefield Center Road, passed away peacefully on Tuesday evening,January 21, 2020. She had the comfort of her husband and loving family at her side at the time of passing.

Jane was born on March 17, 1944 in Brooklyn, a daughter of the late Joseph H. and Teresa M. Musgrave Serafine. She was raised and educated in Amityville and graduated from Queen Rosary High School. On January 23, 1965 she was united in marriage with Jorden Belrose in Amityville, a blessed union of 55 years. They relocated to the Cooperstown area and she became a social worker with the Otsego County Office for the Aging, a position she held for many years.

She enjoyed reading, going on road trips with her friends and loved being with her family. She found great joy in dancing and playing with her grandchildren. She was a friend to many and will never be forgotten.

Surviving her are her husband Jorden; a son Jeffrey and his wife Cathy of Starkville; two daughters, Anne Marie Belrose of Boston, MA, and Beth Long and her husband Justin of Williamsburg, VA; two brothers, Joseph Serafine and his wife Jeanette of Rocky Hill, CT, and John Serafine of Tampa, FL;three sisters, Judy Altman and her husband Vernon of Levittown, Joyce Arroyo and her husband Angelo of Fort Plain, Beth Apollo and her husband Frank of Lindenhurst; five grandchildren, Danielle Voght of Starkville, Jeffrey Belrose, Jr. of Salt Springsville, Kirsten, Katherine, and Parker Long, all of Williamsburg, VA; and five great-grandchildren, Lily-Ann, Cheyenne, A.J., Jaclyn, and Dawson. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her son Kevin Belrose in 2005.

Calling hours for Mrs. Belrose will take place on Saturday February 1 st from 11:00 am until 1:00pm in J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, 40 West James Street, Richfield Springs. At 1:00pm her funeral will commence with The Reverend Alan Miller officiating. Burial will take place this spring in VanHornesville Cemetery.

Expressions of sympathy may be made in donations in her memory to Hospice and Palliative Care, Middle Settlement Road, New Hartford. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.