{"id":49878,"date":"2025-12-02T09:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/49878\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T09:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:44:13","slug":"mary-jane-sheridan-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/49878\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Jane Sheridan \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\tMary Jane Sheridan \t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Mary Jane Sheridan, Clarks Summit, passed away peacefully on Friday afternoon at her home surrounded by her family. Her husband of 52 years is Patrick J. Sheridan. Her greatest joy came from caring for her family, to whom she gave unwavering love, support, and guidance. She was a devoted mother, wife, sister, friend, and \u201cMimi\u201d to her grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>\nBorn March 12, 1951 in Scranton, Mary Jane was the daughter of the late James J. and Eleanor Huber Thomas. She was a graduate of Scranton Technical High School and went on to work for the Scranton School District for 10 years. After spending years at home with her children, she joined the Diocese of Scranton for over 30 years, serving in the Office of Parish Ministries, Diocesan Schools Office, and culminating her career as the executive assistant to the Bishop of the Diocese of Scranton. She was a member of the Church of Saint Gregory, Clarks Summit, and formerly a member of St. Patrick\u2019s Parish, West Scranton.<\/p>\n<p>\nAlso surviving are her daughters Jennifer Sheridan, Ed.D. and Kristen Sheridan Wozniak, FNP and her husband Ethan; her beloved grandchildren Ellia, Ryan, and Andrew Wozniak; her brothers James J. Thomas and his wife Carol, George T. Thomas and his wife Kathy, Patrick J. Thomas and his wife Gina, and sister Lori Thomas Wagner, as well as, several cherished nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe was also preceded in death by her sister Eleanor M. Powell; her in-laws Charles J. and Mary T. Sheridan; brothers-in-law Thomas \u201cTJ\u201d Wagner and Joseph C. Sheridan.<\/p>\n<p>\nMary Jane\u2019s family would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to the many talented, dedicated, and compassionate doctors, nurses, and health care professionals, who cared for her during her illness in Scranton and at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>\nMass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday morning at 10 a.m. in the Church of Saint Gregory, 330 North Abington Rd. Clarks Summit with The Most Reverend Joseph C. Bambera, D.D., J.C.L., Bishop of the Diocese of Scranton serving as the principal celebrant.<\/p>\n<p>\nFriends may call Wednesday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Vanston and James Funeral Home, 1401 Ash St., Scranton.<\/p>\n<p>\nAll those attending the funeral are asked to go directly to The Church of St. Gregory on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\nInterment, Cathedral Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>\nTo share a memory, to express your condolences to the family or to view Mary Jane\u2019s memorial slideshow please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/jamesfamilyfunerals.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">jamesfamilyfunerals.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nIn lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial offerings be directed to the Diocese of Scranton in thanksgiving for Mary Jane\u2019s life. Memorial offerings should be forwarded to: Diocese of Scranton, Development Office, 300 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton, PA 18503.<\/p>\n<p>\nMary Jane Sheridan<\/p>\n<p>\nNovember 28, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mary Jane Sheridan OBITUARY Mary Jane Sheridan, Clarks Summit, passed away peacefully on Friday afternoon at her home&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-49878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}