Jane Erskine Demant

Somerset, MA - Jane Erskine (Chase) Demant, 90, of Somerset, MA, died Thursday, January 9, 2014, at Clifton Rehabilitative Nursing Center Somerset, MA. She was the wife of the late Aksel E. Demant. Mrs. Demant was the eldest child of Martha (Jackson) and Nathaniel S. Chase of Fall River, MA. She graduated from BMC Durfee High School and the F A. Wilcox Secretarial School in that city. She was a long time employee at the Shell Oil Company until her retirement in 1973 when her and her husband moved to Tiverton. Mrs. Demant was an excellent gardener and love to do needle work. She was a Past President of the Garden Club and a Past deacon of the U C Church of Little Compton.She is survived by her sister Deborah Hagensen of Portsmouth, RI, fifteen nieces and nephews and many grand nieces and nephews.She was the sister of the late Nathaniel Chase Jr. and John H. Chase.All services are private.Donations in her memory may be made to the Brownell Library, 44 Commons, Little Compton, RI 02837.