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Tucker Ronzetti
We are so sorry to hear of Janice's passing and send our love to Kevin and the entire family. We hope your memories of Janice bring you comfort.
Brian M
Incredibly sad to hear the news about Jan's passing. My heart goes out to Meghan, Kevin, and the rest of the family during this difficult time. Jan was taken too soon, but she had such a positive and lasting influence on all our lives. Meghan and Kevin, in particular, are both lucky to have had her. Sending you all my love and support. With deepest sympathy, Brian
Steve Gibb
Janice was a beautiful person who has left our world better than when she arrived. May your fond memories of her give you comfort, warmth and strength today and always
Misha and family
My deepest condolences to the entire family. Gram Jan will live in our hearts forever.
Brian Patrick Curley
My deepest condolences to Kevin, Tara, Meghan, Bill, Maureen, Barbara, and Brendan. Cousin Janice was a special lady. She will be missed.
Andrew & Kristina Flick
Maureen and Larry Fisher
Larry and I send our deepest sympathies to the entire family. We will miss her smile and her infectious laugh. She adored her family. You were her heart. Her OB family will miss her dearly.
Margo and Joe Rees
I am so saddened by Janice's passing, I really can't find the right words to express how much her friendship meant to me. She was the most genuine, gracious, funny, lovable women I've ever known. Whenever we were together, there was loads of laughter and sharing. I'm so very sorry for the loss that Kevin and her girls, grandchildren, and the rest of her family are feeling. She has caused a bright light to go out on the back row!
Marge Leahy
Kevin I’m so sorry to hear of Janices’s passing. She was such a great friend. Thinking of you and your family. Janice will be missed.
Ann Marie Lala Rivera
Nancy and Tom Healy
So so sad to read this heartbreaking news. Your passing leaves a giant hole in our hearts and in our OB neighborhood.. I can’t find the words ti express how profoundly saddened we are. Our deepest sympathies to Kevin and your girls and their families. May you rest gently in the arms of Our Lord ❤️
Helaine Donovan
Augie & Ed Eng
Janice, words cannot express how much you meant to us. We are grateful to have known your friendship. Thank you for all the stories and laughs. We will miss you. Our thoughts are with Kevin and your family.
Jessica King, and family
Mrs. O'Connor always welcomed me and my family as friends at the Devlin gatherings but we always left feeling like actual family. My memories of her will be wonderful memories. I am lucky to have met her and her wonderful family.
Greg & Alice Caldwell
Maryann Jessop
Janice was a beloved member of our Mermaids Book Club and a pool lady from The Atlantic Club. We missed her when she moved to Amelia but she was completely enthusiastic about her new life with her husband in Florida. Elegant and thoughtful, she will always hold a sweet spot in my heart.
Bill Leahy
Karen Mascio & Mark Holt
We are sadden to hear the of Janice's passing. Janice was such a loving, gentle soul. No matter what was going on in life she always had a smile and a kind word. We have many wonderful memories of our time spent at the O.B. with Janice and Kevin.Our thoughts are with Kevin and her family.
Janice Marie O'Connor
2025-10-17
Janice Marie O’Connor, 75, of Fernandina Beach F.L. passed away on Friday, October 17, 2025 at the Mayo Clinic surrounded by her loving family.
Janice was born on July 4, 1950 in Jersey City, N.J. The eldest of six children of Rosemary Nicholson and William Tarrant, Janice embraced the role of caregiver from an early age. Taking care of others was central to who she was and it was a role she maintained all her life. Her care giving began with her siblings, which then extended to her daughters, her students and the grandchildren she adored.
Janice excelled as a student starting at St. Paul’s Catholic school followed by Ramsey High School, earning degrees from Georgian Court University and Mount Saint Mary College. Janice worked as a Special Education teacher at Monroe-Woodbury school district in New York for 25 years. Countless students benefitted from her grace, kindness, patience and compassion as she taught them how to read.
She married her soulmate Kevin in 1982. Wed for 43 years, they embodied the theory that opposites attract. She was a kind, patient, stylish girl from Ramsey, N.J., always with her nails perfectly painted and beautifully dressed. He’s proud to be a sports obsessed, simple man from the Bronx. They built a wonderful life together, starting in Highland Mills, N.Y. raising Tara and later Meghan before creating a dream retirement for themselves in Manasquan, N.J. and Amelia Island, FL. Together they embraced a life of adventure, traveling the world until the very end.
She was happiest with her family. The memories of summers in Surfside With her sisters, time on the beach in Manasquan with Robert and Mackenzie, and swimming with Jack and Maddie, will be forever etched in our minds.
Janice was eternally grateful for the blessings in her life and often said, “We are so lucky.” Our loss is profound but her legacy will live on in the countless lives she so positively impacted.
She is survived by her husband, Kevin O’Connor of Fernandina Beach, FL.; her daughters, Tara and husband Robert Devlin of Wall Township, N.J.; Meghan and husband Brian Daigle of Larkspur, C.A.; her four grandchildren, Robert Devlin (17), Mackenzie Devlin (16), Madeleine Daigle (5) and Jack Daigle (2); two sisters, two brothers and many beloved cousins, nieces and nephews. Janice was predeceased by her parents and brother, Sean Tarrant.
A memorial service will be held Friday, October 24th at 10:00am at the Oxley-Heard Funeral Home, 1305 Atlantic Avenue, Fernandina Beach, FL. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made in her honor to the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
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