Mary Jane Blydenburgh (née Barnes) of Hamburg, Pennsylvania died on March 17, 2018, following a brief illness. She was 98.

She will be loved and missed by her five children: Barbara, Robert, Mary Jane, Ruth, and Raymond. She will also be fondly remembered by her ten grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren, and by her brother Robert and sister Elizabeth.

Mary Jane was born on January 30, 1920, in Germantown, Pennsylvania, to Sherwood and Elizabeth (Brownback) Barnes. She and her seven siblings worked with their father cleaning and selling fish during the Depression, which ensured the family could stay together. Mary Jane was extremely athletic and was offered a position to play semi-pro women's basketball when she was sixteen. A true beauty, she became the very first Miss Margate in 1936.

She married Raymond Blydenburgh in January 1949, and they remained together until her husband's death in 1988. Her children and her family were the focal points of her life, though she also loved to try new things and to travel. She loved picnics, games, and family get-togethers.

Private services will be held.