The Bethsaida Team

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BethsaidaTeam Founder - Janet Hardy

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Jan Hardy at Bethsaida Team table in Diocdesan Convention in 2004. 

1942-2005 

Janet Hardy, born in 1942, died on November 20, 2005 after a long struggle with diabetes and its resulting blindness and physical disabilities. A lifelong resident of the Maplewood area, Jan was a member of St. George’s, Maplewood and served on manycommittees there and in the Diocese of Newark.

She was Co-Chair of the Bethsaida Team on Accessibility for the diocese, one of many initiatives in which she played a creating hand; others included co-founding both The Newark School of Theology and the Essex County Interfaith Hospitality Network. She is survived by her daughter Gail, her son Blair, and her husband Robert.

(reprinted from The Voice, the official newspaper of the Diocese of Newark.)