Grosse Pointe Woods
January 31, 2013
Prayer vigil marks one-year anniversary of Jane Basharas murder
By K.
Michelle Moran
C & G Staff Writer
GROSSE POINTE WOODS Dozens of friends, relatives and fellow parishioners at St. Michaels Episcopal Church paid tribute to slain Grosse Pointe Park mother and marketing executive Jane Bashara on the one-year anniversary of her murder during a prayer vigil Jan. 24 at the church.
The solemn service, which lasted about 30 minutes, was led by the Rev. Marianna Gronek. Family members used the Paschal candle, which Gronek said symbolizes Jesus power to overcome
our sorrow and our loss, to light seven smaller candles, which were placed in a row in front of the Paschal candle.
Through prayers, hymns and readings, participants acknowledged Jane Basharas life and mourned her loss. She was said to have been an active volunteer with the church.
Keep Jane ever present in our hearts, and may we honor her memory, embracing each new day with courage and faith, Gronek prayed.
The church wardens, chancellor and rector issued a statement for the media on the tragic anniversary that read, Through our belief in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Resurrection and the Life, we continue to offer prayers for healing on behalf of our sister, Jane, for this whole community, and for all who continue to mourn her loss on the yearly anniversary of her death. Even as we grieve with wounded hearts, we also give thanks for the fullness of joy in which Jane served in our parish ministries and now lives with her Lord, and toward which we faithfully travel in healing and hope.
Born June 22, 1955, in Mount Clemens, Jane Bashara, 56, was a senior marketing manager for Detroit-based KEMA Services. She had a masters degree in business administration from the University of Detroit Mercy and a bachelor of business administration degree from Central Michigan University. Well-known and well-regarded for her service to the community especially through the Grosse Pointe South High School Mothers Club, of which she was a past president she was survived by her two young-adult children, Robert Bashara Jr. and Jessica Bashara, as well as her husband of 26 years, Robert Bashara, her parents, John and Lorraine Engelbrecht, and her siblings, Janet Gottsleben, Julie Rowe and John Engelbrecht.
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Justice for Jane a group of Jane Basharas friends, colleagues and others who formed last year to campaign for prosecution of those responsible for her murder didnt have a comment at press time about the one-year anniversary of her death. However, an anonymous spokesperson for the group said, by email, We are holding Janes children, her family and her cherished friends especially close in thought and prayer during this difficult time and (in) the upcoming weeks, that they may find solace, comfort and strength in each other, and, as one of our members posted so eloquently,
that they find a way to celebrate and remember her without pain but only love.
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