Kim McNamee, a Germantown resident and friend of Jane McQuain, said William is a quiet, sweet boy who is dedicated to sports. His mother sometimes called him “Will,” McNamee said.
“I was so upset when I heard,” McNamee said. “He’s spent so much time at my house. My son has spent so much time at their house. They are just great, sweet people that you loved to be around.”
McNamee described Jane McQuain as a devoted mother who sat through all of William’s sports practices and always had a smile on her face.
Another friend, Jacqueline Donnell, helped Jane and William McQuain move into their Germantown apartment. Even when she was just moving in, Jane McQuain had already made friends, Donnell said. “That’s just the way Jane was.”
She also liked to make people laugh. When Donnell told McQuain that she was suffering from congestive heart failure, Jane cracked a joke. “She could have you — she could have everyone — in stitches,” Donnell said.
Donnell said Jane McQuain’s mother died after being hit by a car and she was estranged from her father. She raised William as a single mother.
“She just wanted the very best for him,” Donnell said. “I hope he didn’t see anything horrible happen to his mother. I just hope he’s OK.”