Jane Ellen Gherardi

Jane Ellen Gherardi, 63, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 26, 2019. She was born in Washington D.C. on May 26, 1955, to Milton and Amalya (Ausich) Johnson. The youngest of six children, she grew up in Alexandria, Virginia, and later made Texas her home. She was a devoted Catholic.


Jane graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology in 1977, then spent a year studying anthropology/archaeology at the University of Kansas before enrolling at Texas Tech University, where she earned a Master of Arts in Museum Science. Her love was museums. She worked at Amon Carter Museum from 1990-2006 and most recently volunteered in the Paleo Lab of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science.


Jane is survived by her husband, Joseph Gherardi; daughters, Kendall Posey and Robyn Posey; and eleven nieces and nephews.


A funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Grapevine on Friday, March 8, 2019 at 11a.m. She will be laid to rest at Historic Grapevine Cemetery. In lieu of flowers please make a donation in Jane's memory to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas, TX.at https://tinyurl.com/gherardi