Stearns, Janet Upjohn (1910-1979)

Janet Upjohn Stearns was a philanthropist and civic leader. Stearns moved to Englewood in the mid-1960s. She served on the Englewood Hospital board beginning in 1968. She was the first vice president of the Englewood Community Chest. She was a director of the Northern Valley Chapter of the Red Cross, a trustee of the Social Service Federal, and a member of the Bergen County United Fund, the Bergen County Mental Health Association, and the Bergen County Heart Association. Stearns bought land in the Fourth Ward and donated it to the Mount Caramel Guild for a renewal project. She helped funde the Englewood Rock Creek Parkview public housing project, the Englewood public swimming pool, the Englewood Library, and the John Harms Center. She also donated to St. Vincent's Hospital and the Leonard Johnson Day Nursery in Englewood. She married Peter Aymar Embury in 1934. After he died in 1947, she married Frederic Alexander Ley in 1948. She had four daughters, Janet Wallace, Ley Alkiewicz, Janet Embury Beck, and Grace Embury Eisenhardt.

Moore, Brenda. "Janet Upjohn Stearns." The Record, 16 Mar. 1979.

"Janet Upjohn Stearns." Find A Grave.

1910-08-10

Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

1979-03-15

Moore, Brenda. "Janet Upjohn Stearns." The Record, 16 Mar. 1979.