* Rebecca Jayne Buckley; Dancer, Choreographer
A memorial service will be held Wednesday for Ojai resident Rebecca Jayne Buckley, who founded the popular Dancer’s Studio in Ojai and who performed in and choreographed several local theater productions.
Buckley, 47, died Friday at home after a 2 1/2-year battle with cancer, her husband, Tom, said.
The service will be at 10 a.m. at Libbey Park Bowl in Ojai, with the Rev. Anne Howard officiating. Arrangements are being handled by Clausen Funeral Home, Ojai.
Buckley started the Dancer’s Studio 21 years ago in a converted garage before it moved to its present location on Signal Street, Tom Buckley said. About 150 children and adults take classes in tap, jazz and ballet at its studios.
She had danced since girlhood, performing at the Starlight Theater in Kansas City, in a Jane Fonda exercise video and in several Ojai theater productions, including “Oklahoma!” and “Annie Get Your Gun.”
Besides her husband, Buckley is survived by two daughters and relatives in Kansas City, Mo.
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