Redding, Conn.
Jean passed away Dec. 19 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. While growing up in Glenview, Ill., she actively developed a lifelong love for ballet and sports. After graduating from Middlebury College in 1968 with a math degree, she enjoyed a long, successful career at IBM, while pursuing her interests of sailing, travel and sports.
In 1988, she joined a sailing crew in the Boston area who were to become part of her extended family for the rest of her life. After retiring in 2000, Jean raced and cruised long distances, crossing the Atlantic eight times and the Pacific twice, and cruised the Baltic Sea, Greenland, Nova Scotia, Hudson’s Bay, Thailand, the Pacific Northwest, and the Great Lakes.
Jean’s intellect, love of life, positive outlook, and sense of humor affected everyone around her. She always seemed to know what was funny; her laughter and sheer joy was wonderful to behold.
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