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JEAN PETERSON Obituary

JEAN S. PETERSON - CHELSEA - Jean S. Peterson, died Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, in Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Hanover, N.H. A memorial service celebrating Jean's life will be held on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Christ Church in Montpelier. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jean's name to the Dartmouth Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center, 1 Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756. Arrangements are under the direction of the Boardway & Cilley Funeral Home in Chelsea. A private message for the family may be shared at www.boardwayandcilley.com. (NOTE: This is a correction of the day/date of the service from an earlier obituary.)

Published by The Burlington Free Press on Aug. 19, 2013.
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The world has lost a dazzling star! Jean:smart,savvy, optimistic, romantic, caring, joyous...AUTHENTIC. Truly, Jean showed us all just how fine a human being can be...one of the highest life forms I've ever met. God rest her beautiful soul.

Bethany Knight

August 22, 2013

Jean was a true inspiration to my young self just starting out my teaching career. So sorry for your loss and do know she touched many lives in such a positive way.

Lori Hebert

August 21, 2013

What a wonderful person Jean was. So easy to talk to, truly interested in people and a great example to all who knew her. My thoughts and prayers are with you all and I will cherish all my memories of Jean.

Stuart Hall

August 21, 2013

Love to the family-many fond memories of U 32 and Christ Church-serving with her in the community. Susan Auld

August 20, 2013

Phil and I bought Zoe and Fred's house in Berlin, across from Jean, in the late fall of 1987. I had know Jean professionally prior to that through U-32, as I worked with her in the pre-school program she coordinated with high school students and community member's children. She was a wonderful neighbor and an adopted family member for our children whose grandparents lived far away. They raked her pine needles, fed her cat and watered her plants when she was away. We will always look at the schoolhouse and think of Jean. She had a wonderful spirit and will be sorely missed by those she touched. I am so glad she was a part of our lives.

Ellen, Phil Gentile, Nicole and Mikael

Ellen Sulek

August 19, 2013

ED AND FAMILY.I REMEMBER SO WELL THE GREAT VISITS JAEN AND I HAD WHILE HER CAR WAS BEING SERVISED.SHE WAS ALWAYS FULL OF JOY.. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU PAUL AND MARILYN LYONS

August 19, 2013

Joy and Karen, so sorry to hear of your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you in this time of sorrow. She was an amazing person and will be remembered by many.

Karen Kuzmik Spooner

August 19, 2013

Jean was my T.A. @ U-32 High School.
Without her positivity, guidance and belief in me I wouldn't have gotten through. She was my rock and I loved her so very much. She was there for me at my Dad's funeral way even after I graduated. She even told me that the rosewater gift I gave her back in 8th grade, she still had and cherished! She holds a very special place in my heart. There is no doubt she was and always will be an Angel.

Alexis Hull

August 19, 2013

To Karen and Family. May the love of those around you help you through the days ahead. Pete and Bev Conti

August 18, 2013

To Jean's wonderful family,
Jean was truly a special person not only personally, but professionally. We have many fond memories of Jean and her family and of Jean and Linda teaching together for so many years. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all, and we know that Jean's spirit lives within each of us who were fortunate to know her.

Peter and Linda Foote and family

August 17, 2013

Zoe, John, Joy and Karen,

When I think of your mother I see her smile and hear her laughter. I also hear in her voice the love and concern she had for each of you and your children.

I am glad you are together "mourning and celebrating" her!

Love to you,
Wendy Allen

Wendy Allen

August 17, 2013

Thinking of you guys. Linda Thuren

August 17, 2013

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