Jean B. Holbrook

WOLFEBORO — Jean Balcom Holbrook, 84, formerly of Wolfeboro, died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007, at Ledgewood Manor, Windham, Maine.

She was born in Providence, R.I., on Jan. 20, 1923, and raised in Edgewood, R.I. She was the only child of the late John H. and Ruth (Barnes) Balcom.

She especially loved the cottage on Lake Wentworth in Wolfeboro that her parents built when she was nine. She moved there in 1977 and enjoyed the rest of her life as a resident of Wolfeboro. For many years she worked as a lab technician at Wolfeboro's Huggins Hospital and was a member of the Lake Wentworth Association.

Predeceased by her husband, George Louis "Gus" Holbrook in 1964, she raised their two children in North Attleborough, Mass.

She is survived by her loving son, George Louis "Jack" Holbrook and his wife, Sarah, of Lincoln, Mass; her devoted daughter, Carolyn B. Holbrook and her husband, Richard "Dick" Wurfel of Windham, Maine; as well as two grandchildren, George E. Holbrook and Grace C. Holbrook, of Lincoln, Mass.

SERVICES: Calling hours will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Lord Funeral Home, Route 28, Wolfeboro. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. at the Lord Funeral Home following the visitation. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery and Arboretum, North Attleborough, Mass., and will be private. The family requests that any memorial contributions in her memory be made to the Lake Wentworth Foundation, P.O. Box 2235, Wolfeboro, NH 03894 (www.lakewentworthfoundation.org), the Alzheimer's Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Fl. 17, Chicago, IL 60601-7633 (www.alz.org), or to a charity of one's choice.