Jean Montoney Parkinson

PRINCETON, N.J. — Jean Montoney Parkinson died peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013, at the Pavilions at Forrestal in Princeton, where she had been a resident since 2009. Her daughter and granddaughter were at her side during her final hours.

Jean was born in Ashley on May 23, 1923, to the late Gertrude Smink and Louis Montoney. She was also the stepdaughter of the late Cyril C. Westfield and the late Joseph Reed Fisher.

She was employed by both RCA in Bridgewater, N.J., and Critikon in Raritan, N.J.

She took great pride in her home in Bridgewater, where she lived from 1957 until 2009. She was an avid gardener and excelled at cooking, baking and sewing. Jean was an animal-lover and was never without a beloved pet in her home.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John D. Parkinson, in 1983; and a half-sister, Claire Montanye Griffith, in 2009.

She is survived by her children, Sandra J. Rodman and her husband, Robert, Clinton Township, N.J.; John D. Parkinson III and his wife, Suzi, Vacaville, Calif.; and Richard D. Parkinson and his wife, Mary Lou, Ennis, Texas. She also leaves six grandchildren, Sandra D. O'Keefe, Bridgewater; Lee Ann Parkinson, John D. Parkinson IV and James Parkinson, California; Desiree Patten and Richard Reed Parkinson, Texas; nine great-grandchildren, Danielle Parkinson, Jonathan La Follette, John O'Keefe Jr., Stephen and Joseph Patten, Mark Middleton, Jace and Nathan Parkinson and Justin Wiseman.

Visiting hours will be 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Bridgewater Funeral Home, 707 E. Main St., Bridgewater. Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, followed by interment at Neshanic Cemetery, Neshanic, N.J.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center, P.O. Box 5281, North Branch, NJ 08876.