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Jeane McLellan
April 17, 2017

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Jeane Selkirk McLellan of Groton, CT, formerly of Berkeley Heights, NJ, passed away on April 17, 2017. Born December 18, 1923, in Albany, NY, she was the daughter of the late Alexander and Cora (Crehan) Selkirk.

Jeane received her bachelor’s degree from Albany State Teachers’ College, now SUNY Albany, in 1949, and a master’s in Early Childhood Education from Occidental College in 1964. She enjoyed a variety of jobs paid and unpaid, including nursery school teacher, geriatric social worker, editor, administrative assistant, Girl Scout leader, teacher of two-year-olds at Eagle Rock Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles, and trail maintenance at Jockey Hollow National Park in Morristown, NJ. In retirement, she and her husband spent many hours hiking with the Frost Valley Trailwalkers in NJ.

She is survived by her husband of 65 years, Donald; her children Patricia Schaefer (Tod) of Mystic, CT; Donald jr (Laurie) of Manhattan Beach, CA; and Richard (Barbara) of Taipei, Taiwan; eight grandsons and three great-grandchildren. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her brother, Richard (Captain, USA, 1944), and her sister, Ruth.

Services will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to the public libraries of Berkeley Heights, NJ, or Groton, CT.

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