Jean M. Nye

A memorial service will be held on January 13, 2007 at 11 am in the chapel of The Presbyterian Church in Westfield for Jean M. Nye who passed away on January 2, 2007 in the Francis E. Parker Memorial Home in New Brunswick. She was 93. Arrangements are by the Gray Funeral Home in Westfield.
Mrs. Nye was born in Brooklyn, New York and lived in Westfield for most of her life, except for a few years during the war when she and her husband were transferred to Washington D.C. Mrs. Nye graduated from Westfield High School in 1930 and attended Syracuse University where she majored in art and was a member of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority. It was at Syracuse where she met her husband, Robert Nye. They were married on September 5, 1935 and were happily married for 56 years until Mr. Nye passed away in 1991.
Jean did extensive volunteer work. She was a member of the Service League, the Garden Club and the Auxiliary of the Childrens Specialized Hospital.
She was an exceptionally good and very enthusiastic bridge player. She spent many happy hours at the bridge table and had many many friends as a result. She was also a bit of a gambler because she enjoyed playing poker and a period when she also frequented the Monmouth Race Track.
Her oldest daughter, Susan Vernon, a physicist died in 1999. She is survived by her daughter, Deborah Nye of New York City. Two granddaughters, Terrie McCoy and Jean Bechtel. A son-in-law Colonel Graham D. Vernon and a sister-in-law Jeanne Meiklejohn.