- Date Of Birth: February 7, 1926
- Date Of Death: October 23, 2021
- State: Connecticut
Jean (Lambert) Harvey, 95, of Prospect died peacefully while surrounded by the love of her family at Waterbury Hospital on Saturday, October 23, 2021. She was the widow of the late Robert E. Harvey Sr. Jean was born February 7, 1926 in Waterbury, a daughter of the late Arthur R. and Gladys (Smith) Lambert.
Jean, a lifelong resident of Prospect, graduated from Wilby High School and went on to become a bookkeeper for the Anaconda Brass Corp. Despite the fact that she couldn’t swim, Jean and Bob would take their young children, Bob and Liz, boating every weekend. What faith and fearlessness she possessed! Jean was a Rainbow Girl as a child. As an adult, Jean was a member of many organizations: The Ladies Auxiliary of the Prospect Fire Dept., Camping Club, Boating Club, Red Hat Society, The Prospect Grange, and was a past treasurer of The Prospect Historical Society. She and her late husband Bob loved square dancing with their friends in the Square Dance Club. Jean enjoyed traveling despite the fact that she never learned to drive. She and her friend cruised to Antarctica.
Jean is survived by her son Robert Harvey Jr, her daughter Elizabeth and her husband Douglas Patrick all of Prospect and her precious grandchildren, who affectionately called her Grandma Jean, Robert Harvey III and his wife Kelly of Oxford and Jessica Patrick of Cambridge Mass. Jean is predeceased by her husband Robert Sr. and her sister Ruth L. Fleming.
