- Date Of Birth: September 29, 1927
- Date Of Death: February 22, 2019
- State: Connecticut
Jean M. Crawford, of The Watermark, Bridgeport, CT died February 22, 2019 at the age of 91. She is predeceased by her husband A James Crawford III (1924-2015). She is survived by her children, Janice C. Hanson (Jeffrey) of Englewood, Colorado, Dr. James M. Crawford (Aleta) of Manhassett, New York, and the Rev. Canon Dr. Lee A. Crawford (Anne) of Plymouth, Vermont. She is also survived by four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Mrs. Crawford was born in 1927 in New York City, New York and was raised in Westport, CT. She was a graduate of Staples High School, Westport (1944) and Wellesley College (1948), where she majored in Mathematics/Chemistry. Immediately after graduation from college, she worked at Sloan Kettering Hospital, New York, in the Department of Clinical Investigation, as a published investigator in the study of the biological effects of radiation. In 1950, she married Arthur James Crawford, III of Bridgeport, CT, an infantry veteran of World War II (European theatre) and Reserve Officer of the U.S. Armed Forces. They settled in Fairfield, CT, where they resided for 60 years. In 2013, she moved to The Watermark. Mrs. Crawford was a loyal and dedicated volunteer for Fairfield area organizations for six decades. She volunteered for the Red Cross and at various Fairfield schools, including co-establishing for 1960-1963 a parent-run Physical Education program for Timothy Dwight Elementary School in Greenfield Hill. She co-established for 1961-1966, first a Greenfield Hill Brownies troop and then a Girl Scouts troop. Beginning in the 1950’s, she served as a volunteer first at Bridgeport Hospital and starting in 1994, at Norwalk Hospital where she volunteered until 2009. This included serving as Chairwoman of the Norwalk Hospital Ambulatory Surgical Volunteers, and helping with the Art Therapy Program.
