Imogene Mae ‘Jean’ Baldwin Bryant
Imogene Mae “Jean” Baldwin Bryant, 91, passed away peacefully at Merriman House in North Conway, New Hampshire, on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. Imogene was a resident at Merriman House for the past two years.
Born Sept. 18, 1923, in Glens Falls, the daughter of Wade and Maude Barney Baldwin, she moved to Lake Placid in 1944 to work at the Lake Placid Club. Imogene also worked at Little Joe’s Restaurant, the Golden Arrow, was the baker at the Mirror Lake Inn and retired from the Uihlien Mercy Center. It was while waitressing at Little Joe’s Restaurant that she met and fell in love with Thaire Bryant, just home from the Sea Bees and the South Pacific.
She was an active member of St. Eustace Church and the Lake Placid Senior Center where she served as secretary. While living at the Greenwood apartments, she was a floor representative.
Jean was an avid reader, loved singing and performed in plays at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. Baking was her vocation and her avocation. She loved to cook, but her specialty was dessert, and she always ate it first.
Survivors include her sons: Thaire B. and his wife Deborah of Eaton Center, New Hampshire, and Raymond and his wife Valerie of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware; grandchildren: Krista and her husband Dr. Edward Ryan of Wellesley, Massachusetts, Sarah Bryant Chamberlain of Midlothian, Virginia, and Joshua Bryant and his wife Lisa of Sandy, Utah; and 11 great-grandchildren: Hana, Grace and Edward of Wellesley, Massachusetts, Zachary, Noah, Maxwell and Elijah of Midlothian, Virginia, and Maya, Echo, Tyne and Calum of Sandy, Utah.
Imogene was preceded in death by her husband, Francis Thaire Bryant.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 at St. Eustace Episcopal Church in Lake Placid. The Rev. David Ousley will officiate. Following the memorial, the family will have a private interment service and a reception at a location to be announced.
The M.B. Clark, Inc. Funeral Home in Lake Placid is in charge of arrangements.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Merriman House at Memorial Hospital in North Conway, New Hampshire.
Relatives and friends are invited to “light a candle” and share a memory or leave online condolences at www.mbclarkfuneralhome.com.