Obituary: Jeanne Calabrese Klopfer, 93, of Branford

Obituary courtesy of W. S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home:

Jeanne Calabrese Klopfer passed away September 19, 2023, at Connecticut Hospice in Branford, Connecticut at the age of 93.

She was born on October 31, 1929, in Boston, Massachusetts, and was the daughter of C. William Calabrese and Marie Chisholm Calabrese. She attended Briarcliff College in Briarcliff Manor, New York. She was predeceased by her daughter Elizabeth Lovett and her son Stuart Lovett. She is survived by her daughter Anne Lovett of Branford, grandson Matthew Lovett of Guilford and large extended family.

She moved to the Short Beach part of Branford as a small child and remained there most of her life. She always thought Short Beach was the most beautiful place to live. She often reminded her children how lucky they were to wake up every day and see the ocean and to go to sleep with the sound of the waves.

The Ocean’s beauty is that it never shows you everything on one occasion.
It can be calm & beautiful.
It can be dark & stormy.
It can be powerful & fierce.
But you need to experience all those things to understand it’s depth.

Her daughter and family would like to thank the nursing staff at Madison House for their care and kindness. A special thank you to Connecticut Hospice for helping her spend her remaining days back at her beloved Short Beach-214.

Cremation and private burial will be at St. Agnes cemetery in Branford.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Connecticut Hospice for their important work.