Jean M. Ostrowski passed away on May 15, 2023, at the Springfield Hospital.

Jean Marie Gay was born the third Child on December 18, 1926, in a family of eight children from Gageville, VT. Jean was the daughter of RL Gay Sr. and Marguerite Harrington Gay. In 1961, she married Edward Stanley Ostrowski of North Walpole, NH where they resided with Edwards dad, John Bartholemew Ostrowski. In 1963, Jean gave birth to John “Jack” Ostrowski in Bellows Falls, VT. Her family included Jack and Lisa Ostrowski and their daughter, Jenna Marie and Matthew Blanchard and son, Joshua, and Cristina Ostrowski, son, Ryan Ostrowski and granddaughter, Siena Maria Ostrowski.

She is also survived by brothers, Robert Gay II and Richard Gay from Gageville, VT and sister-in-law, Janice Gay from North Walpole, NH. Jean was predeceased by sisters, Nancy (John) Sullivan of Gageville, VT, Anne (John) Curtin of Pheonix, AZ, Helen (Jim) Hurley of New York, Gloria (Chuck) Quinn of Essex, and brother, Gilbert Gay of North Walpole, NH. Jean had the joyful blessing of several nieces and nephews.

Jean graduated from Bellows Falls High School in 1944 and went to work for Gay’s Express, HP Hood Company of Bellows Falls and worked with her brothers at Gay’s Fuel Service for over 25 years as their first secretary. She enjoyed her work there.

Jean loved to keep up her large garden with Edward and his dad, Bartholemew Ostrowski, as well as cook for her family at their home in North Walpole, NH. Many meals were prepared by Jean of venison, fresh trout, asparagus, homegrown vegetables, and pies. She was greatly loved and will be missed by her family.

There will be calling hours on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, from 5:00-7:00 PM at the Fenton and Hennessey Funeral Home, 55 Westminster Street, Bellows Falls, VT. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Thursday, May 18, 2023, at 11:00 AM at St. Peter’s Church in North Walpole, NH. Burial will follow at St. Peter’s Cemetery in Drewsville.  

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Fenton and Hennessey Funeral Home, 55 Westminster Street, Bellows Falls, VT.