Jeanne Leah Scoma Oppenheimer

Jeanne Leah Scoma Oppenheimer, age 91, passed away peacefully on September 27, 2021 in Longmont, Colorado. She was born on July 21, 1930, in Queens, New York to George and Mary Scoma. Jeanne married Robert Oppenheimer in 1962 and they settled in Glen Cove, New York on Long Island where they raised three children and remained until moving to Longmont, Colorado in 2019.

Jeanne received her bachelor's degree in Biology from Hunter College in New York City where she was active in many clubs and organizations. Most memorably, as a member of the Opera Club, she became a super (stage extra) for a professional opera company. She later earned master's degrees in both Biology and Library Science.

Jeanne held positions as a lab technician, a science teacher, and finally as a research librarian in the R & D department of the Estee Lauder Company. After retirement, she worked part time at the Glen Cove Senior Center, which she greatly enjoyed.

Jeanne was very active in the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Muttontown, NY. She loved to read fiction of all kinds. She also enjoyed Jeopardy and crossword puzzles, and she could not be beat at Scrabble.

Jeanne is survived by her children George Oppenheimer of New York, Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor and her husband Scott of Colorado, and Ruth Oppenheimer and her husband Welkin Johnson of Massachusetts; and her grandchildren Jeremy, Kacey & Alex, and Sophia & Nikolas and their mother Sarah Homrighausen. Jeanne is also survived by her sister Rosemary Manfredi of Massachusetts. Jeanne is predeceased by her husband Robert H. Oppenheimer (d. 2020).

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