Jean was Valedictorian of her class in Mohawk. She briefly attended Principia College in Elsah, IL and Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY.
Jean married her childhood sweetheart, Richard (Dick) Scholet on February 3, 1946 in Albany, NY and was happily married for 64 years. They lived in Cobleskill, NY where they owned and operated Scholet Furniture until 1989. After retiring, they lived in Richmondville, NY until 2010. When Jean’s husband passed that year, Jean moved to The Plains in Oneonta where she lived until December 2017. Jean is survived by their three children: Arthur (Diane) Scholet, Thomas (Karen) Scholet, and Cosanne “Cosy” (Scott) Schneberger; five grandchildren: Art’s – Meggan (Stephen) Flaherty, Sara Beth Newell; Tom’s – Erick (Sharon) Scheminske, Emily McFerren; and Cosy’s – Sunny Schneberger; and four great-grandchildren: Katja and Gavin Flaherty, and Regan and Parker Scheminske.
The Scholet family camp in the Adirondacks on Big Moose Lake, built by Jean’s father, was her lifelong haven and family retreat. She was a member of the Christian Science Society in Cobleskill and Oneonta and played the organ for the church in Cobleskill for many years. Jean volunteered at the Cobleskill Public Library. She and Dick square danced for years with the Schoharie Valley Hayshakers and both were active for over 20 years with the group in Cobleskill known as The Coby Walkers. In her later years, she was publicly known in Oneonta for knitting creative, colorful shawls. She was a devoted wife and exceptionally loving mother. Her family and friends remember her as a warm, wonderful, generous, and always active person who blessed many over her nine decades.
A memorial service will be planned this summer.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice or Jean’s choice, the Christian Science Society, PO Box 602, Oneonta, NY, 13820.
Condolences to the family may be made online by visiting our website at www.grummonsfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are by the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home, Oneonta.
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