May 24, 2018 in Pompano Beach, Florida.
Predeceased by her loving husband Lawrence
"Larry" in 2003 and daughter Susie Gaj. She is
survived by daughters Salle Nardidni (Ronald
"Mouse") of Oakland Park, FL, and Sandra
Cumberledge (Timothy) of Ansonia;
grandchildren: Dante Nardini, Dr. Gia
Benzenhafer (Delbert), Laura Jean Hines and
Great Grand Daughter Calloway Grace
Benzenhafer.
Jean was born in 1937 in New Haven, the
daughter of Daniel Claffey and Margret F. Claffey.
And was predeceased of her siblings Barbra
Ross, John "Jack" Claffey, William "Pudgy"
Claffey, Daniel Claffey, Elizabeth Chapel, and her
beloved twin sister Joan Sandelia
Jean and Larry raised their children in the
Allingtown section of West Haven. Where she
owned and ran Jean's Ceramics in the winter, and
spent her summers at Riverdale Farms
Campground until their retirement in 1986, when
they moved to Florida.