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Jean Krajewski, Formerly of Sag Harbor, Dies July 21

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Jean Krajewski

authorStaff Writer on Feb 18, 2025

Jean Claire Ryerson Krajewski, formerly of Sag Harbor, died on July 21, surrounded by her family while under the care of Community Hospice, located in downtown Baptist Hospital, in Jacksonville, Florida. She was 76.

She was born in Rosalyn on October 29, 1947. She was the daughter of Margery and Edmund Ryerson of New Hyde Park. After marriage to John Thomas Krajewski of Sag Harbor in 1973, the couple resided in Sag Harbor, while she worked in the coronary care unit of Southampton Hospital.

In 1984, they moved to Marshfield, Vermont, where they owned and managed the Marshfield Inn and Motel for the next 21 years.

She became a registered nurse at the age of 20. She graduated with an associate degree in nursing from Nassau Community College. Additionally, she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, Summa Cum Laude, in 1995 from Norwich University in Vermont, while being honored with the Spirit of Nursing Award. In 1999, she obtained her Master of Science degree (nurse practitioner track), from the University of Vermont.

She had a lifelong love of nursing and eagerly worked in many facets and settings. These included ICU nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering in Manhattan; nursing at North Shore Hospital in Manhasset; Saint Francis Hospital in Roslyn; Albany Medical Center in Albany; New York Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, Woodridge Nursing Home in Berlin, Vermont; and Community Hospice of Northeast Florida on Amelia Island/Jacksonville, Florida.

Her lifelong passion was her family. She was very active, whether traveling abroad, walking, playing tennis, or riding horses. In addition, she enjoyed baking, reading, and her Norwegian heritage, especially visits abroad. She also loved the ocean, and the Green and Adirondack mountains.

She is survived by her husband of 51 years, John Krajewski; and two daughters, Jacquelyn Krajewski of Fernandina Beach, and Ashley Sobolewski, as well as her son-in-law, Brian Sobolewski, and grandchildren Elijah and Judah Sobolewski, of Jacksonville; and her brother Charles Ryerson of Lyndonville, Vermont.

A Celebration of Life was held at Living Waters in Fernandina Beach, Florida, with pastors Rob and Christie Goyette. Her legacy of love, kindness, compassion, and wisdom live on through those she loves and the many lives she has touched, her family said.

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