Jeanne (Comstock) Parker

Jeanne (Comstock) Parker, 87, of Berlin, wife of Walter A. Parker, passed away Monday (June 2, 2025) at Apple Rehab of Rocky Hill three weeks prior to their 62nd Anniversary. Born in Middletown, daughter of the late Robert and Edith (Grange) Comstock, she grew up in Clinton and was a former Newington resident before moving to Berlin in 2006. After graduation from St. Mary’s School (Episcopalian) Peeksill, New York, Jeanne received an Associate’s Degree from Ambler College and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Horticulture from Ohio State University. After graduation she was a member of the instruction staff of Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York City where she met Walt. She was owner and partner of Cedar Mountain Florist until her retirement in 1989. She enjoyed gardening landscape designing and anything related to horticulture. She earned the designation of Connecticut Master Gardener. Jeanne was a parishioner of Grace Episcopal Church in Newington; and members of the Newington Junior Women’s Club, the Connecticut Horticultural Society and the Connecticut Orchid Society. Jeanne cherished experiences and adventures. With the boys: Red Sox games at Fenway, Cape Cod vacations, a four masted windjammer in the Caribbean, a road trip along the California coast and Yosemite and a van trip thru Japan; With her sister-in-law navigating the Scottish Highlands by car and walking the streets of London and Paris. With Walt: Sunrises in Maine and sunsets in Key West and Hawaii; Riding Metro-North to see a performance at Lincoln Center or by Metro (subway) to the ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia; Performances of the Hartford Symphony, historic Connecticut theaters and the Vienna Philharmonic; Visiting gardens in the mountains of Taiwan, Kyoto, Japan, Longwood near Ambler College in Philadelphia area and tulip fields in Holland; Encountering cows while having a bread and cheese lunch in a pasture in the Italian Alps and having an amazing slice of berry pie at a diner in Alaska; Dinners in the homes of friends in Poland, Russia, Germany, Switzerland and Japan; Encountering robbers on a night train somewhere between Budapest and Poland (they got nothing) and having her wallet stolen from her purse in a department store on Red Square, Moscow (it only continued a few rubles); Walks on the beaches of Puerto Rico, the Baltic Sea, Hawaii and Hammonasset State Park; Services in a small church in Alice Springs on Easter Eve (Australian Outback) and Westminister Abbey; Dinners for over more than fifty years with our Gourmet Club of eight couples (some of whom are now with Jeanne) at their homes and memorable New England Inn weekends; Lobster rolls at Lobster Landing in Clinton with friends which is in the same shack she rode to by bike in the 1940’s to buy fish for her mother; In recent years, sometimes in a wheel chair, a grinder lunch at a riverside park of the Connecticut River. Besides her husband Walter, she leaves a son, Gregory Parker of Berlin; a brother, Robert Comstock and his wife Dorcas of Madison; a brother-in-law John Parker and his wife Marilyn of Rowayton; a daughter-in law, Erin Harlow Parker of Atlanta; two granddaughters, Gabrielle of Atlanta and Isabella of Chicago; nieces Betsy, Susan and Penny; and numerous grand and grand-grand nieces and nephews. Jeanne was predeceased by their son, Jeffrey Parker. A memorial service will be held Sunday, June 15 at 2:00 at Grace Episcopal Church, 124 Maple Hill Avenue, Newington, CT 06111. There are no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Grace Episcopal Church. Carlson Funeral Home, New Britain, is assisting with arrangements. Please share a memory or note of sympathy at www.carlsonfuneralhome.com

Jeanne (Comstock) Parker

February 4, 1938 - June 2, 2025

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February 4, 1938 - June 2, 2025

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