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Portrait of Jean Klose Giannettino
Beloved Daughter, Mother and Grandma

Jean Klose Giannettino

May 17, 1930 – March 20, 2003
Lived 72 years
St. Mary Cemetery, Milford, CT · Milford, Connecticut
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Life story

Jean Klose Giannettino, age 72, of Milford, died Thursday, March 20, 2003. Mrs. Giannettino was born in Bridgeport on May 17, 1930, to the late Herman A. and Maria R. Stephen Klose and was a lifelong Milford resident. She was a retired Milford business owner and a former member of the Milford Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Giannettino was a graduate of the University of Bridgeport where she was a member of a sorority. She was a member of the Norwalk Aquarium Society and a member of Long Island Sound Association. Survivors include her three sons, Peter M. Giannettino and his wife, Linda, Paul M. Giannettino and Carl H. Giannettino, all of Milford; her daughter, Jill G. Chop and husband, Michael, of Newtown; her former husband, Peter L. Giannettino of Stratford; five grandchildren, Amber Giannettino Bishop and her husband, Mark, Anthony Giannettino, Dakota, Katie and Marina Callahan, all of Milford and several nieces and nephews.

Jean loved gardening, flowers, traveling and the color purple. She was a warm hearted, genuine person who adored her children and grandchildren. Her family misses her every day.

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1930
Born May 17
1939
Jean was 9 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1945
Jean was 15 when the war in Europe ended on V-E Day
1951
Jean was 21 when "I Love Lucy" debuted on CBS
1969
Jean was 39 when "Sesame Street" debuted
1971
Jean was 41 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1981
Jean was 51 when MTV began broadcasting
1997
Jean was 67 when "Titanic" opened in theaters
2001
Jean was 71 when Apple introduced the iPod
2003
Passed away March 20, age 72
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