Jean was known by her persistent wit and intelligence which she carried to her last day. It is through this important historical work, she met some of her dearest friends whom she regarded as her family. Jean’s commitment to the community she lived in, and its rich history is evident in all that she did, and with her tireless and enthusiastic volunteer work with the Wilton Heritage Society and the Friends of Grants Cottage. In 2003, she authored an illustrated book on Wilton with the help of numerous fellow lovers of local history and collaborated on a beloved annual calendar for many years for the Wilton community that featured historic photographs from the area. Her many accomplishments include the creation of the Orra Phelps Nature Preserve and Historic Marker, saving multiple local historic buildings from demolition and mapping, documenting, and restoring local cemeteries with her dear friend Betty Harrington and fellow members of the local community. She served as the Wilton, New York Town Historian for 21 years, working tirelessly and passionately to share, document, honor, and preserve the past through securing historic designations, important building and land preservation efforts, and many more small and big projects that helped the community better appreciate and understand its own rich history. Jean was a well-known and beloved Wilton resident, with an encyclopedic knowledge of local history. Jean worked for 25 years at the Wilton Developmental Center and 13 years at the Yaddo artists’ retreat in Saratoga Springs. She married Alexander Woutersz of Wilton, NY where they established a deep connection to their community. Born in 1930 to the late Irving Mullen and Lorenda Hare, Jean spent her childhood years in Troy, NY. She is predeceased by her husband of 53 years, Alex (d.1999) and son Joe (d. She is survived by her son David (Cindy Brown), grandson/adoptive son Paul (Rebecca Rice), Malcolm Orton (Janet), grandsons Tim (Jordan) and Travis, granddaughter Jessica Lacher-Feldman (Thomas Little), great grandchildren Cassius, Phineas, Eli, Emmet, and Princess Madelyn. Jeannine “Jean” Mary Woutersz (née Mullen), 93, of Wilton NY passed away peacefully at Saratoga Hospital after a brief illness, surrounded by family and friends. Located just 9 miles from downtown Saratoga SpringsĬlick here to have Ulysses S. Visitors tour the downstairs of the cottage, viewing the original furnishings, decorations, and personal items belonging to Grant, including the bed where he died, and floral arrangements that remain from Grant's August 4th funeral. The cottage is now owned by the State of New York and open to the public by the Friends of the Ulysses S. Today, the cottage remains essentially the same as during the Grant family's stay. The publication of this two-volume work ensured his family’s financial security and gave the world one of the most critically acclaimed memoirs by a U.S. Grant only days before his death on July 23, 1885. With the love and support of his family, his publisher Mark Twain and the nation at large, he completed Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant moved to the Cottage on June 16, 1885. Impoverished by a Ponzi-style swindle and dying of throat cancer, Ulysses S.
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