HARTFORD — Jean M. Gammon, 85, of Hartford, passed away peacefully on Oct. 8.

Born March 5, 1925, Jean grew up in St. Albans Maine. She married Clinton Richard Gammon in 1942, and together they raised five children in Hartford and other towns throughout Maine. Jean worked at many different jobs through the years. During World War II, she was a crane operator at the Rumford Mill. She also worked as a waitress and then worked at Valetone Cleaners. In addition, she was employed by Bass and Franklin Shoe Companies in janitorial services and by the Victorian Villa, where worked in the kitchen.

Jean was a devoted wife, mother, sister and friend. She enjoyed entertaining and cooking meals for people at her home in Hartford, dancing and playing cards.

She is survived by her children, Kay Hawkins, Wayne Gammon, Debbie Salisbury and her husband, Richard, Kevin Gammon and his wife, Charmae, all of Hartford, and David Gammon and his wife, Amy, of Midlothian, Va.; her sisters, Goldie Hamilton of Wales, Mass., and Joyce Braley of Princeton;17 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

Besides her parents and husband, Jean was predeceased by four sisters; and two brothers.