Doris Jahns

Groton— Doris E. Jahns, 84, of 91 Buddington Road, Groton, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London.

She was born in Mount Kisco, N.Y., on April 27, 1929, the daughter of Henry W. and Elizabeth (Schulz) Blumlein.

Doris had been a telephone operator for New York Telephone and she had operated the switchboard at SCADD in New London for 12 1/2 years. She also had been a private duty nurse’s aide. She was a member of the Noank Baptist Church, the Groton Senior Citizens and TOPS.

Doris is survived by her son, Keith W. Jahns of Mystic; her daughter, Dawn Hanecak of Bolton; her brother, Richard W. Blumlein of Riverside, Calif.; grandchildren, Todd, Dwayne, Alana, Michelle and Heather; six greatgrandchildren and a special cousin, Michael Reubold of Germany.

She was predeceased by a son, George Carter; and a brother, Richard Blumlein.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at the Byles-Groton Memorial Home, 310 Thames St., Groton.

Donations in her memory may be directed to the Noank Baptist Church, 18 Cathedral Heights, Noank, CT 06340 or the American Cancer Society, 825 Brook St, I-91 Tech. Ctr, Rocky Hill, CT 06067.

Please visit www.byles. com to sign the guestbook or to share a memory.