Jeanne Catherine Lennhoff

June 3, 2019

Jeanne Catherine (Danaher) Lennhoff passed away on Monday, June 3, 2019. The daughter of Judge John Anthony and Dorothy King Danaher, she was born on September 1, 1926. She was predeceased by her husband of 56 years, Jack Lennhoff and by her brother, Robert Cornelius Danaher. She is survived by her oldest brother John Anthony Danaher, Jr. who was honored as the Grand Marshal of the West Hartford Memorial Day parade last week. Jeanne attended St. Joseph Cathedral School in Hartford and the Immaculata Preparatory School in Washington DC while her father served as a US Senator from Connecticut. Jeanne graduated from the College of New Rochelle in 1948, where she was elected President of the Freshman Class. Jeanne went on to work as a legal secretary at her brother’s law firm. On a gorgeous February 20, 1954, her life began anew when she married John Carey Lennhoff at the Cathedral of St. Joseph where they had both been baptized and confirmed. They remained best friends and together they raised and nurtured Ellen Lennhoff Medvitz and her husband David of Amesbury, MA, John Danaher Lennhoff and his wife Nancy of North Andover MA, and Michael Christopher Lennhoff and his wife Heidi of Fairfield CT, who have rewarded them with six glorious grandchildren, Amy Munankarmi and her husband Shailesh of Malden MA, Christopher Michael Lennhoff and his wife Caitlyn of Peabody MA, Kevin William Lennhoff and Cat Seltzer of Keene NH and Allyson Carey Lennhoff of Stamford CT, and Forrest James Lennhoff of Lowell MA and Ethan Stone Lennhoff of N. Andover, MA. Jeanne and Jack loved the coast and spent many happy days with family at Groton Long Point CT and St. Augustine Beach FL. Friends are invited to join Jeanne's family at the celebration of her Mass of Christian Burial on Friday June 7, 2019 at 10 a.m. in the Church of St. Peter Claver 47 Pleasant St. West Hartford. Burial will follow in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. The family would like to thank the staff of St. Mary’s in West Hartford for all their support and care. Donations in her memory may be made to any Hospice Care Community of one’s choice. Online remembrances may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com