Oak Ridge, TN -- Elizabeth Ann Potvin ("Betty Ann") Jezewski, 86, formerly of Warrensburg, NY and most recently of Oak Ridge, TN, passed away peacefully Friday evening, May 15, 2015.

Born January 29, 1929, in Glens Falls, NY, she was the daughter of the late Edna Margaret Lincoln Potvin and Henry Louis Potvin.

While attending Warrensburg High School, Betty Ann sang in the choir, was a member of the Girl Scouts and played the clarinet in the orchestra. She would often swim the entire length of Echo Lake and spent her spare time sketching and drawing fashion models. After graduating from Warrensburg High School, Class of 1948, she furthered her education at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, earning a degree in Illustration and Fashion Merchandising.

She began her career at Abraham & Strauss in Brooklyn, New York as a millinery buyer and went on to become a representative for the Talon Zipper Company, working in public relations and did personal appearances all over the country both in store and on television to help promote their product line.

Betty Ann and Chester Andrew Jezewski were joined in marriage on April 28, 1953, at St. Michaels in Brooklyn, N.Y. They resided and raised their three children Anne, Mark and Julia, in Roseland, New Jersey where, in 1968, Betty Ann became a successful Real Estate Broker for Ruth Ebersbach Realty and later with Mitchell & McKenna Realty. In 1981 she received a plaque for the Million Dollar Sales Club from the New Jersey Association of Realtors. She retired from real estate in 1983 and the couple settled in Spring Hill, Florida where Betty Ann enjoyed cooking, Scrabble and playing the piano.

She is survived by her beloved husband, Chester Andrew Jezewski, of Oak Ridge, TN; her three children, Anne Wesh and her husband, John of Oak Ridge, TN, Mark Jezewski and his wife, Laurie, of Roseland, N.J., and Julia Knox-Comeau and her husband Richard Comeau, of Greenwich, CT.

She was a loving grandmother to her seven grandchildren, Chris Jezewski and his fiancée Jessica Heasman, Matthew Wesh, Peter Wesh, Margaux Knox, Samantha Knox, Kyle Jezewski and Kelsey Jezewski.

Friends may call upon the family Thursday, May 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Baker Funeral Home, 11 Lafayette Street, Queensbury, NY 12804.

Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, May 22, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Tom Babiuch of St. Mary's/St. Paul's Catholic Church in Hudson Falls, officiating.


Interment will follow at St. Paul's Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her loving memory to the GLA c/o Lyme Research Alliance, 2001 W. Main Street #280, Stamford, CT 06902 or weblink.donorperfect.com/elizabethpotvinjezewski.

Condolences may be sent directly to the funeral home or through www.bakerfuneralhome.com.