Jeanne Cleaver of Vero Beach, Lincoln, Mass., and Southport Island, Maine, died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 in Vero Beach.
Cleaver was born March 9, 1928, in Galloway Township, N.J., she was the daughter of the late Louis Bozarth and Mildred (Kaiser) Bozarth and sister of the late Howard Bozarth.
Cleaver earned a B.A. from Lebanon Valley College and a M.A. in art history from Penn State.
She married Dr. Robert Uhrich and lived for a time in Sweden before returning to the United States to raise her two children in Lebanon, Pa.
An enthusiastic artist, Jeanne taught art classes in her home to local children and was one of the founding members of the Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts.
She also taught English as a second language to Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees.
Her first husband died in 1981.
After a long and wonderful courtship, she married Laird C. Cleaver of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The couple lived in Park City, Utah where Jeanne was an active skier and winter hostess.
She spent nearly every summer of her later life in Maine and owned a home on Southport Island where she loved cruising the Maine coast with the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club and supporting local artists.
Survivors include her husband Laird C. Cleaver; daughter Lynn Uhrich Smith, of Weston, Mass.; son Christopher Uhrich (Julie), of Lincoln, Mass.; step-daughter Christen Cleaver, of Aspen, Colo., and Los Angeles, Calif.; grandsons Sebastian and Benjamin Smith, of Miami, and Finn Uhrich, of Lincoln, Mass.
Burial will be private.
The family plans to hold a memorial for Jeanne this summer in Maine.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jeanne’s name to either the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 99 Summer Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02110 or the Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts, 734 Willow Street, Lebanon, PA.
