Jean Mary Lund

St. Johnsbury, VT: Jean Mary (Raymond) Lund, age 99, of Canterbury Inn, passed peacefully Sunday evening, April 27, 2025.

Jean was born at home in Sheldon, VT, on March 7, 1926, daughter of the late Clement Emery and Gladys Catherine (Ploof) Raymond. She grew up there and, a very precocious child, entered first grade at the age of five and skipped third grade. She graduated from Enosburg Falls High School with the Class of 1942 and continued her education at the State Normal School in Johnson, Vermont, receiving her diploma to teach in June of 1944. Her first position was at a one-room schoolhouse in Fairfield, Vermont, at the age of eighteen. She went on to live in St. Albans and work at a feed store, where she discovered an aptitude for working with numbers. After her marriage to Russell A. Lund, her husband of 36 years, they moved to St. Johnsbury in 1952, where Jean worked at the various hospitals, including Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, for fifty-five years, retiring from her position of Accounts Payable Clerk in 2018, at 92 years of age.

Jean’s great loves were her work and her books and her family.

She is survived by her son-in-law Robert Harkins (Jane Stowell) of Williston, VT, her sister Linda MacDonald (Stephen) of Hampstead, NH, her three grandchildren Heather Murdough (Kevin) of Essex Junction, VT; Justin Harkins (Sarah) of Asheville, NC; and Ashley Harkins of Meriden, CT; her three great-grandchildren Tucker, Jillian, and Tanner of Essex Junction, VT; and several nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband Russell in 1988, her daughter Jill Harkins in 2005, her sisters Dolores (Raymond) Miller and Muriel Raymond, and her brother Bruce Raymond.

A Graveside Service will be held at 12PM Saturday, May 17, 2025, at St. Anthony’s Cemetery on Mill Street in Sheldon, Springs, VT, immediately followed by a reception at The Abbey Pub & Restaurant on RT 105. There will be no calling hours at this time.

Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society.

Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at SaylesFH.com.