Jean Eisenwinter

FLORIDA – Jean Marie Bazluke Eisenwinter, 87, passed away on January 21, 2021 at the Windsor of Lakewood Ranch Assisted Living Facility.

She was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts on December 15, 1933 to Samuel and Martha (Smith) Bazluke.

She married Robert Eisenwinter on September 5, 1950.  They had three children, Pam, Mark, and Heather all born in Barre, Vermont.

Jean was an active member of the Barre Congregational Church and the Canadian Club.  She was the auditor of fire district number 5 in Barre and trustee of the Washington County 4-H.

While raising her children, she got her GED then took employment first at Spaulding High School then at Sprague Electric, and finally at the Wayside Restaurant.  She enjoyed cross country skiing and annual vacations to Maine with the family.  She loved to read novels, and cook; she also enjoyed collecting, but most of all she enjoyed playing in a poker league in Bradenton, Florida where she was lovingly known as Mean Jean the Poker Machine.

She is survived by her daughter Pam and her husband George Cronin of Bradenton, Florida; son Mark and his wife Becky Eisenwinter of St. Cloud, Minnesota; brothers Donald Bazluke of Barre, Vermont and Thomas Bazluke of Ellenton, Florida; sister-in-law Joan Bazluke; brother-in-law Allen Eisenwinter; grandchildren Oliva Jurek, Aubree Bauer, and Jake Eisenwinter, Freddie Blish – father of Trevor Blish and Angela Blish, great-grandchildren Jonathan Miller Jr., Daniel Bear Blish, and Brynn Jurek with a new Bauer on the way.

She was predeceased by her husband, Robert; daughter Heather Blish; Kristen Proulx – mother of Olivia, Aubree, and Jake; Jean’s parents Samuel and Martha Bazluke, her brothers Robert and Samuel Bazluke, and sister Elsie Lamberti.

A celebration of her life will be held at the Plain-Mont Cemetery in East Montpelier on Saturday, August 21 at 12:00 p.m. – noon.

When Jean was a toddler she developed a serious case of osteomyelitis.  The Shriner’s Hospital of Springfield, MA operated on her and managed her care free of charge.  Donations made in Jean’s name to The Shriner’s Hospital, 516 Carew Street, Springfield, MA 01004 would be appreciated.

You may think you are reading the obituary of an ordinary woman, but you’d be wrong; she brought magic into your life every day that you knew her.