1967 – 2014

EAST FISHKILL, N.Y. — More than 600 family and friends were in attendance at St. Columba Roman Catholic Church on Nov. 22, 2014, to honor the life of Jennifer Lee Nolan, 45, of Hopewell Junction, N.Y., who died on Sunday, Nov. 16, at Westchester Medical Center, from side effects of treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.

Jennifer was born in Melrose, Mass., to Mary Gwendolyn Lee and Richard Honan Lee Jr. In 1969 her family moved to Bangor, and in 1974 they made their home in Auburn. Jennifer was a graduate of St. Dominic Regional High School in Lewiston, and St. Michael’s College in Winooski, Vt. In 1992 she completed a year of service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. She also earned a master’s degree in social work from Hunter College in New York City.

Professionally, Jennifer was most recently donor relations manager at the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

On Oct. 9, 1999, Jennifer and Michael Francis Nolan of Brooklyn, N.Y. were married at St. Philip’s Church in Auburn. In the fall of 2000, they purchased a home in Hopewell Junction, N.Y.

Jennifer is survived by her husband, Michael, and their three children, William, 12, Eleanor, 11, and Bailey, 10; her father, Richard of Turner; her siblings, Jon Lee and his wife, Virginia of Houston, Texas, Kevin Lee and his wife, Kristen, of Springfield, N.H., Mark Lee and his wife, Sandra Heutz-Lee, of Lewiston, Michael Lee and his wife, Emily Sunderman, of Cornwall, Vt.; Mary Kathryn Lee Harner and her husband, Jeff of Takoma Park, Md., and Rebecca Lee and her husband, Nathan Groenendyk, of Pawtucket, R.I.; Michael’s mother, Rosemarie Nolan of Wanaque, N.J.; and sister, Joy Nolan of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and 11 nieces and nephews, Christopher, Jacquelyn, Robyn, and Rachel Lee, Margaret and Patrick Lee, Anya and Eisa Lee, Carter Sunderman Lee, Lily Harner and Francesca Nolan Cantor.

Jennifer was predeceased by her mother, Mary, on Dec. 17, 2013; Michael’s sister, Lisa, in 1968; and Michael’s father, Francis J. Nolan, in 1999.