Jean Robertson Huszar

PORTSMOUTH – Jean Robertson Huszar (née Robertson), of Portsmouth, passed away at Hyder Family Hospice House in Dover on Friday, May 2, 2025, where she had been a resident for 12 days. Prior to this she was at Webster at Rye Assisted Living and Memory Care in Rye, NH for a total of 4 years. Jean Elizabeth Robertson born in Concord, NH on January 31, 1931, lived in Athol, MA for her entire childhood. She received an associate degree as a medical secretary from Westbrook Junior College in 1951. After graduating she held a position in the department of pediatrics in Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, NY where she met and subsequently married Robert J Huszar, a medical doctor in 1953. Jean Huszar became a devoted homemaker, loving mother to her four daughters and loyal dedicated wife to her husband. As a homemaker she excelled as a gourmet cook. Daily she developed her techniques and travelled the world through recipes she chose and prepared for the family to savor and enjoy. Equal to this creativity was her ability to generate award winning flower gardens with an array of diverse varieties comparable to her choice of food recipes. Her love of foreign films she and her husband enjoyed from Ingmar Bergman to Federico Fellini was another way she expressed her views. Passion for classical music evolved with her husband who started out at the Boston Conservatory of Music was a rich relationship for them as a couple for 66 years until his passing in 2018. We all remember her vivid personal and family narratives recounting growing up during the depression and WWII. One such memory was Jean skating on the Quabbin Reservoir in the winter with a bonfire in the middle everyone skated around until after dark, stars glistening in the sky, feet so numb from the cold to then walk home in the clear air. She imparted humility, appreciation for life and to never take it for granted. At age 90 she was asked what she would do differently Jean said she would be more spiritual. She leaves; four daughters, Marta Huszar (Andrew Almaui), Paula Merkle (Fred), Wendy Alison Huszar (Bill Huffer) and Jennifer Pauly (Larry); and five grandchildren, Natalie, David, Nadia, Max and Lindsay.

Jean Robertson Huszar

January 31, 1931 - May 2, 2025