WILMINGTON — Jean Marie Hinton, a resident of Wilmington, NC for more than 30 years, died on August 1, 2024. She was born in Rochester, NY on October 28, 1925, the daughter of Fred S. and Louise A. Belmont, and the sister of Marjorie Summerhays and Patricia Pickus.
In 1952, Jean Marie Belmont married Claude W. Hinton and they became parents of Rebecca Belmont Kennedy (John) and Claire Louise Brundage. Ms. Hinton is survived by her daughters, grandsons Macklin and Keillor Brundage, and several nieces and nephews.
After graduating in 1943 from Madison High School in Rochester, Ms.Hinton enrolled in the Rochester Institute of Technology and earned certification in Chemistry. Her first employment with Eastman Kodak was followed by several positions as a laboratory technician in California, but her marriage brought a change of vocation to the management of her family’s principal residences in Pasedena, CA, Athens, GA, Wooster, OH and, in retirement, Wilmington. She also facilitated several temporary relocations of up to a year each to accommodate her husband’s academic interests, as well as to fulfill her own lifelong drive to see as much of the world and its people as possible.
In the course of her long, active life, Ms. Hinton found time to volunteer with the American Red Cross and to serve as a Guardian ad litem. She was an ardent member of the League of Women Voters. Many family members and friends were delighted by gifts of fiber art from her looms. Reading was invariably on her agenda and she was an adept competitor at the bridge table. Above all else, she provided for the well-being of her loving and appreciative family.
