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Obituary: Jean Irene Leitner, 88, Turin
Published: March 09, 2026
By: Provided by Iseneker
Funeral Home
Jean Irene
Leitner
 TURIN- Jean Irene Leitner, 88, formerly of
Whiskey Lane, passed away on Saturday March 7, 2026
at Lewis County Residential Healthcare Facility.
The funeral will
be at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday March 14, 2026 at Iseneker Funeral Home Inc. with Holley DeLapo,
Certified Lay Servant, officiating. Spring burial will be in Turin
Cemetery. Calling hours will be from 1:00 pm. to 3:00 p.m. prior to the
funeral service, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers,
contributions in Jean’s name may be made to the Turin United Methodist
Church P.O. Box 9, Turin, NY 13473 or to the Turin Fire Department P.O. Box
35, Turin, NY 13473.
Jean is survived
by two children, Darren Edward (Marla) Leitner of Pennellville, NY, and
Suzanne Marie Leitner of Turin; one grandchild, Nicholas E. (Natalie)
Leitner of Baldwinsville; and her half-brother, Michael M. “Depew” Hall. She
was predeceased by her beloved husband, Howard Leitner, her siblings, her
twin sister Joan Marie Depew Mullins, John “Jack” Douglas Depew and James
A. Depew.
Jean was born on April
1, 1937 in Ithaca, New York, the daughter of the
late Melbourne Charles Depew and Marie Burke Depew. She graduated from Penn
Yan Academy in 1955. Jean worked at the Penn Yan Counter House and Emerson
Poultry Factory. On May 23, 1959, she married Howard Edward Leitner at the
Penn Yan Baptist Church with Reverand Charles Munger officiating. Jean
graduated from the Lewis County BOCES Practical Nursing Program in 1965,
and from Jefferson Community College’s Registered Nursing Program in 1975.
During Jean’s nursing career she worked for Oswego City Hospital as an
aide, Lewis County General Hospital as an LPN and RN, South Lewis Central
School in Port Leyden and Constableville as School Nurse, and as a nurse
for Lewis County Office for the Aging, U.S. Care, and Family Home Care. She
also worked in the family’s perennial flower business.
Jean was a former
member of Penn Yan Baptist Church, and a member of the Turin United
Methodist Church where she served as Sunday School Superintendent, on the
Pastor Relations Committee and as Memorial Fund Treasurer. She was a member
of the North Country Bird Club.
Jean travelled to
48 of 50 states in America (missing Rhode Island and Hawaii), most
provinces in Canada with her husband, Howard. Her outdoor interests
included bird watching, gardening, traveling, animals, and nature. Jean
also enjoyed painting and drawing, sewing, quilting, basket making and
playing the organ and piano. She
will be missed.
Condolences may
be made to Jean’s family online at www.isenekerfuneralhome.com .
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