Haverhill, NH -- Jeanette Wolff, age 103, passed away Friday, April 18, 2014, at On The Green, Haverhill, NH. She was born on February 22, 1911 in the Bronx, NY to Jewish-German parents, Bella and Leopold Wolff. She was predeceased by her beloved sister, Martha Russo, who died in 2003. An early accomplishment in her life was graduation from Hunter College for Women. During WWII she worked in censorship as a German translator. For most of her working career she was a Civil Service claims examiner for the State of New York Department of Unemployment. When she retired, she lived in Manhattan and was able to spend her time taking art lessons, ice-skating, and visiting family and friends in various states. In 2000 she moved to On The Green in Haverhill where she spent the remainder of her life in the comfortable and caring surroundings of that home. In the last years of her life she came to know the Messiah Jesus as her God and Saviour and she liked to hear the Bible read and hymns sung. On April 14 ^th , a mere four days prior to her death, Jeanette was personally presented with the Boston Cane by the Selectboard of Haverhill. This was an honor for Jeanette, a content New York "transplant" to a  small NH town in the last years of her life. The kind care she received from On The Green and BAYADA Hospice services is deeply appreciated by the family. A service will be held at a later date on On The Green. Burial will be in Hempstead, NY.

Family members who miss her are nieces, Margo Rosenkranz of Denver, CO and Louise Bevin and husband Avery of Littleton, NH; six grandnieces and nephews and their families.

Burial will be at the Greenfield Cemetery, Hempstead, NY.