Dr. Constance M. Jaeger

Dr Constance M. Jaeger, 52, died peacefully July 25 at the Hospice Residence in Stamford of complications resulting from a brain tumor.

She was the sister of Bruce Jaeger of Newtown.

Dr Jaeger was in the residency program at UMass Memorial Hospital in Worcester, Mass., when she was taken ill last August. A native of Westport, she graduated from Central Catholic High School in Norwalk in 1966, and briefly attended the University of Dayton. For many years thereafter, she devoted herself to raising her son, Aaron, and to a number of local charity programs. She resumed her education in 1993, and graduated from Wichita State University in 1995. She then attended the University of Kansas Medical School, graduating with honors in May of 2000.

She is also survived by her son, Aaron Brenner of Middletown; her parents, Andre and Constance Jaeger of Westport; her sisters, Mary Ann Batsell of Westport, Sara Jaeger of Fairfield, and Jaina Jaeger of Norwalk; her brothers, Charles Rene Jaeger of Nevada City, Calif.; Andre Jaeger, Jr, of Ridgefield, Jonathan Jaeger of Westport, and Kevin Jaeger of Niantic; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions can be made to the outstanding facility in which she died, the Richard Rosenthal Hospice Residence, 1029 East Main Street, Stamford, CT 06902.

A memorial service followed by a reception will be held at the Greens Farms Congregational Church, 71 Hillandale Road, Westport, at 2 pm on Sunday, August 5.

The Newtown Bee         August 3, 2001