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Jean Westlund Petcoff

Published June 8, 2004

Jean Westlund Petcoff, daughter of Chaplain Wes Westlund, USN (Ret.), of Oak Harbor, died of cancer May 28, 2004, at Burdett Tomen Memorial Hospital in Cape May, N.J. She was born in 1958 in South Bend, Ind. She started school in Oak Harbor. She was a 1976 graduate of Lower Cape May Regional High School. Mrs. Petcoff was an administrative assistant to the chief of police in Cape May for 20 years. She was a member of the Hobie Fleet No. 443 of Town Bank, N.J. Surviving are her husband Joseph Petcoff; her father, Orville Westlund of Whidbey Island, and a brother, Mark Westlund of Port Townsend.

A memorial service for Jean was held June 1 in North Cape May, N.J., at Envoy Funeral Home. She was honored by the past and present chiefs of police and staff of Cape May Police Department. The entrance to Cape May’s City Hall was draped in her honor.