The full newspaper-page version of Ines Valda’s April 7, 2004 obituary — companion to the cropped version, with more of the surrounding context preserved. The text on the page condenses one of the most consequential lives in this family record into a few paragraphs. Key facts recovered from the full text (provided by her daughter Aline in May 2026):
- Born in France; member of the French Resistance.
- Survived a firing squad and a Nazi labor camp; liberated by American troops.
- Joined the French Red Cross as a nurse in Strasbourg, where she met John Lazare Jeannopoulos, a doctor in the US Army.
- Came to America as a war bride.
- 1948–1951: helped John run a regional field hospital in Sousse, Tunisia, North Africa.
- Linguist; director at the Berlitz School of Languages, NYC, where she was known as “Madame Jean” until retirement.
- Lived in NYC, then East Northport (Long Island), then Colorado.
- Three daughters: Mya (m. Dominick Durso; d. 2002), Claudine (m. Patrick Boyhan), Aline (m. Nick Pepe).
- Sixteen grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
- Funeral at St. Anthony of Padua RC Church, East Northport. Interment at Calverton National Cemetery.
