Jean, daughter of Erle G. and Esther (Ware) Bishop, was born in Framingham, Mass., on Nov. 24, 1927. At 3 years old the family moved to Lititz, Pa., and then again at 4 to Peterborough, when the national economic collapse cost Erle his job. Jean spent the remainder of her school years in the family house on 14 Granite St.