Jean Evelyn Close, age 79, of Owings, MD passed away September 28, 2020 at Georgetown University Hospital. Jean was born August 5, 1941 in Newark, NJ to Mary Frances (Yutzy) and Joseph Paige. She was employed as a cashier for Safeway grocery stores. She was preceded in death by her husband Alexander Bruce Close, and is survived by daughters Marcia L. Plew and her husband Ronald of Owings, and Tina M. Mobley of Dunkirk, grandchildren Timothy and Nicole Mobley and Ronald Plew II (Kristin), and sisters Joan Currence of Ohio and Debbi Swiger of Oakland, MD.