Ashworth, an Olympic medalist speedskater, died October 4.

WILMINGTON – This area, the world of winter sports and friends and family, lost an important person this month. Jeanne Chesley Ashworth, an Olympic medalist speedskater and former Wilmington town supervisor, died Thursday, Oct. 4 at the age of 80 after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

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