Born on August 18, 1959 in Sidney, New York she was the daughter of Betty L. and Larry E. Jenks of Saratoga Springs. A graduate of Saratoga Springs High School, she went on to two years at Adirondack Community College and four years at Siena College, earning a Business Degree. Cholette had a passion for life, enjoying traveling, scuba diving and skiing, becoming a PFI Ski Instructor. She spent three years living in Massachusetts and another three years in California. The past 16 years she had lived and worked in Atlanta. She started first with HBO/McKesson and then with McKesson Provider Technologies for a total of 27 years, most recently becoming a Senior Solution Consultant for the company. She also had worked as a Financial Advisor for Boston Mass Eye Ear and Assistant Controller for Saratoga Hospital Accounting. Cholette loved what she did as much as she loved her family and friends all over the world.
In addition to her parents, Cholette is survived by her brother, DeWitt Jenks (fiancé Beverly Bisnette) of Saratoga Springs and sisters, Kathleen E. Jenks Woods and her husband Christopher and Debora A. Sartor all of Cleburne, Texas as well as her nieces and nephews, Timothy Preece, Andrea Woods, Christopher Woods, Shawna Jenks Anderson, Kristen A. Jenks and Jessica E. Jenks and three great-nephews.