WEST YARMOUTH - William F. Lovejoy, 59, died May 8 at the Greenery Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center.
Mr. Lovejoy was born in Barnstable and raised and educated in Yarmouth, where he graduated from Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School.
At the age of 10, he and a friend invented a way to preserve moss for miniature railroad enthusiasts and they marketed their idea locally and by mail order. Mr. Lovejoy later became a flea market salesman and traveled the flea market circuit.
Along with his father, Mr. Lovejoy owned and operated a rug cleaning business on Cape Cod. He was an avid ham radio operator, gardener and landscape designer.
He is survived by his mother, Anna Ramona Lovejoy of Hyannis; two aunts, Jean Clowery and Florence Lovejoy, both of Barnstable; and several cousins.
A graveside service will be held 2 p.m. May 20 at Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable.
Memorial donations may be made to the Greenery at Hyannis, Residents Council Fund, 89 Lewis Bay Road, Hyannis, MA 02601.
Published in the Cape Cod Times, Sunday, May 13, 2001
Mr. Lovejoy was born in Barnstable and raised and educated in Yarmouth, where he graduated from Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School.
At the age of 10, he and a friend invented a way to preserve moss for miniature railroad enthusiasts and they marketed their idea locally and by mail order. Mr. Lovejoy later became a flea market salesman and traveled the flea market circuit.
Along with his father, Mr. Lovejoy owned and operated a rug cleaning business on Cape Cod. He was an avid ham radio operator, gardener and landscape designer.
He is survived by his mother, Anna Ramona Lovejoy of Hyannis; two aunts, Jean Clowery and Florence Lovejoy, both of Barnstable; and several cousins.
A graveside service will be held 2 p.m. May 20 at Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable.
Memorial donations may be made to the Greenery at Hyannis, Residents Council Fund, 89 Lewis Bay Road, Hyannis, MA 02601.
Published in the Cape Cod Times, Sunday, May 13, 2001
WEST YARMOUTH - William F. Lovejoy, 59, died May 8 at the Greenery Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center.
Mr. Lovejoy was born in Barnstable and raised and educated in Yarmouth, where he graduated from Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School.
At the age of 10, he and a friend invented a way to preserve moss for miniature railroad enthusiasts and they marketed their idea locally and by mail order. Mr. Lovejoy later became a flea market salesman and traveled the flea market circuit.
Along with his father, Mr. Lovejoy owned and operated a rug cleaning business on Cape Cod. He was an avid ham radio operator, gardener and landscape designer.
He is survived by his mother, Anna Ramona Lovejoy of Hyannis; two aunts, Jean Clowery and Florence Lovejoy, both of Barnstable; and several cousins.
A graveside service will be held 2 p.m. May 20 at Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable.
Memorial donations may be made to the Greenery at Hyannis, Residents Council Fund, 89 Lewis Bay Road, Hyannis, MA 02601.
Published in the Cape Cod Times, Sunday, May 13, 2001
Mr. Lovejoy was born in Barnstable and raised and educated in Yarmouth, where he graduated from Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School.
At the age of 10, he and a friend invented a way to preserve moss for miniature railroad enthusiasts and they marketed their idea locally and by mail order. Mr. Lovejoy later became a flea market salesman and traveled the flea market circuit.
Along with his father, Mr. Lovejoy owned and operated a rug cleaning business on Cape Cod. He was an avid ham radio operator, gardener and landscape designer.
He is survived by his mother, Anna Ramona Lovejoy of Hyannis; two aunts, Jean Clowery and Florence Lovejoy, both of Barnstable; and several cousins.
A graveside service will be held 2 p.m. May 20 at Lothrop Hill Cemetery, Barnstable.
Memorial donations may be made to the Greenery at Hyannis, Residents Council Fund, 89 Lewis Bay Road, Hyannis, MA 02601.
Published in the Cape Cod Times, Sunday, May 13, 2001
