Melvena June Lovejoy died on February 16, 2018, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH after a lengthy illness. Melvena was born on February 26, 1936, in Unity, NH; the daughter of Raymond J. and Melba (Burke) Braley.
Melvena (also known as Nena) started her first job when she was a very young girl, working at Pepperidge Farm Bakery in Norwalk, CT where she spent many long hours kneading dough, so that she could save money for her wedding. She was married to Robert Richard Vernon Adams and they had five children together.
She spent many years at home raising her children, but when times got hard, she went to work to help meet the family’s needs. Although she had many different jobs over the years, serving ice cream at the Idlenot Restaurant in Claremont was one of her favorite jobs. Later on in life after her children were grown, she divorced.
Several years later she met and fell in love with her future husband, while working at another job that she truly enjoyed. Melvena loved working as a caretaker and homemaker for the Visiting Nurse Alliance in Lebanon, NH. She built many close relationships with the clients she cared for and this is where she met Jerry H. Lovejoy. It was practically love at first sight as they had only known each other for a couple of months before their marriage on June 2, 2001, in West Lebanon, NH. They spent 15 years happily married and living in White River Junction, VT before Jerry’s death in 2015.
Melvena had a personal relationship with God and was a faithful attendant of Valley Bible Church in White River Junction, VT. She also was involved in a card ministry, where she had lived for the past 17 years, reaching out to her neighbors and friends at Graystone Village in White River, VT. Melvena was very talented when it came to sewing, making a majority of her children’s clothing and also clothes for their dolls as well. She loved cooking and baking for her family and was known for her tasty biscuits, whoopie pies, homemade doughnuts and chocolate brownies. If you needed someone to talk to you, always knew that Melvena would be there with a listening ear and words of encouragement. She was a friend to many and will truly be missed.
Melvena was predeceased by two sisters, Nancy Labounty and Bonnie Wheeler; a son-in-law, Grover Copeland; and a grandson, Isaac John David Copeland.
She is survived by a son, Raymond Clare Adams and his wife, Rebecca Elaine (Erisman) Adams of Cornish; four daughters, Peggy June Copeland of Claremont, Ginger Lee Platt and her husband, Dean of Rock Springs, WY, Suzanne Ruth Grace and her husband, Steven of Ascutney, VT, and Amy Jeanne Blankenship and her husband, Charles of White River Junction, VT; eleven grandsons; two granddaughters; and numerous great-grandchildren; a brother, Raymond Braley Jr. of Cornish; and three sisters, Carol Fortune of Dover, NH, Harriett Davis of Claremont and Joyce Grace of Charlestown.
A memorial service will be held at Valley Bible Church in White River Junction, VT.
Source: Eagle Times, February 21, 2018
Melvena (also known as Nena) started her first job when she was a very young girl, working at Pepperidge Farm Bakery in Norwalk, CT where she spent many long hours kneading dough, so that she could save money for her wedding. She was married to Robert Richard Vernon Adams and they had five children together.
She spent many years at home raising her children, but when times got hard, she went to work to help meet the family’s needs. Although she had many different jobs over the years, serving ice cream at the Idlenot Restaurant in Claremont was one of her favorite jobs. Later on in life after her children were grown, she divorced.
Several years later she met and fell in love with her future husband, while working at another job that she truly enjoyed. Melvena loved working as a caretaker and homemaker for the Visiting Nurse Alliance in Lebanon, NH. She built many close relationships with the clients she cared for and this is where she met Jerry H. Lovejoy. It was practically love at first sight as they had only known each other for a couple of months before their marriage on June 2, 2001, in West Lebanon, NH. They spent 15 years happily married and living in White River Junction, VT before Jerry’s death in 2015.
Melvena had a personal relationship with God and was a faithful attendant of Valley Bible Church in White River Junction, VT. She also was involved in a card ministry, where she had lived for the past 17 years, reaching out to her neighbors and friends at Graystone Village in White River, VT. Melvena was very talented when it came to sewing, making a majority of her children’s clothing and also clothes for their dolls as well. She loved cooking and baking for her family and was known for her tasty biscuits, whoopie pies, homemade doughnuts and chocolate brownies. If you needed someone to talk to you, always knew that Melvena would be there with a listening ear and words of encouragement. She was a friend to many and will truly be missed.
Melvena was predeceased by two sisters, Nancy Labounty and Bonnie Wheeler; a son-in-law, Grover Copeland; and a grandson, Isaac John David Copeland.
She is survived by a son, Raymond Clare Adams and his wife, Rebecca Elaine (Erisman) Adams of Cornish; four daughters, Peggy June Copeland of Claremont, Ginger Lee Platt and her husband, Dean of Rock Springs, WY, Suzanne Ruth Grace and her husband, Steven of Ascutney, VT, and Amy Jeanne Blankenship and her husband, Charles of White River Junction, VT; eleven grandsons; two granddaughters; and numerous great-grandchildren; a brother, Raymond Braley Jr. of Cornish; and three sisters, Carol Fortune of Dover, NH, Harriett Davis of Claremont and Joyce Grace of Charlestown.
A memorial service will be held at Valley Bible Church in White River Junction, VT.
Source: Eagle Times, February 21, 2018
Melvena June Lovejoy died on February 16, 2018, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH after a lengthy illness. Melvena was born on February 26, 1936, in Unity, NH; the daughter of Raymond J. and Melba (Burke) Braley.
Melvena (also known as Nena) started her first job when she was a very young girl, working at Pepperidge Farm Bakery in Norwalk, CT where she spent many long hours kneading dough, so that she could save money for her wedding. She was married to Robert Richard Vernon Adams and they had five children together.
She spent many years at home raising her children, but when times got hard, she went to work to help meet the family’s needs. Although she had many different jobs over the years, serving ice cream at the Idlenot Restaurant in Claremont was one of her favorite jobs. Later on in life after her children were grown, she divorced.
Several years later she met and fell in love with her future husband, while working at another job that she truly enjoyed. Melvena loved working as a caretaker and homemaker for the Visiting Nurse Alliance in Lebanon, NH. She built many close relationships with the clients she cared for and this is where she met Jerry H. Lovejoy. It was practically love at first sight as they had only known each other for a couple of months before their marriage on June 2, 2001, in West Lebanon, NH. They spent 15 years happily married and living in White River Junction, VT before Jerry’s death in 2015.
Melvena had a personal relationship with God and was a faithful attendant of Valley Bible Church in White River Junction, VT. She also was involved in a card ministry, where she had lived for the past 17 years, reaching out to her neighbors and friends at Graystone Village in White River, VT. Melvena was very talented when it came to sewing, making a majority of her children’s clothing and also clothes for their dolls as well. She loved cooking and baking for her family and was known for her tasty biscuits, whoopie pies, homemade doughnuts and chocolate brownies. If you needed someone to talk to you, always knew that Melvena would be there with a listening ear and words of encouragement. She was a friend to many and will truly be missed.
Melvena was predeceased by two sisters, Nancy Labounty and Bonnie Wheeler; a son-in-law, Grover Copeland; and a grandson, Isaac John David Copeland.
She is survived by a son, Raymond Clare Adams and his wife, Rebecca Elaine (Erisman) Adams of Cornish; four daughters, Peggy June Copeland of Claremont, Ginger Lee Platt and her husband, Dean of Rock Springs, WY, Suzanne Ruth Grace and her husband, Steven of Ascutney, VT, and Amy Jeanne Blankenship and her husband, Charles of White River Junction, VT; eleven grandsons; two granddaughters; and numerous great-grandchildren; a brother, Raymond Braley Jr. of Cornish; and three sisters, Carol Fortune of Dover, NH, Harriett Davis of Claremont and Joyce Grace of Charlestown.
A memorial service will be held at Valley Bible Church in White River Junction, VT.
Source: Eagle Times, February 21, 2018
Melvena (also known as Nena) started her first job when she was a very young girl, working at Pepperidge Farm Bakery in Norwalk, CT where she spent many long hours kneading dough, so that she could save money for her wedding. She was married to Robert Richard Vernon Adams and they had five children together.
She spent many years at home raising her children, but when times got hard, she went to work to help meet the family’s needs. Although she had many different jobs over the years, serving ice cream at the Idlenot Restaurant in Claremont was one of her favorite jobs. Later on in life after her children were grown, she divorced.
Several years later she met and fell in love with her future husband, while working at another job that she truly enjoyed. Melvena loved working as a caretaker and homemaker for the Visiting Nurse Alliance in Lebanon, NH. She built many close relationships with the clients she cared for and this is where she met Jerry H. Lovejoy. It was practically love at first sight as they had only known each other for a couple of months before their marriage on June 2, 2001, in West Lebanon, NH. They spent 15 years happily married and living in White River Junction, VT before Jerry’s death in 2015.
Melvena had a personal relationship with God and was a faithful attendant of Valley Bible Church in White River Junction, VT. She also was involved in a card ministry, where she had lived for the past 17 years, reaching out to her neighbors and friends at Graystone Village in White River, VT. Melvena was very talented when it came to sewing, making a majority of her children’s clothing and also clothes for their dolls as well. She loved cooking and baking for her family and was known for her tasty biscuits, whoopie pies, homemade doughnuts and chocolate brownies. If you needed someone to talk to you, always knew that Melvena would be there with a listening ear and words of encouragement. She was a friend to many and will truly be missed.
Melvena was predeceased by two sisters, Nancy Labounty and Bonnie Wheeler; a son-in-law, Grover Copeland; and a grandson, Isaac John David Copeland.
She is survived by a son, Raymond Clare Adams and his wife, Rebecca Elaine (Erisman) Adams of Cornish; four daughters, Peggy June Copeland of Claremont, Ginger Lee Platt and her husband, Dean of Rock Springs, WY, Suzanne Ruth Grace and her husband, Steven of Ascutney, VT, and Amy Jeanne Blankenship and her husband, Charles of White River Junction, VT; eleven grandsons; two granddaughters; and numerous great-grandchildren; a brother, Raymond Braley Jr. of Cornish; and three sisters, Carol Fortune of Dover, NH, Harriett Davis of Claremont and Joyce Grace of Charlestown.
A memorial service will be held at Valley Bible Church in White River Junction, VT.
Source: Eagle Times, February 21, 2018
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