E. Louise Whittemore

SOUTH PARIS - Eva Louise Whittemore, 75, passed away peacefully on November 24, 2010 at Market Square Health Care Center in South Paris, after a long illness. She was very grateful for the kind help she received in her last months of life, speaking often of the love she felt for all the staff there.

She was born on November 22, 1935 to parents L. Neil Lovejoy, Jr. and Dorothy Richardson Lovejoy at the Lovejoy farm on Lovejoy Road, South Paris. She attended local schools and worked with her father at Lovejoy's Florist Shop in South Paris, becoming a skilled flower arranger. For many years she worked as a machine operator at Wilner Wood Products, South Paris. Later, she worked at St. Joseph's Manor in Portland as Head of Housekeeping.

She had an adventurous spirit and a zest for life. She enjoyed a challenge, be it a jigsaw puzzle or learning to use a computer. She will be remembered as a wonderful cook, a talented piano player, a skilled gardener and a loving friend. Her other interests included coin collecting, horse racing, reading and making things grow.

In 1952, she married Guy McAlister, Jr. of South Paris. Later in life, she was married to Kenneth Whittemore, Sr. of South Paris, for many years.

Other survivors include her sister, Brenda Reins and husband Don of Jefferson, NC; brother, Michael Lovejoy, wife Pat and their son William of South Paris; daughter-in-law, Marie McAlister of South Paris, grandson Jason McAlister of South Paris and granddaughter Lori McAlister of New York City and step-children, Ken Whittemore, Jr. of South Paris, Debra Record of Otisfield and Sharon Dutil of Paris and their families.

She was predeceased by her son, Bradford McAlister in 1985 and a step-son, Ronald Whittemore in 2003.

On-line condolences may be shared with her family at www.chandlerfunerals.com.

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Mrs. E. Louise Whittemore