WAYNE – Arline Rebecca Andrews Lovejoy passed on to her Lord on Wednesday, Dec. 15.

She was the youngest daughter of John Leslie and Lillie Rebecca Williams Andrews of Winthrop. She was born May 14, 1915, in Bradford, N.H.

She married Harold Augustus Lovejoy on July 18, 1947, who died in 1989.

Arline Lovejoy was very active in her community. She attended Winthrop and Wayne Methodist Churches, and was brought up in the Advent Christian Church. She graduated from Proctor Academy, Andover, N.H., in 1932, and from Aurora College in Aurora, Ill., in 1941.

She took a variety of graduate courses from the University of Maine system.

She worked and ran Andrews Market in Winthrop from 1932 to 1968.

She was the state president of BPW in 1976, an active member since 1941 (more than 50 years) and was the local chapter’s president, vice president, secretary and treasurer over the years; president of the New England BPW, past state president in 1981, and chaired the State BPW Scholarship Committee for many years.

She taught at Monmouth Academy from 1968 to 1981. There she had a sophomore homeroom, was an English teacher for grades 7, 8, 9 and 10, was a NHS advisor, and was cheerleading coach.

She was a founding member of CODA Chorus in 1966, 38 seasons ago, and was their secretary, treasurer and advertising chair for many years.

She sang in church choirs for more than 50 years; taught Sunday school at the Methodist Church in Winthrop from 1932 to 1952; was treasurer of the 30 Mile River Snowmobile Club for many years; was president of the Kennebec Retired Teachers Association for two years and member since 1981; was a member of the Reading Club in Wayne; was on the Winthrop Town Budget Committee; and was also a founding member of the Winthrop Area Development Association which helped develop businesses in Winthrop, developed a recreation program and encouraged businesses to come to Winthrop, and held positions of secretary and treasurer.

She was chairman of Winthrop’s Bicentennial celebration in 1971 which gained cooperation and support of the people and organizations in Winthrop and produced a history of Winthrop; and she wrote a family history entitled “Faith’s Heritage” in 1986.

She was very supportive of sports teams from local schools, and would attend many games. She attended most of the State basketball tourney games in Augusta for many seasons.

She leaves her sisters, Jean Elizabeth Andrews Ardell of Flagler Beach, Fla., and Windham, and Marian Bertha Andrews Hinkley of Green Valley, Ariz., and Falmouth.

She also leaves her children Harold Augustus Lovejoy Jr. of Wayne, and Sally Lovejoy Bates of Lewiston; grandchildren, Dorothy Geneva Lovejoy Guild of Auburn, Rebecca Ann Bates Genest of Brewer, and Gary Merle Bates of Wayne; great-grandchildren, Ashleigh Guild, Ryan Riley, Morgan Riley, Patrick Bates, Christopher Bates, and Stephen Bates; and nieces and nephews, Maralie Arbo Yoder of Elkhart, Ind., David Andrews of Sedona, Ariz., George Andrews of Cottonwood, Ariz., Sandra Andrews Stapleton of Chesapeake, Va., Judy Andrews Hughes of Pembroke, Ga., Pamela Ardell Levere of Kennebunk, John Ardell of Falmouth, Beth Ardell Nicholson of Seattle, Wash., James Ardell of Flagler Beach, Fla., Edward Hinkley of Augusta, Susan Hinkley Goldberg of Green Valley, Ariz.; and grandnieces and nephews, James Hinkley, Christiana Hinkley Deliberto, Randall Levere and Heather Levere Harris, Jonas and Colby Nicholson, Jennifer Andrews Beard, and Lee and Eric Arbo.

She was predeceased by her brother, John Kenneth Andrews; a sister, Evelyn Mary Andrews Arbo; and her nephew, Avon Leo Arbo Jr.