SOUTH PARIS — Eva Louise Whittemore, 75, passed away peacefully on Nov. 24 at Market Square Health Care, 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. Louise was born on Nov. 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, 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, 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., South Paris, for many years.

 

Other survivors include her sister, Brenda Reins and husband, Don, of Jefferson, N.C.; 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.

Also, stepchildren, 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 stepson, Ronald Whittemore, in 2003.