Edna Mae Eifert Lovett, age 95, formerly of 855 Grovania Drive, Bloomsburg, died on Friday, August 27, 2010 as a patient at the Bloomsburg Health Care Center. She was a resident on Grovania Drive for over nine years until becoming a resident of Bloomsburg Health Care Center.
Edna was born on Monday, March 8, 1915 in Bloomsburg, the daughter of the late John and Jane Mason Eifert. She was a member of the 1933 Graduating Class of the Bloomsburg High School and also received her education as a practical nurse from the Smith Nursing School in Wilkes-Barre. For most of her working career, she was employed as a practical nurse for the former, Dent Nursing Home in Bloomsburg until 1975. She was also a private duty Nurse for many years serving throughout the Bloomsburg Area, and also employed by the Bloomsburg Hospital. Until her retirement, she was most recently employed by the Bloomsburg Sand and Gravel as a secretary.
She was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church and was also a member of the church group, Elizabeth Circle. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Local Chapter 279, the Bloomsburg Senior Center and she was an avid reader.
She was preceded by her husband, the last Walter Scott Lovett on November 8, 1960; a son: Charles S. Lovett on May 7, 2010, and seven brothers and a sister. Edna was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
Edna is survived by two daughters: Margo H. Sharpless and her husband, Don, of Bloomsburg, and Kathy J. Friedline and her husband, David, of Wasilla, Alaska; two sons: George W. Lovett of Duluth, Georgia; and Scott W. Lovett of Meridian, Mississippi, 10 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, September 1 at 10:30 a.m. from the Allen Funeral Home at 745 Market and Eighth Street in Bloomsburg with Rev. Jay E. Jones of Wesley United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be held in the New Rosemont Cemetery in Espy.
Friends will be received at the funeral home from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service.
Memorial contributions are suggested to: Columbia Montour Home Hospice, 410 Glenn Ave., Suite 200, in Bloomsburg and the Wesley United Methodist Church, 130 W. Third Street in Bloomsburg. For those unable to personally attend, online condolences are available at Allen-FuneralHome.com.