Dolores M. Love

She was born December 20, 1935 in Crossroads, WV, a daughter of the late Harry H. Mason and Edna Wilson Mason.

She graduated from Fairview High School and attended Alderson Broaddus University.

Dolores retired from the nursing department of the Greene County Memorial Hospital. She volunteered as a foster grandmother in the foster grandparents program at Dry Tavern Head Start. Many knew her as “Gram Love”.

She was a Baptist by faith and had resided in the Jefferson area since 1966. Dolores had volunteered for several local charities including Hospice, the American Red Cross, and the American Cancer Society.

Dolores loved sewing. She made dresses for children in Africa and lap blankets for nursing home patients.

Surviving are two sons, Harry Love and Stephen Love; two daughters, Maribeth Love DeFrancesco (Jimmy) of Valencia, and Becky Rice (Bobby) of Jefferson; five grandchildren, Tommy Lorence (Christina) of Washington, Bryan Lorence of Belle Vernon, Edward Love, Nicole Love, and Catlin Love; two great-grandchildren, Brycen and Bria Lorence; and one brother David Mason of Painesville, OH.

She was predeceased by two brothers, Harry and Thomas Mason; and a sister, Doris Grebouski.