November 21, 2011
Shreve Brown, Mary Jane
Mary Jane “Jayne” (Agee) Shreve Brown, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and formerly a longtime resident of Dedham, Massachusetts, died Saturday, November 19, 2011 at her daughter’s home in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. She was 92. Jayne was born September 26, 1919 in Lima, Ohio, a daughter of John and Gertrude (Franks) Agee. She graduated from Dedham High School with the Class of 1937. Jayne worked for a couple of years as a secretary for the Dedham Visiting Nurses, and served them as their treasurer. She was a Campfire Girl and Bluebird leader, a driver for FISH, and a volunteer at the Cooper Community Center in Roxbury. Jayne was very active at her church, St. John’s United Methodist Church in Dedham, where she served as a choir mother for both the junior and youth choirs, a Sunday School Teacher, the Sunday School Superintendant, a member of the Weslyan Service Guild, and of the United Methodist Women. She had also been the Treasurer of St. John’s Church, the Chairman of the Pastor/Parish Relations Committee, and a member of the Official Board. Jayne was a member of St. John’s Church for about 75 years. Jayne was the wife of the late Robert A. Shreve and of the late Sidney Brown; and the sister of the late John Agee, the late Ellen Agee, and the late Dorothy Brown. She is survived by her two daughters, Judith A. Stevens, and her husband William, of Dedham, and Betty-Jane Shreve, and her partner Nancy Johnson, of Cape Elizabeth, Maine; her two sisters, Betty Agee of Camden, New Jersey, and Margaret Barker of Norwood; her five grandchildren, Robert Stevens, Mark Stevens, Kimberly Wisniewski, Marcie Fields Yager, and Colin R. McCullough; and her six great grandchildren, Ryan and Alyssa Wisniewski, Emily and Julia Yager, and Carrick and Gareth McCullough. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Memorial Service Saturday, November 26th at 11 AM at the former St. John’s United Methodist Church, 50 Oakdale Avenue, Dedham. A second Memorial Service for her friends in Maine will be held Wednesday, November 30th at 1 PM in the Chapel at the Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church. In lieu of flowers donations to the minister’s discretionary fund at either St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church, 5160 Washington Street, West Roxbury, MA 02132 or to the Cape Elizabeth United Methodist Church, 280 Ocean House Road, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, 04107 would be appreciated. Jayne’s family wishes to extend their sincere thanks to Dr. Renee Faye-Lablanc, Dr. Earl L. Yunes, and the staff of both Cape Memory Care and Beacon Hospice for their gentle caring.
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My mother (Elizabeth Bryant) and I want to express our sympathy to the Shreve family. Our family all knew Jayne through St. John’s as well as through the Dedham High School band. Jayne was a very warm, charming and intelligent woman. As band members, my sisters and I remember her quiet caring presence at band events as well as at St. John’s. And my mother enjoyed Jayne’s friendship through the church activities for 50 years. We are sure Jayne will be greatly missed.
I Will Never Forget all the memorys I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU AND DAD. YOU MOM, HAVE BEEN A ROCK IN MY LIFE, I AM A BETTER PERSON BECAUSE YOU,I AM SO GLAD I MET JUDY AND BECAME A MEMBER OF THE SHREVE FAMIELY NOW WE KNOW YOU ARE WITH THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE! REST IN PEACE MUM YOU HAVE ALL OUR LOVE YOUR NUMBER 1 SON (INLAW) BILL
All my love, I will miss you forever!
I will cherish all the memories of you and the family.
I will never forget the many happy memories I shared with Grandmother, some of my fondest memories are as a young boy when I picked raspberries with her and played milk jug bowling while vacationing in Maine. And every Tuesday during the school year I would walk to her house at lunch time, and we would burn our favorite colored drip candle while eating lunch together. Those are just a few of the very special times I will cherish. You will be sadly missed.
CLAUDIA AND I BOTH ARE VERY GRATFUL FOR ALL THE HAPPY TIMES
WE HAD AT YOUR HOME WITH OUR FATHER, SID BROWN.
WE LOVE YOU AND WILL MISS YOU.
My deepest sympathies go out to the Stevens family. My thoughts and prayers are with your family during this difficult. Grandmother was blessed with such a loving family and I am grateful to have been part of it.
Purely by accident when I was looking at my mother’s obituary on the Folsom sight I saw Jayne’s obituary. Doris Matheson passed in May. I saw Jayne at my father’s funeral more than 10 years ago. My sympathy and thoughts go to you Betty Jane and Judy. Betty Jane it is a small world. My husband and I have a home in Wells, ME and spend a lot of time there. We were in Cape Elizabeth this fall. I have many fond memories of both your parents and the role they played in my young life. My best to you all. Jean Matheson Dewar
I was so sorry to read of Jane’s death. She (and Bob) were wonderful neighbors on Highland Ave. and Betty Jane and I were happy playmates. I remember going over on Sunday evening for their popcorn and apples suppers. Jane was so welcoming to us when we moved into the neighborhood and I know she and my mother became good friends. My mother died this June at age 93. This is the passing of an era of really good mothers who could make do without much money and posessions.My deepest sympathies to all of you. Cynthia