Brown Mary Jane Shreve

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.