Edith May Loverin

FALLS VILLAGE — Edith May Loverin, 99, died July 9, 2017, at Valerie Manor in Torrington. She was the wife of the late Alfred Loverin and Paul Mansfield.

Mrs. Loverin was born in Falls Village on Oct. 18, 1917, daughter of the late Minnie (Mattis) and Arthur B. Smith, and had been a lifelong area resident. 

She was a retired factory employee with the Becton-Dickinson Company in North Canaan, retiring with 20 years of service. 

She was a member of the Falls Village Congregational Church and Falls Village Senior Center, and had enjoyed knitting and crafting. She will be remembered for her love of dance.

Survivors include a son, Forbes E. Loverin, and his wife, Norma, of Torrington; two stepdaughters, Jane Pennella of South Carolina and Susan Cunningham of Maryland; a sister, Lucille Witherall of Harwich, Mass.; three grandchildren, Robert Loverin, West Saunders  and Katrina Saunders; three great-grandchildren, Lucye Loverin, Owen Saunders and Riley Saunders; and several nieces and nephews. 

Mrs. Loverin was predeceased by her children Arlene Neulinger and Ronald Loverin; and her siblings Margaret Swenson, Alice Tuthill, Arthur Smith and Grace Proper. 

Memorial services will be held Saturday, July 22, at 11 a.m. at the Falls Village Congregational Church. Burial will be private. 

The Gleeson-Ryan Funeral Home in Torrington has care of arrangements.

At the request of the family, in lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Falls Village Congregational Church Book of Remembrance, 16 Beebe Hill Road, Falls Village, CT 06031.

To offer an online condolence, go to www.gleesonryanfh.com.

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