Mary-Jane L. Dunn, 80, formerly of Sheridan Rd., Moultonborough, passed away peacefully with family by her side on November 28, 2012 at Golden View Health Care Center, Meredith.
Born on March 12, 1932, in Moultonborough, NH she was the daughter of John and Martha (Porter) Oliver. Mary-Jane was raised locally and attended the local grammar school, she was a graduate of Meredith High School class of '51.
She married William "Billy" Dunn on November 3, 1951 and then started her working career at the former Minnie Nichols store on the Square in Center Harbor, tending to the soda fountain. Throughout the years Mary-Jane held several jobs including: EM Heath Supermarket, in Center Harbor, Brooks Pharmacy, in Meredith, Community Home Health and Hospice, of Laconia and Wolfeboro, and one of her most memorable jobs, F.W. Woolworth's, in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Mary-Jane has often shared many of the wonderful memories of her time spent in Alaska, one of which was in 1982 when she and her husband Bill traveled by Greyhound Bus to Fairbanks, Alaska for a three week visit with her daughter Helen and husband Robert that lasted 5 years.
In 2003 she was made an honorary member of the Moultonborough Historical Society due to her devotion to continuing the collection of clippings pertaining to Moultonborough people, places, and things, which was begun by her mother Martha.
She is predeceased by her beloved husband of 52 years, William "Billy" Dunn, who passed in 2003.
Mary-Jane is survived by her daughter, Helen White and husband Robert, of Moultonborough; son, Bill Dunn, of North Sandwich; brother, John Oliver and wife Shirley, of Moultonborough; three grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.