Doris Jane Covey

Peterborough, NH Doris Jane (Smith) Covey of Peterborough, NH entered into Eternal Rest on July 5, 2017. She was born December 9, 1922 in Hastings, Michigan, the second daughter of Rolla and Nellie (Casaday) Smith. She grew up in Hastings and graduated from Hastings High School, Class of 1940. During World War II she worked as a secretary for the Curtis-Wright Corporation and Wolverine Aviation Company. After the war, she was employed by Capital Airlines in Detroit as a flight administrator, scheduling flight crews. It was there she met and married J. Kenneth Covey, her husband until his death in November 2001. During their marriage, they moved several times throughout the Eastern US where she worked as a secretary for numerous companies. In 1979 she retired from her position as Customer Support Manager for North America at Digital Equipment Corporation in Maynard, Massachusetts. Doris and her husband then moved to New Hampshire. While in Peterborough she was a member of All Saints' Episcopal Parish where she served on various committees and was a faithful volunteer in their Serendipity Shop. She resided there until a recent re-location to Norway, Maine. Doris loved her family, the outdoors, her African violets, music, cooking, traveling, Moosehead Lake and life itself. Doris is survived by her children Pamela (Covey) Manninen and husband Robert of Norway, Maine; Dale Covey and wife Terri of Groveton, New Hampshire; Patti (Covey) Schnure and husband Tom of Palm Desert, California; sisters Janet Van Geison of Grand Rapids, Michigan and Joan Kasinsky of Hastings, Michigan; 4 grandchildren; 2 great granddaughters; nieces, nephews, and a host of loving friends. A Memorial Service will be held at All Saints' Church in Peterborough, 51 Concord Street, Peterborough, NH on Wednesday, July 12 at 2pm, followed by a reception in Reynolds Hall. There are no calling hours and burial will be private at Pine Hill Cemetery. Memorial gifts may be made to the Monadnock Area Transitional Shelter, MATS PO Box 3053, Peterborough, NH 03458 or the Monadnock Area Food Pantry, 25 Elm Street, Peterborough, NH 03458.

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