Mary Jane Lyman

Mary Jane Lyman NEW HAMPSHIRE -- Mary Jane Lyman died peacefully on March 7, 2009. The daughter of Hervey C. Livermore Sr. and Marion Mayberry Livermore, she was born in Westbrook, on Aug. 24,1922. As a young teenager she took a live-in job with a Gorham couple so that she could attend school in Gorham and play for the Gorham High School basketball team. MJ graduated from Gorham High School in 1940 and went on to attend Doctor Drummand's Nursing School on State Street in Portland. She graduated in 1943, joined the Navy Nurse Corps in 1944, and was stationed at the United States Naval Hospital in Sampson, N.Y. She held the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade when she was honorably discharged in 1946. Mary Jane worked as an industrial nurse at the shipyard in South Portland and briefly attended the University of Pittsburgh. In 1946, Mary Jane came to North Conway, N.H., and worked at the Memorial Hospital. She met and married her husband of 35 years, Jesse E. Lyman ll. Together, they owned and operated Jesse E. Lyman Incorporated until 1971 when both retired. MJ spent the winters in Florida but retained her residence in North Conway, N.H. Devoted to her many friends in Florida and North Conway, N.H., Mary Jane maintained relationships with childhood companions, former classmates, friends associated with the Shell Oil Company and traveling companions from Shriners' tours. Her positive attitude and dry Yankee humor brought out the best in each person whose life she touched. MJ will be lovingly remembered by her daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Brian Diskin of Sweden; and her granddaughter, Brienne Mary Diskin of Boston, Mass. She is predeceased by her brother, Hervey C. Livermore Jr. A graveside service and a celebration of her life will take place at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please make a memorial donation to a favorite charity, Hospice Services of Northern Carroll County or Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice.