Eva Melnick

Eva E. Melnick, 84, of Dover, NH died on August 13, 2009, at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital after a period of failing health. She was born in Dover on June 24, 1925 to Carl and Eva (Cushing) Lindbom.

Eva lived in Dover and Rollinsford, NH most of her life. For the past 20 years Eva resided at Cocheco Park in Dover, where she had many friends. She is survived by her son, John Melnick and his wife, Tammy, of Dover; her daughter Diana Gaidos and her husband John, of Somersworth; her grandchildren, Connor and Cory Melnick, of Dover, David Wright of Lyman, Maine, Katherine Parker-Wright and her husband Christopher Parker, of Dover; and her great-grandson, Theo Wright, of Dover. She also leaves her nieces, Arlene Cole, Cynthia Beckey, and her nephew, Wayne Lindbom, and their families.

Eva attended elementary and high school in Dover, and completed training as a nurse’s aide. She was employed at General Electric in Somersworth, NH for 30 years and at the Monarch Diner in Dover. She was especially fond of her memories of growing up on Monroe Street and we always had a “moment of silence” when we drove by. Eva was a strong and independent woman who loved her family with all her heart. Her sense of humor was with her to the last and she always left us laughing. When asked at the hospital the day before she died if her name was Eva Melnick,, she replied, “I sure am, nobody else would want to be me right now!”

Eva was predeceased by her parents; her brothers, Arnold Lindbom and George Cushing; and her sister, Ingrid Lindbom.

Eva will be remembered for her great sense of humor, warmth, strength, independence, and love by all whose lives she touched. She will be missed greatly and treasured always.

There will be no calling hours.

A graveside service will be held at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Dover Point Road, on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 10 a.m. with Father Fritz J. Cerullo, O.S.A. officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Eva’s memory to The Homemakers Health Services, 215 Rochester Hill Road, Rochester, NH 03867-1701, or to The Cocheco Valley Humane Society, 262 County Farm Road, Dover, NH 03820.

Please go to www.taskerfh.com to sign the on-line guest book.