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Rilla Jovin

1926 - 2019

BORN

1926

DIED

2019

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Grondin Funeral Home - Rochester

177 North Main Street

Rochester, New Hampshire

Rilla Jovin Obituary

ROCHESTER - Rilla Jovin, a longtime resident of Riverside Rest Home in Dover, New Hampshire, formerly of Rochester and Hampton, died peacefully on Saturday, May 18, attended by the compassionate caregivers at Riverside.

Born Rilla Mae Dore on December 24, 1926, in Richmond, Maine, the second of five children of the late Charlie Everett Dore, Sr., and Ada Pearl Morrill, she was predeceased by her siblings Charlie Jr., Oliver, and Roberta, and her son Douglas, daughter Kathleen, and husband Richard Jovin.

Mrs. Jovin is survived by her brother Alden and sister-in-law Glenda Dore of Gray, Maine; her son Dale and daughter-in-law Donna Jovin of Norwood, Massachusetts; granddaughters Jennifer Jovin-Bernstein and husband Aaron of Rockville, Maryland, Katherine Jovin and fiance Brendan Reen of Watertown, Massachusetts, and Rebecca Lewis, husband Curtis; great-granddaughter Olivia; great-grandson Blake of Denmark, Maine; several cousins; twenty nieces and nephews; many grand nieces and nephews and friends.

SERVICES: Visitation will be on Saturday, June 15, 10 a.m., at the Grondin Funeral Home, 177 North Main St., Rochester, New Hampshire, followed at 11 a.m., by a funeral mass at Church of the Holy Rosary, Rochester. To sign the online guestbook, please visit www.GrondinFuneralHome.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Foster's Daily Democrat from Jun. 13 to Jun. 16, 2019.

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Gwen

June 14, 2019

Rilla, thank you for sharing a small part of your life's journey with me. It has been interesting and fun. I will miss you but know you are where you have wanted to be. I know you are resting in peace.

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Grondin Funeral Home - Rochester

177 North Main Street, Rochester, NH 03867

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Funeral Mass

11:00 a.m.

Church of the Holy Rosary

Rochester, NH

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177 North Main Street, Rochester, NH 03867

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