Adaline Conover Mays Landing, New Jersey Obituary

Adaline Conover

Adaline E. Conover, 82, of Mays Landing, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2011. Addie was predeceased by her husband Robert L. Conover, her son Robert W. Conover, and her parents Della and Lester W. Clark of Blackwood. Addie was one of the original “number please?” telephone operators for New Jersey Bell Telephone. After being replaced by the “dial” phone, she transitioned to working for RCA Communications in Camden. She left to become a full-time homemaker, wife, and mother to her two children, Bob and Julie. She is survived by her daughter and husband Julia and Edward Gale and two grandchildren; and her siblings Della, William, and Lester. Viewings will be held on Friday, 7-9 PM and on Saturday 9:30-10:00 AM at the Boakes Funeral Home, 6050 Main St., Mays Landing, where services will be held at 10 AM. She will be laid to rest beside her husband at son at Cross Keys Methodist Cemetery in Williamstown. Memorial donations may be to the American Cancer Society, South Jersey Region, 1851 Old Cuthbert Rd., Cherry Hill, NJ 08034.
August 27, 1929 - October 29, 201108/27/192910/29/2011
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Adaline E. Conover, 82, of Mays Landing, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2011. Addie was predeceased by her husband Robert L. Conover, her son Robert W. Conover, and her parents Della and Lester W. Clark of Blackwood. Addie was one of the original “number please?” telephone operators for New Jersey Bell Telephone. After being replaced by the “dial” phone, she transitioned to working for RCA Communications in Camden. She left to become a full-time homemaker, wife, and mother to her two children, Bob and Julie. She is survived by her daughter and husband Julia and Edward Gale and two grandchildren; and her siblings Della, William, and Lester. Viewings will be held on Friday, 7-9 PM and on Saturday 9:30-10:00 AM at the Boakes Funeral Home, 6050 Main St., Mays Landing, where services will be held at 10 AM. She will be laid to rest beside her husband at son at Cross Keys Methodist Cemetery in Williamstown. Memorial donations may be to the American Cancer Society, South Jersey Region, 1851 Old Cuthbert Rd., Cherry Hill, NJ 08034.

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04
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Friday, November 04 2011
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MAYS LANDING, NJ 08330
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Saturday, November 05 2011
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05
Service
Saturday, November 05 2011
10:00 AM
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