Jeanne Love Dolan of Needham passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 28, 2008
Born on September 24, 1929, Jeanne grew up in Brookline. She graduated from Brookline High School in 1947 and Framingham State College in 1951. She began her teaching career in the Newton public schools, where she taught second grade at the Pierce School.
In 1954 she married and moved to Needham where she and her husband raised their three sons. After spending the early years of her marriage raising her boys, she resumed her teaching career and was a substitute teacher in the Needham public schools for over thirty years. She truly loved this interaction with the hundreds of students, teachers and school administrators she taught with over these many years, and she left a lasting impression on so many of the people she met. She was a strong and vocal supporter of the youth sports programs in Needham, and in more recent years in the gymnasiums and playing fields of Wellesley where her granddaughters competed. Jeanne was high-spirited and independent, and loyal to her many friends, neighbors and relatives. She was proud to tell people of living for 54 years in her house in Needham. She was a longtime parishioner of St. Joseph’s Church.
The beloved wife of the late John T. Dolan, she was the loving mother of John Dolan and his wife Tish of Needham, Ted Dolan and his wife Deb of Wellesley, and Bob Dolan and his wife Susan of Bethel Ct. She had eight grandchildren who she adored; Andrew and Kiki of Needham, Betsy, Hilary and Melanie of Wellesley, and Jack, Sam, and Meggy of Bethel. She was the sister of the late Eleanor Symon of Brookline and her husband Charles.
Funeral from the Eaton Funeral Home 1351 Highland Ave on Friday Oct. 3rd at 9:30 AM followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Joseph Church at 10:30 AM. Visiting hours Thursday 4-7 PM. Interment St. Mary’s Cemetery in Needham. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital –Needham, 148 Chestnut St. Needham MA 02492 and to the Needham Field of Dreams, 15 Laurel Circle, Needham MA 02492.