Mary Vivian Love

Services: All services will be private. Mary Vivian Love, 87, of Loveville, MD died November 15, 2005 at her home. Vivian was known for her adventuresome spirit. After taking a ride in a carnival plane at the age of 10, she made it a goal to one day become a pilot herself. She achieved this goal in 1947 and received a pilot's license for small aircraft. She and her husband ran a family retail store until 1956 and then she worked at St. Mary's Pharmacy for a couple of years. She loved to travel with friends, she was a great seamstress, and enjoyed her children and grandchildren. She was born on September 8, 1918, in Abell, MD to the late Florence Rae Long and John Long. In additional to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband John Bernard Love, Jr., her grandson Robert R. Burroughs, Jr., her sister Melba Ellis; brothers Blair, Adrian and Ollie Long. She is survived by her children Mary Ellen Endsley and Brenda Thomas of Loveville, MD and Joanne Roberts of Heathsville, VA. She had seven grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. Funeral Services will be Private. Contributions may be made to St. Mary's Hospice, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650. Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.