COLUMBIA, N.H. – Dr. Mary Louise Bove of Columbia, NH, died of cancer at her Fish Pond home on June 9, 2025. She was seventy.
Mary was born in Las Vegas, Nev. on April 27, 1955 to Dorothy and Louis Bove. One of four children, she grew up in the family home in Portland, Maine and spent summers at Higgins Beach in Scarborough and graduated from Deering High School. She earned a BA in Clinical Psychology from Trinity College of Vermont, a Diploma of Phytotherapy from the School of Herbal Medicine & Phytotherapy in Tunbridge Wells, England and a Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University in Seattle, Wash.
Mary is survived by her two children, Amelia Dias and William Winship; two beloved grandchildren, Chloe and Olivia Dias; her siblings Greg Bove, Ann Bove, Matt Baker, Mike Bove, and Andrew Bove; their partners and children; many friends and loved ones. She was predeceased by her brother, Thomas Bove, as well as her parents Dorothy and Louis Bove.
A celebration of life will take place on Oct. 11, 2025 at 1:30 p.m., Ram Island Farm in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
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