Tryon, NC -- Mary Desso Lane, 83, of Oak Hall Apartments, Tryon, NC died Sunday September 7, 2008 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SC. Born in Essex Junction, VT, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Esther Blakey Desso. She was the wife of forty-nine years of Robert Dustin Lane who predeceased her in 1996. They resided in Williston, VT for forty-three years. She retired from the Medical Center Hospital in Vermont in 1982, where she was employed in the Human Resources Dept. Mrs. Lane was a fifty-five year member of First Congregational Church in Burlington, VT. She volunteered in the Possibility Shop at the church for many years. Since moving to NC, she became an associate member of the Congregational Church of Tryon, NC. She was a volunteer for the "Keeping America Warm" program through the American Red Cross and was a volunteer for the Linus Blanket Project of Hendersonville, NC. She bowled with the Red Fox Bowling League and was a member of the Tryon Health & Fitness Club. Surviving are a daughter, Nancy Lane Harris and her husband Alan of Inman, SC; a brother, Richard Desso of Colbert, GA. Also surviving are two grandchildren. A celebration of her life will be held at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, September 11, 2008 in the Oak Hill Dining Room of White Oak Terrace, Tryon, NC. An online guest register may be signed at www.mcfarlandfuneralchapel.com Memorials may be made to the American Red Cross, 231 Ward Street, Columbus, NC 28722.
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