Title
Miss
Last Name
Bridges
First Name
Lydia
Middle Name
Maiden Name
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Sangerville, ME
Date of Birth
1854?
Place of Death
Sangerville, ME
Date of Death
1939-10-09
Publication
The Eastern Gazette 10-12-1939, p.5
Obituary
Miss Lydia Bridges Miss Lydia Bridges, 85, passed away, in her sleep, Monday at the home of Mrs. Gertrude Wadsworth, in Sangerville, where she was being cared for. She was born in Sangerville later moving to Dover-Foxcroft where she was employed in the Mayo mills for many years. More recently she has lived in New York, returning to Maine last spring. Miss Bridges was the sister of the late, Mrs. Mary Chandler, and spent many summers in Dexter where she made many friends. During the past summer she has been the guest of friends in town. Her only surviving relatives are a nephew, Walter Farnham of Sangerville and a grandnephew, Elwin Farnham of Dexter. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Harvey funeral parlors in Guilford, and interment was in the family lot in Mt. Pleasant cemetery, Dexter.