Title
Mrs.
Last Name
Folsom
First Name
Edith
Middle Name
Maiden Name
Bridge
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Greenville, ME
Date of Birth
1890-04-24
Place of Death
Bangor, ME
Date of Death
1951-11-23
Publication
The Eastern Gazette 11-29-1951, p.9
Obituary
MRS. FRANK W. FOLSOM Funeral services for Mrs. Edith B. Folsom, 61, wife of Frank W. Folsom, were held Monday afternoon at the First Universalist Church. She died Friday night at a Bangor hospital after a long illness. The Rev. Gordon C. Reardon of Hartland Vt., former pastor of the local church, officiated. Bearers were Carrol Bridge, Guilford; Glen Arno and Albert Folsom, Dexter; Wilbur Gordon, Dover, N. H.; Edward Bailey of Bradford; and Norman McKenney of Eliot. Interment was in the family lot at Mt. Pleasant cemetery, Dexter. She was born in Greenville, April 24, 1890, daughter of Lafayette and Myrtlena (Ryerson) Bridge. Her parents moved to Dexter when she was an infant and she had made her home here ever since. She was president of the Better Birds Club, a member of the Farm Bureau, Martha Washington Rebekah Lodge and a former member of Dexter Grange. Surviving besides her husband and her parents, all of this town, are a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Snow; and a. grandson, Jeffrey Snow, both of Uxbridge, Mass. Out-of-town relatives and friends attending the services were: Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Gordon, Dover, N. H., Mrs. Arnold Fowler of Dover-Foxcroft, Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Bridge of Guilford, Alton, Robert and Stanley Bridge, of Parkman, Mr. and Mrs. Norman McKenney of Eliot, Mr. and Mrs. David Smith of Charleston. The Eastern Gazette 11-29-1951, p.9 MRS. EDITH B. FOLSOM DEXTER, Nov. 25 - Mrs. Edith B. Folsom, 61, wife of Frank W. Folsom, died Friday at a Bangor Hospital following a long illness. She was born in Greenville, April 24, 1890, daughter of Lafayette and Myrtlena- Ryerson Bridge. She moved with her parents to Dexter when an infant and had lived here since. She was president of the Better Birds club and a, former member of Dexter Grange, the Farm Bu- reau and Martha Washington Re- bekah Lodge. Besides her husband, she is sur- vived by her parents, all of Dexter; a daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Snow and grandson, of Uxbridge, Mass. Funeral services will be held Monday, at p. m 2., at the First Universalist church, with a former pastor, Rev. Gordon Reardon of Hartland. Vt., officiating. Burial will be in the family lot in Mt. Pleasant cemetery. Bangor Daily 11-1951