Title	Mrs.
Last Name	Bridge
First Name	Mertie
Middle Name	Lena
Maiden Name	Ryerson
Nick Name
Place of Birth	St. Albans, ME
Date of Birth	1868-07-29
Place of Death	Dexter, ME
Date of Death	1953-11-09
Publication	The Eastern Gazette 11-12-1953, p.2
Obituary	MRS. LAFAYETTE BRIDGE Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Crosby Funeral Home for Mrs. Mertie Lena Bridge, 85, widow of Lafayette Bridge, who died Monday afternoon at the Plummer Hospital after a prolonged illness. The Rev. Hartwell Daley of the Methodist Church officiated and interment was in Mt. Pleasant cemetery. She was born in St. Albans, July 29, 1868, daughter of John and Elmira Ryerson, She was a member of Dexter Grange and an honorary member of Martha Washington Rebekah Lodge No. 18. She is survived by one granddaughter, Mrs. Gerald Snow of Portland; one great grandson, several nieces and nephews.