TITLE: Edna Frances (Barmby) (Jordan) Blaisdell, Obituary, Jan. 6, 2001 SUBMITTERS: Portsmouth Herald, http://www.seacoastonline.com 111 Maplewood Aveue, Portsmouth, NH (issue Jan 09, 2001 ) FORMATTED: by CParziale, 2001 ***************************************************************************** Edna Frances Blaisdell YORK, Maine - Edna Frances (Barmby) (Jordan) Blaisdell, 75, of 7 Little River Drive, died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2001, in the Falmouth By The Sea Nursing Home. Born Oct. 20, 1925, in Lawrence, Mass., she was the daughter of Francis Norton and Mildred Ethel (Blaisdell) Barmby. She graduated from L.D. Batchelder School in North Reading, Mass., Reading High School, the University of Maine in Orono and Framingham (Mass.) State Teacher's College, Class of 1948, with a B.S. in Education. She was a 4-H Club agent for Merrimack County in New Hampshire and for Orange County in Vermont. She was also a home economics teacher in Georgetown, Mass. She belonged to Pi Beta Phi sorority and many professional organizations. In retirement, she enjoyed birding and was a member of local, state and national wildlife associations. She and her husband, John, made numerous trips to local wildlife refuges, as well as trips to Florida and Texas, as part of their interest in birding. She was predeceased by two husbands, Arden Oliver Jordan and John Stewart Blaisdell. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, David Arden and Linda (Montague) Jordan of Gray; grandchildren, Tamarind Arden Jordan of Providence, R.I.; Laurel Kelsey Jordan and Arden Birch Jordan, both of Gray; brothers, Albert R. Barmby of Huntsville, Ala., and Bruce A. Barmby of Windmere, Fla.; sister, B. Jean Barmby of Boca Raton, Fla.; and many nieces and nephews; and great-nieces and great-nephews in Alabama and Georgia. BLAISDELL - Edna F. Blaisdell, 75, of 7 Little River Drive, York, Maine, died Jan. 6, 2001. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday in St. George's Episcopal Church, York Street, York Harbor. There will be an hour of visitation from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday at the Lucas and Eaton Funeral Home, 91 Long Sands Road, York. Flowers are welcome or memorial donations may be made to a wildlife refuge center of one's choice. **************************************************************************** * * * * Notice: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.