TITLE:    Edwina B. Lucas , Obituary, Jan. 11, 2001

SUBMITTERS:  The Coos County Democrat EST. 1838  LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE  
             Publishing news & views of LANCASTER - GROVETON - WHITEFIELD 
             & other towns of the upper Connecticut River valley of New 
             Hampshire & Vermont - John D. Harrigan, Publisher (Jan 17, 
             2001-issue) "All the news that fits"

FORMATTED:   by CParziale, Jan 2001

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Edwina B. Lucas 

CANAAN, Vt. - Edwina B. Lucas, 99, died on Jan. 11, 2001, at the Coös County 
Nursing Hospital in West Stewartstown after a long illness. 

Miss Lucas was born on Sept. 26, 1901, in Canaan, the daughter of Jared and 
Ida (Frizzell) Lucas. She was a graduate of Canaan High School, class of 
1920. She attended Bay Path and Springfield College, graduating in 1922. 
After graduation, she taught high school for several years in White River 
Junction, Vt. 

She then moved to Bristol, Conn., and taught commercial business at Eastern 
High School, retiring in 1965 after 43 years of teaching. During her years in
Bristol she summered in Canaan, and in 1922 she moved back to Canaan to 
live. 

She was a member of the Grace United Methodist Church of Canaan and a member 
of the Bristol (Conn.) Retired Teachers Association. 

Family members include several cousins, including William Lord of Pittsburg. 
There are no calling hours. Funeral services were on Sunday at the Jenkins 
Funeral Home with the Rev. Rodney Dobbs officiating. Burial will take place 
in the spring in the Alice Hunt Cemetery, Canaan, Vt. Memorials may be made 
to the Grace United Methodist Church, in care of Rev. Rodney Dobbs, P.O. Box 
247, Canaan, VT 05903; or a charity of one’s choice. 


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