OBIT: Edna June (Zimmerman) TEDROW, 2007, Stoystown, Somerset County, PA

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TEDROW, Edna June Zimmerman

Edna June Zimmerman Tedrow, 98, Stoystown, died Oct. 15, 2007, in St. Mary's 
Nursing Center, Leonardtown, Md. Born June 15, 1909, in Stoystown, she was the 
daughter of the late Frank C. and Florence M. Zimmerman. In addition to her 
parents, Edna is preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, N. Paul Tedrow, 
and grandchild, Paul Michael Tedrow. She is survived by her daughter, Caroline 
Beth D'Wynter (Gerald), Avenue, Md.; four sons, Allan C. Tedrow (Mary Jean), 
Clifton Park, N.Y.; Paul M. Tedrow (Prabha), Lexington, Mass.; David C. Tedrow, 
Annapolis, Md.; and James R. Tedrow (Jeanne), Raleigh, N..C.; sister, Eleanor 
Kunsman, Duncansville; two sisters-in-law, Blanche Purbaugh and Eleanor 
Romesburg, Rockwood; brother-in-law, John C. F. Tedrow, Edison, N.J.; 11 
grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and 11 nieces and nephews. She was 
educated in local schools and graduated from Boswell High School in 1928. She 
went on to graduate from Hood College in 1933 with a degree in zoology, and 
obtained a master's degree in social work from the University of Pittsburgh. 
After a career as a social worker in western Pennsylvania during the Great 
Depression, she married Norman Paul (Teddy) Tedrow in 1937 and moved with him 
and their family successively to Hardwick, Mass., Wellsville, N.Y., Clarksburg, 
W.Va., and Storrs, Conn., where they lived 53 years. In their retirement, they 
enjoyed spending summers at a family farm near Stoystown. Her life was shaped by 
her upbringing on the farm, her zeal for the rights of women to control their 
own lives, her love of music, and by a great compassion for people in need or 
disadvantaged. Until her death, she never graduated from her role as wife, 
mother, grandmother, or great-grandmother. Her family was of utmost importance 
to her. She had a buoyant, optimistic spirit which she applied to many volunteer 
activities in her church and community. A memorial service will be conducted 11 
a.m. Saturday in the Stoystown United Church of Christ along Main Street, 
Stoystown. Memorial contributions may be made to United Church of Christ, 206 E. 
Main Street, Stoystown, PA 15563 or the Storrs Congregational Church, 2 N. 
Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06268. Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 
P.A. in Leonardtown, MD.

Daily American,   October 23, 2007