Emma (Kent) Bridgman (1948)

BRIDGMAN, KENT, LAWTON

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 8/1/2024 at 18:26:54

The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 18, 1948
Page 8, Column 5
Peru Happenings

Mrs. Emma Bridgman Dies at Home of Daughter in Peru

A brief prayer service, conducted by the Rev. J. D. Stevens, was held Wednesday morning for Mrs. Emma Bridgman, who died Feb. 7th at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Luella Lawton, in Peru. After the services, which were at the Lawton home, the body was taken to Albion, her former home, where funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church, and burial was made in the cemetery there. Day Starns of Greenfield, Mrs. Orvie Hartman of Murray, Mrs. Susie Hogue and Mrs. Lawton accompanied the body to Albion.

Mrs. Bridgman who was 73 years of age, was born at Belle Plaine, Iowa, and is survived by one daughter, three sisters, two brothers, ten grandchildren, and 24 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by Mr. Bridgman in 1922 and one daughter in 1939.
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Coordinator's note: Maiden name taken from 1891 Marshall County, Iowa Marriage Record.