Alma was born and raised on her grandfather Aretas Hulburt Bridgman's farm on South Road in Westhampton, Mass. She attended the local one-room schoolhouse and Northampton High School, and she studied school music supervising at the Institute of Music Pedagogy in Williamsburg. She was also a graduate of Northampton Commercial College. For several years she taught music in Westhampton and other surrounding communities. She was also engaged in private piano teaching. For a few years she worked as a secretary for Ralph W. Redman, who was a life insurance agent in Amherst from 1927 to 1957.
Alma's mother died in 1921, and her father in 1926. Her sister Clara married a distant cousin, Joshua Davis Turner, in 1924. Mr. Turner, a widower who was about forty-seven when he married Clara, came to live at the Bridgman home on South Road, where he ran the farm. He and Clara and Alma lived together for many years.
In 1937, Alma and Clara sold the farm on South Road and moved to Williamsburg, Mass. Clara's husband was not well and the heavy duties of running the farm had become too much for him. Their intention was to do a little chicken farming at their new home on Valley View Road, but Mr. Turner died that summer. Alma and Clara stayed on in their new home for twenty years, although they never did raise chickens.
In Williamsburg Alma was very active in music groups. For several years she played the organ for the Williamsburg Congregational Church. She even wrote music. She also had a keen interest in genealogy.
Alma and Clara were rather "old school," traditional people. They did not believe in accepting help from others and they generally turned down dinner invitations because they felt they would be imposing upon the hosts. People sometimes described them as "strong characters."
Alma died at the Ryder Nursing home in the Florence section of Northampton at the age of seventy-one, after a long illness with breast cancer.
Alma's mother died in 1921, and her father in 1926. Her sister Clara married a distant cousin, Joshua Davis Turner, in 1924. Mr. Turner, a widower who was about forty-seven when he married Clara, came to live at the Bridgman home on South Road, where he ran the farm. He and Clara and Alma lived together for many years.
In 1937, Alma and Clara sold the farm on South Road and moved to Williamsburg, Mass. Clara's husband was not well and the heavy duties of running the farm had become too much for him. Their intention was to do a little chicken farming at their new home on Valley View Road, but Mr. Turner died that summer. Alma and Clara stayed on in their new home for twenty years, although they never did raise chickens.
In Williamsburg Alma was very active in music groups. For several years she played the organ for the Williamsburg Congregational Church. She even wrote music. She also had a keen interest in genealogy.
Alma and Clara were rather "old school," traditional people. They did not believe in accepting help from others and they generally turned down dinner invitations because they felt they would be imposing upon the hosts. People sometimes described them as "strong characters."
Alma died at the Ryder Nursing home in the Florence section of Northampton at the age of seventy-one, after a long illness with breast cancer.
Alma was born and raised on her grandfather Aretas Hulburt Bridgman's farm on South Road in Westhampton, Mass. She attended the local one-room schoolhouse and Northampton High School, and she studied school music supervising at the Institute of Music Pedagogy in Williamsburg. She was also a graduate of Northampton Commercial College. For several years she taught music in Westhampton and other surrounding communities. She was also engaged in private piano teaching. For a few years she worked as a secretary for Ralph W. Redman, who was a life insurance agent in Amherst from 1927 to 1957.
Alma's mother died in 1921, and her father in 1926. Her sister Clara married a distant cousin, Joshua Davis Turner, in 1924. Mr. Turner, a widower who was about forty-seven when he married Clara, came to live at the Bridgman home on South Road, where he ran the farm. He and Clara and Alma lived together for many years.
In 1937, Alma and Clara sold the farm on South Road and moved to Williamsburg, Mass. Clara's husband was not well and the heavy duties of running the farm had become too much for him. Their intention was to do a little chicken farming at their new home on Valley View Road, but Mr. Turner died that summer. Alma and Clara stayed on in their new home for twenty years, although they never did raise chickens.
In Williamsburg Alma was very active in music groups. For several years she played the organ for the Williamsburg Congregational Church. She even wrote music. She also had a keen interest in genealogy.
Alma and Clara were rather "old school," traditional people. They did not believe in accepting help from others and they generally turned down dinner invitations because they felt they would be imposing upon the hosts. People sometimes described them as "strong characters."
Alma died at the Ryder Nursing home in the Florence section of Northampton at the age of seventy-one, after a long illness with breast cancer.
Alma's mother died in 1921, and her father in 1926. Her sister Clara married a distant cousin, Joshua Davis Turner, in 1924. Mr. Turner, a widower who was about forty-seven when he married Clara, came to live at the Bridgman home on South Road, where he ran the farm. He and Clara and Alma lived together for many years.
In 1937, Alma and Clara sold the farm on South Road and moved to Williamsburg, Mass. Clara's husband was not well and the heavy duties of running the farm had become too much for him. Their intention was to do a little chicken farming at their new home on Valley View Road, but Mr. Turner died that summer. Alma and Clara stayed on in their new home for twenty years, although they never did raise chickens.
In Williamsburg Alma was very active in music groups. For several years she played the organ for the Williamsburg Congregational Church. She even wrote music. She also had a keen interest in genealogy.
Alma and Clara were rather "old school," traditional people. They did not believe in accepting help from others and they generally turned down dinner invitations because they felt they would be imposing upon the hosts. People sometimes described them as "strong characters."
Alma died at the Ryder Nursing home in the Florence section of Northampton at the age of seventy-one, after a long illness with breast cancer.
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