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Edith <I>Fargo</I> Bryan

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Edith Fargo Bryan

Birth
Frenchtown, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
Death
2 Feb 2006 (aged 93)
Frenchtown, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Frenchtown, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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FRENCHTOWN - Edith Fargo Bryan died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006 at home. She was 93.

Born in Frenchtown Clarence and Lottie Fargo , she was a lifelong resident.

Her husband, the Rev. Alison Reed Bryan, a retired Presbyterian minister and a missionary to India, died in September 1992 at the age of 101.

Mrs. Bryan graduated from Frenchtown High School in 1932 and from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1936.

At one time, she helped her father - the author of the book "History of Frenchtown" - in his mail-order garden supply business.

She had been an organist for former W.E. Johnson Funeral Home and was a Sunday school teacher. She was a librarian in Frenchtown for many years.

Mrs. Bryan was past president of the Frenchtown Women's Club, past secretary of the Riegel Ridge Senior Citizens, and past treasurer of the Frenchtown Senior Citizens.

She was a member of Frenchtown Presbyterian Church, where she had served as treasurer and church secretary.

Surviving are two sisters, Marion and Marjorie Fargo of Frenchtown; two step-daughters, Janet Bryan of Vermont and Helen Garland of Massachusetts; five step-grandchildren; and several step-great-grandchildren.

Visitation was held Tuesday at Johnson-Walton Funeral Home, Holland Township, followed by a graveside service at Frenchtown Cemetery.

Donations can be made to Hunterdon Hospice, 2100 Wescott Drive, Flemington 08822.
FRENCHTOWN - Edith Fargo Bryan died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006 at home. She was 93.

Born in Frenchtown Clarence and Lottie Fargo , she was a lifelong resident.

Her husband, the Rev. Alison Reed Bryan, a retired Presbyterian minister and a missionary to India, died in September 1992 at the age of 101.

Mrs. Bryan graduated from Frenchtown High School in 1932 and from Temple University in Philadelphia in 1936.

At one time, she helped her father - the author of the book "History of Frenchtown" - in his mail-order garden supply business.

She had been an organist for former W.E. Johnson Funeral Home and was a Sunday school teacher. She was a librarian in Frenchtown for many years.

Mrs. Bryan was past president of the Frenchtown Women's Club, past secretary of the Riegel Ridge Senior Citizens, and past treasurer of the Frenchtown Senior Citizens.

She was a member of Frenchtown Presbyterian Church, where she had served as treasurer and church secretary.

Surviving are two sisters, Marion and Marjorie Fargo of Frenchtown; two step-daughters, Janet Bryan of Vermont and Helen Garland of Massachusetts; five step-grandchildren; and several step-great-grandchildren.

Visitation was held Tuesday at Johnson-Walton Funeral Home, Holland Township, followed by a graveside service at Frenchtown Cemetery.

Donations can be made to Hunterdon Hospice, 2100 Wescott Drive, Flemington 08822.


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