Funeral services for Lorene Helen Bridges will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017 at the Edinburg Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Edinburg IOOF Cemetery.
A family visitation will be held from 7 to 8 o’clock tonight (Monday, Oct. 2, 2017) at the Resthaven Mortuary in Trenton. Open visitation is now under way.
Mrs. Bridges, a 76-year-old Edinburg resident, died at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017 at Liberty Hospital.
Mrs. Bridges was born on Sept. 28, 1941 in rural Mt. Moriah in Harrison County, the daughter of Elgin Burl and Docia Helen Harper Woodward.
She grew up six miles west of Mt. Moriah and attended Fairview Country School and the Mt. Moriah High School.
She was married at Albany on Nov. 10, 1957 to Donald Bridges. The couple moved to Grundy County in 1958. She spent most of their marriage as a homemaker, but also enjoyed her time at Ace Hardware, Brown’s Shoe Fit in downtown Trenton and being a member of the Edinburg Baptist Church.
Surviving relatives include her husband, Donald of the home; a son, Steve Bridges of Corpus Christi, TX; a sister, Marilyn Bain and her husband, Jack of Trenton; a granddaughter, Amanda Cavin; and great-grandchildren Ryan Keuhn, Michael Cavin and Alex Zimmer.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Lee Woodward.
Memorial donations are suggested to the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home and may be left with or mailed to the funeral home.
Online condolences may be left at whitaker eads.com.
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