DEER ISLE and ROCKLAND – Edna F. Hardy, 84, died Friday, Feb. 4, 2005, at a Deer Isle healthcare facility. She was born April 14, 1920, in Deer Isle, the daughter of Sterling and Alice (Dodge) Stinson. Edna was educated in Deer Isle schools and raised her family there, before moving to the Rockland area. She worked as a CNA in a Camden Nursing Home for a few years, and then worked as a seamstress for Amalgamated Cotton Textiles at Van Balens in Rockland for 25 years. During her semi retired years, Edna did housekeeping for others on a part time basis. She enjoyed crafts, dancing, sewing, and yard sales. Edna is survived by two sons, Elwood “Sam” Hardy and his wife, Judy, and Douglas Hardy Sr. and his wife, Ruth, all of Deer Isle; a sister, Elizabeth Stinson Knight of Ohio; four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, two great-stepgrandchildren, many nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was predeceased by her siblings, Marjorie Stinson Dunham, Chester Stinson, and Laura Stinson Eaton; and a grandson, Daniel D. Hardy. Memorial services will be held at a date to be announced in the spring. Gifts in memory of Edna may be sent to the Island Nursing Home, 587 North Deer Isle Road, Deer Isle, ME 04627. Arrangements are by Bragdon-Kelley-Campbell Funeral Home, Stonington.
EDNA F. HARDY
