PENOBSCOT – Hilda L. York, 83, went home to be with her Lord, Aug. 6, 2007, at an Ellsworth health care facility. She was born Oct. 5, 1923, on Verona Island, the daughter of Frank and Della (Blaisdell) Bridges. Hilda grew up in Bucksport and attended the local schools, and graduated from Bucksport High School. She married Kenneth York and lived in Penobscot for many years. They worked together on their blueberry land, and had many years of canoeing on the Allagash. Hilda’s life was centered around her family, her church, and her love of God. She is survived by her four children, Paulette and her husband, John Shook, Kendra Johnson, Penny York, and Timothy York; six grandchildren, Becky, Jason, Kristen, Ericka, Adam, and Ashley; one sister, Nellie Pierce; one sister-in-law, Mina Faunce; eight great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, Kenneth; and one sister, Frances LaPoint. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday at Mitchell-Tweedie Funeral Home, 28 Elm St., Bucksport, with Pastor Ron Pyle officiating. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, Orland.
HILDA (BRIDGES) YORK
