Obituary for Edna Billington
ROCKLAND - Edna Billington passed away in her sleep Saturday, March 13 , at the Knox Center in Rockland. She was 94 years old.
She was the second youngest of 6 children born to Charles and Alice Tweedie of Thorndike Maine. She is predeceased by Clyde Robert (who died as an infant), brothers Lester, James and sisters, Helen and Charlene.
Edna attended Crosby High School in Belfast and after graduation became a hairdresser in Camden in a second-floor space above Haskell and Corthell. She continued to cut hair on a limited basis into her late 80’s for women at the Methodist Conference Home.
Other places Edna worked were the Courier Gazette, and Littlefield Memorial Baptist Church in Rockland. She also raised money for the March of Dimes and the American Cancer Society.
Edna was a member of Littlefield Memorial Baptist church, where she was married to John Billington, who passed away in 1985. The Church has been her family her entire adult life. She taught Sunday school there for many years as well as being a member of the Fidelis Club.
Her surviving family members are, her son Glenn Billington and his wife Joanne, Grandchildren Joe Pedatella and his wife Iwona, Bob Pedatella and his wife Jessica; Great Grandchildren Anthony, Max and Easton Pedatella; her son Gary Billington and his wife Sandy, Grandchildren Evan and twins Zoe and Abby.
Edna will be buried in Thorndike this summer. To share a memory or story with Edna’s family, please visit their online Book of Memories at www.bchfh.com. Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, Rockland. Donations in lieu of Flowers may be shared with Littlefield Memorial Baptist Church, One Waldo Avenue, Rockland, ME 04841.
She was the second youngest of 6 children born to Charles and Alice Tweedie of Thorndike Maine. She is predeceased by Clyde Robert (who died as an infant), brothers Lester, James and sisters, Helen and Charlene.
Edna attended Crosby High School in Belfast and after graduation became a hairdresser in Camden in a second-floor space above Haskell and Corthell. She continued to cut hair on a limited basis into her late 80’s for women at the Methodist Conference Home.
Other places Edna worked were the Courier Gazette, and Littlefield Memorial Baptist Church in Rockland. She also raised money for the March of Dimes and the American Cancer Society.
Edna was a member of Littlefield Memorial Baptist church, where she was married to John Billington, who passed away in 1985. The Church has been her family her entire adult life. She taught Sunday school there for many years as well as being a member of the Fidelis Club.
Her surviving family members are, her son Glenn Billington and his wife Joanne, Grandchildren Joe Pedatella and his wife Iwona, Bob Pedatella and his wife Jessica; Great Grandchildren Anthony, Max and Easton Pedatella; her son Gary Billington and his wife Sandy, Grandchildren Evan and twins Zoe and Abby.
Edna will be buried in Thorndike this summer. To share a memory or story with Edna’s family, please visit their online Book of Memories at www.bchfh.com. Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, Rockland. Donations in lieu of Flowers may be shared with Littlefield Memorial Baptist Church, One Waldo Avenue, Rockland, ME 04841.