1925 – 2021
Ellsworth - Patricia Gardner Edwards age 95 died peacefully on February 8, 2021 at Courtland Rehab and living Center in Ellsworth, where her quick wit and playful spirit endeared her to the staff and residents. She was born in Houlton, Maine on July 31,1925, the daughter of Halbert P. Gardner and Dorothy White Tibbetts. She liked to say she was born in a potato patch in Aroostook.
At a young age she and her mother moved to Rangeley where she grew up, graduating from Rangeley High, class of 1943. After graduation she enrolled in the Central Maine General Hospital School of Nursing as a Cadet in the US Cadet Nurse Corps, graduating with an RN in 1947. Nursing meant a great deal to mother, she was always proud to be a nurse. She had many roles in nursing, from duty nurse to director of nursing at a care facility to office nurse for two urologists to neighborhood care giver. It was as a student nurse that she met her husband, Nelson (Buzz) Edwards. They had 71 years together when he died in 2016.
Pat is survived by her son Gary and his wife Jeanne of Sullivan Maine, Daughter Elizabeth Anne (Betsy) Bowman of Montana. Granddaughter Rebecca Bowman West and husband Jonathan of Montana, Grandson Mark Edwards, his wife Grace and sons Nelson and William of Alaska. Brother Michael Tibbetts of Jay, Sister-in-law Elma Marzilli of Portland, brother-in-law Burt Edwards of South Portland, many nieces and nephews as well as a lifetime of special friends.
She was predeceased by her husband, a special granddaughter Jennifer Lynne Edwards and son-in-law Jeffrey Bowman.
A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, July 14,2021 at 1pm at the Gracelawn Memorial Park Donations in Pat’s memory may be made to The Court Street United Baptist Church, 129 Court Street, Auburn, ME 04210; CMGH/CMMC School of Nursing Alumni Association scholarship, 70 Middle Street, Lewiston, Maine 04240.
You are invited to leave a message at the family’s online guest book by visiting www.thefortingroupauburn.com .
Arrangements are under the care and direction of The Fortin Group/Plummer & Merrill Funeral Home, Cremation, & Monument services 217 Turner St. Auburn 04210.
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