Friday, September 25, 2020

Obituary of Mrs. David S. Wright


Here is the Obituary for my Grandmother Florence Edna Smith.  IT was printed Monday, November 29th, 1937.  I suspect some of the plans changed for the service, as her mother died the next day.  His a link to her obituary.

OBITUARY

MRS. DAVID S. WRIGHT

Mrs. Florence Edna Wright, 45, wife of David S. Wright, Northampton high school faculty member and athletic director, died yesterday morning at her home, after an illness of tow days.  A graduate of Mount Holyoke college, Mrs. Wright was prominent in women's club affairs in this city and in the affairs of the Mount Holyoke Alumnae association in Hampshire county.  She was born March 19, 1892, in West Springfield, the daughter of Merrick and Catherine (McCann) Smith.  She was graduated from Mount Holyoke college in 1915 and taught at Great Barrington high school until her marriage. She was a member of the Edwards Congregational church and was a past president of the Mothers' club, serving as a press chairman and chairman of the scholarship committee of that organization.  She leaves her husband; her mother, Mrs. Cathrine McCann Smith; two daughters, Cathrine S. And Carol Wright; three sons, David J., Charles M., and George E., all at home, and one sister, Mrs. H. V. Bradbury, of Dalton.  The funeral will be held in Edwards church at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.  Burial will be in Bridge street cemetery.  Friends will be received this evening at the Ely home, 2 Pomery terrace.



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