Edna S. Berridge

Edna S. Berridge of Salisbury died on April 11, 2011 at Genesis Health Care in Salisbury. She was 92. Born in Easton on September 27, 1918, she was the daughter of the late, Dalcy B. and Rhoda R. Sinclair. Although she was a life-long resident of Talbot County, Mrs. Berridge also spent time in Calvert County. It was there she married J. Preston Gibson of Huntingtown in 1936. After Mr. Gibson’s death in 1942, she subsequently married Stephen E. “Bill” Berridge and they made their home at Tilghman Island, spending summers at Chesapeake Beach where Captain Berridge operated the Head Boat Smokey Joe 11 and where she worked as a cashier at the Rod ‘N Reel Club. After their retirement, they resided at Hyde Park in Easton, where they made close friends and took pleasure in the many activities there. Mrs. Berridge had a strong faith in Christ and was a life-long member of Tilghman United Methodist Church. Edna was a talented and energetic lady who loved her family. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, painting and handicrafts of various kinds. She and her husband loved to dance and enjoyed many good times with friends dancing to the big band sounds of Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey and Guy Lombardo, who once told her that when he died he was “going to take New Year’s Eve with him.” During their lives, they spent many happy days on the Chesapeake Bay fishing. Mrs. Berridge is survived by two daughters, Lorraine Gibson Rollefson of St. Michaels and Stephanie Berridge Martin of Salisbury; a son, Douglas P. Gibson of St. Michaels; nine grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and four great great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years; sisters Gladys Shull and Claire Jones; and a brother, J. Gilbert Sinclair. Services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at the Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A. in Easton, where friends may call on Friday, April 15, 2011 from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Interment will be held at 1:30 pm on Sunday, April 17, 2011 in Friendship Methodist Cemetery, Friendship, Maryland. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Tilghman United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 192, Tilghman, MD 21671.

Edna S. Berridge

September 27, 1918 - April 11, 2011