In Memoriam : Gertrude Bedient

Gertrude Bedient - age: 87
(November 16, 1924 to March 14, 2012 )
Resident of Ridgefield, Connecticut

Obituary:
GERTRUDE L. BEDIENT, 87, BELOVED WIFE, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER PASSED AWAY WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 14, 2012, AT HOME IN RIDGEFIELD, CT WITH HER FAMILY BY HER SIDE.
SHE WAS THE LOVING WIFE OF STANLEY “BUZZ” BEDIENT FOR 65 YEARS AND LOVING MOTHER OF THREE DAUGHTERS; LINDA SPRINGER OF RIDGEFIELD, KATHRYN TRINKELY OF WATERBURY AND GAIL ZABIT AND HER HUSBAND RAYMOND OF NORTH CAROLINA, GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER OF TWENTY-TWO GRANDCHILDREN.
SHE WAS A LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF NORWALK UNTIL MOVING TO RIDGEFIELD IN 1986. A GRADUATE OF NORWALK SCHOOLS, AND BEFORE THE COMPUTER OR ELECTRONIC ANSWERING DEVICES, SHE WAS THE CHEERFUL VOICE THAT WOULD GREET YOU WHEN CALLING THE NORWALK BOARD OF EDUCATION WHERE SHE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS.
DURING HER RETIREMENT YEARS SHE AND HER HUSBAND TOOK ROAD TRIPS THROUGH THE USA, BUT, HOME AND FAMILY WAS WHERE SHE LOVED TO BE. SOME OF HER FAVORITE TIMES WERE SPENT GARDENING AND QUILTING WITH HER GRANDCHILDREN, AND READING BOOKS WHICH SURROUNDED HER AT ALL TIMES.
THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THANKS TO HOSPICE FOR THE SPECIAL CARE AND KINDNESS IN ALLOWING DIGNITY AND GRACE IN THE LAST DAYS OF HER LIFE.
THE FAMILY WISHES SERVICES TO BE PRIVATE.
MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE IN HER NAME TO:
The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, 322 Eighth Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001







Daniel Douglas - March 17, 2012Contact this person Contact this person
Stanley and family, Very sorry to her of the passing of your wife and mother. My sincere condolences to you in this time of grief.