Florence May Carson
- Born: 7 May 1924, Thorndike, Waldo, Maine, United States
- Marriage (1): Roland Hanford Bragdon Sr. on 16 Apr 1943 in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States
- Died: 14 Apr 2004, Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States at age 79
- Buried: Thorndike Center Cemetery, Thorndike, Waldo, Maine, United States
Noted events in her life were:
• Residence, 23 Apr 1930, Thorndike, Waldo, Maine, United States.
• Residence, 24 Apr 1940, Thorndike, Waldo, Maine, United States.
• Residence, 5 Apr 1950, Alton, Penobscot, Maine, United States.
• Obituary: Bangor Daily News, 15 Apr 2004, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States.
BELFAST -- Florence M. Bragdon, 79, of Belfast, died Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at a local healthcare facility. Born in Thorndike, May 7, 1924, she was the daughter of George H. and Addie L. Gordon Carson.
She married Roland H. Bragdon, April 16, 1943, in Belfast. Florence loved playing board games, watching game shows on TV, Bingo, listening to country music, roller-skating, dancing, shopping, driving her car and bowling. She had been on bowling leagues and loved to go to the Bay Festival in Belfast with her sister Doris. She was a member of the Swanville Grange.
She was predeceased by one sister; Mabel Ogdon; three brothers, Kenneth, Roy and Ansel Carson; two stepsisters, Ada Boulter and Alice Nadeau; one stepson, Roland Bragdon Jr. She is survived by two daughters, Janice and her husband, Charles Doolan Sr. of Lynn Haven, Fla. and Joyce and her husband, Penson Bartlett Sr., of Searsmont; one son, Stephen and his wife, Lauretta Bragdon of Searsport; three stepdaughters, Barbara Cook, Sylvia Thompson and Rosemary Gerren; one sister, Doris Curtis and her husband, Frank, of Unity; eight grandchildren and several step-grandchildren; great-grandchildren, nephews and nieces, many special friends, Jack and Sue Frasier, Gail and Charles Gilmore, Connie Bragdon, Richard Farmer, Alice Cochran and Kevin Moulton.
Donations preferred to the American Heart Association, New England Affiliate, 20 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701-4688. Friends may call 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 17, 2004, at Rackliffe Funeral Home, 54 Church St., Belfast, where funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday with Elizabeth Sullivan officiating.
Florence married Roland Hanford Bragdon Sr. on 16 Apr 1943 in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States. (Roland Hanford Bragdon Sr. was born on 11 Jun 1912 in Portage, Portage Lake, Aroostook, Maine, United States, died on 26 May 1987 in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States and was buried in Thorndike Center Cemetery, Thorndike, Waldo, Maine, United States.)
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