Marie Elizabeth Pangborn

1921 - 2011  (90 years)

• Name	Marie Elizabeth Pangborn
  Born	20 Feb 1921	Levering, Emmet Co, Michigan, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	23 Dec 2011	Pittsfield, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Buried	Levering, Emmet Co, Michigan, USA (Carp Lake Cemetery)
  Person ID	I67983	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Morton Clyde Pangborn,   b. 29 Dec 1883, Verona Twp, Huron Co, Michigan, USA ,   d. 26 May 1966, Harbor Springs, Emmet Co, Michigan, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Georgia Edith Schmalzried,   b. 1 Feb 1894, Levering, Emmet Co, Michigan, USA ,   d. 29 Nov 1988, Lancaster, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 94 years)
  Married	21 Feb 1915	Galesburg, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan, USA
  Family ID	F8294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2013
  Family ID	F26802	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cemetery: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83211859 [[ Obituary: Marie Elizabeth Bedient, 90, formerly of Lancaster, died December 23, 2011 in Massachusetts where she had moved in 2002 to live near her family. Born in Levering, Michigan, Feb. 20, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Morton and Georgia (Schmalzried) Pangborn. As a young woman, she taught in a one-room schoolhouse in northern Michigan prior to attending Park College in Parkville, MO. On Nov. 28, 1943, she married Phillip E. Bedient; they celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary in 2011. She worked in the Admissions Office at the University of Michigan before moving with her husband and two children to Lancaster in 1959. She earned a BA from Millersville State College, was an active and valued member of the Grandview United Methodist Church, served for several years as the president of the Manheim Twp. Ambulance Association, read the newspaper on the Blind Association radio station, and was active in several programs in the Lancaster Council of Churches, including Night Ministry and local food banks. She played an active role in the Faculty Wives organization at Franklin and Marshall -College and served in the Infirmary Auxiliary. She is predeceased by her brother, John C. Pangborn of Midland, MI, and is survived by her husband, Phillip of Dalton, MA; her son, Richard E. Bedient and his wife Elizabeth of Clinton, NY; and her daughter, Mary Bedient-Wood of Dalton. She is lovingly remembered and will be greatly missed by her grandchildren, Kate Bedient and Christopher Barnes of Seattle, WA; Adam Bedient of Brooklyn, NY; Abigail and Lucas Polidoro of Dalton; Lydia and John Short of Boston, MA; and her great-grandson, Henry Phillip -Polidoro of Dalton. A memorial service is planned for the spring at Grandview Church. Memorial donations may be made to the Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity, 443 Fairview Ave., Lancaster, PA 17603.