Edna Elizabeth Black, passed away March 22, 2016 in North Carolina. She was born November 15, 1925 in Massachusetts to William and Bessie Jacobsen and grew up in Bremen, Maine.
Edna graduated with the class of 1945 at Medomak High School , Waldoboro, Maine.. She married Edwin Black in Waldoboro in 1945.
Edna was a homemaker, staying home raising her five children. She also worked at Sylvania when the children were young. She loved to travel, especially down South and out West, and was active in the Boy Scouts.
Edna was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son Earl; daughter Ellen; and brother Ernie. She is survived by her son Ernest Black and his wife Mary of Massachusetts; daughters Eileen Bianchi and her husband Carlo of Waldoboro and Evelyn Waugh of North Carolina; five grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
A graveside service will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, April 30, 2016 at Shuman Cemetery in Waldoboro.
Donations may be made in Edna’s name to Lower Cape Fear Hospice Foundation, 1414 Physician’s Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401.
Hall Funeral Home and Tribute Center of Waldoboro has care of the arrangements. To extend online condolences, light a candle in Edna’s memory, or to share a story or picture, please visit her Book of Memories at www.hallfuneralhomes.com