Worked as a homemaker and a sales clerk for Macy's department store in Brooklyn, NY during 1960's. A very kind and loving person. Enjoyed gardening and sewing.
Suffered a brain lymphoma diagnosed July 1988. Underwent brain surgery at university hospital in Gainesville, FL that month. Symptoms abated but returned March 1989. Treated in Portland Oregon, accompanied there by husband and daughter. Returned from Portland to daughter's house for recuperation where she died on a Saturday afternoon following lunch, struck by heart attack while seated in the shade of a tree on front lawn with her husband. Her last year was difficult, symptoms included mental confusion. She did get to meet her new grandson Andrew Edward about a month before her death.
Residence at time of death was 8525 Elgin Dr, Port Richie, FL (Timber Oaks development). Lived for many years at 1832 E 31 St., Brooklyn, NY. Died at Putnam Hospital Center, Carmel, N.Y., 4:30 P.M., June 3, 1989.
Edith is buried at Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Fl., Section 110A, plot 91. She was interred 7/14/1989 following cremation in Mahopac, NY.
Letter regarding the burial of Edith:
Florida National Cemetery
P.O. Box 337
Bushnell, Florida
July 14, 1989
Mr. Edward C. Dunscombe
8525 Elgin Drive
Port Richey, Florida
Dear Mr. Dunscombe:
This letter is to inform you that the cremains of Edith J. Dunscombe were interred on July 14, 1989 in this National Cemetery.
We have enclosed the Interment Record for the Next of Kin, along with a map of the cemetery, for your records.
If we can be of further assistance, please contact us at (904) 793-7740.
Sincerely,
Gilbert Lopez
Cemetery Director