HUDSON FALLS – Barbara E. Edwards, 90, of Mulberry Street, went into the Lord’s arms, with her loving family by her side, on Thursday, October 26, 2017, at the Glens Falls Hospital.
Born on January 26, 1927 in Vermont, she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Mary (Cenate) Latterell.
On February 7, 1946, she married Joseph Edwards in Fort Ann. He died on April 7, 1998.
She was an employee of Native Textiles for 20 years, retiring in 1988.
She enjoyed word puzzles, ceramics, crocheting afghans, playing cards and putting together jig saw puzzles. Barbara loved her three dogs, Misty, Muffin and Princess.
Besides her parents and her husband, she was predeceased her daughter, Priscilla Murray; her granddaughters, Susan Smith, Amy Marie Edwards and Jaamie Lynn Edwards four brothers, Merile, Ward, Jesse Jr. and Hubert Latterell; two sisters, Wonona Latterell and Betty Burkhart Middleton.
Survivors include three children, Jesse Edwards and his wife, Paula of Hudson Falls, Richard Edwards of Hudson Falls and Joseph Edwards, Jr. and his wife, Pam of Hudson Falls; her sisters, Patricia Burns and her husband, James, of Hudson Falls and Mary Holden of Gansevoort; and several grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins.
There will be no public calling hours.
A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Friday, November 3, 2017 at the Carleton Funeral Home, Inc., 68 Main Street in Hudson Falls.
Burial will follow at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, at Gerald B.H. Solomon-Saratoga National Cemetery in Stillwater.
Following the burial, there will be a reception at American Legion Post 574 on Pearl St., in Hudson Falls.
The family suggests that memorial donations be made to Charles R. Wood Cancer Center at Glens Falls Hospital, 100 Park St., Glens Falls, NY 12801.
