- Catherine Louise Mabee Edsall, 68, died at home on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005, after a long illness.
Born in Warwick, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Arnold M. Mabee Sr. and Fannie Louise Gardepe Mabee, and lived in Franklin and the McAfee section of Vernon before moving to Wantage 19 years ago. Mrs. Edsall was employed as a lineworker for Accurate Forming in Hamburg for 25 years before retiring in 1999.
She was predeceased by her son, Harold Douglas Edsall, in 2002 and by a sister, Mary Mabee.
Mrs. Edsall is survived by her husband of 50 years, Lloyd G. Edsall Jr. She was the devoted mother of Brenda Mae Edsall of Wantage; mother-in-law of Rose Edsall of Wantage; loving grandmother of Douglas George Edsall of Wantage, and dear sister of Margaret Decker of Milford, Pa., Barbara Gray of Wantage, James Mabee of New Port Richey, Fla., and Arnold Mabee Jr. of Sussex.
Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005 at Ferguson Funeral Home, 27 Third St., Sussex, at 10:30 a.m., officiated by Rev. Jane Verstoep of the Sussex United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Clove Cemetery, Wantage. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday, Dec. 27 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts to the Alzheimers Association, 400 Morris Ave., Suite 251l, Denville, N.J. 07834 , would be appreciated.
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