Lisa Wren
104w
1 year without you!
It has been a whole year without you! We have missed your smile, laugh, advice and most of all your hugs and kisses! We love and miss you so much!!
In loving memory of
Edna Ruth Ridenour
February 20, 1937 – October 29, 2023
Lived 86 years
Oakdale · Urbana, Ohio
Life story
On October 29, 2023, our beloved mother, Edna Ridenour, passed into God’s graces. She was born on February 20, 1937, to Albert and Martha Thurman in Chattanooga, TN. She was a beacon of light throughout her life with a kind heart and soul, she was 86 years old. She leaves behind many who will miss her dearly including daughters, Pamela (Keith) Thacker of Urbana and Billie Grimm (Mike Hurley) of Springfield, brother Richard Thurman of Knoxville, 11 grandchildren, and several great-grandchildren, and her beloved cats that she loved so much. She is predeceased by her parents Albert and Martha Thurman, step-father, Luther Ridenour; beloved husband Billy Ridenour, brother Alvin Thurman, loving daughters Teresa Ridenour, Susan McClaskie (Richard), and loving son Allen Ridenour (Tonya Huffman).
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The world Edna knew
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1937
Born February 20
1939
Edna was 2 when World War II began in Europe
1947
Edna was 10 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1955
Allen Ridenour
1957
Susan McClaskie
1958
Edna was 21 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1962
Pamela Thacker
1962
Edna was 25 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1963
Teresa Ridenour
1964
Billie Grimm
1971
Edna was 34 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Edna was 45 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1991
Housekeeping Mercy Memorial Hospital
1997
Edna was 60 when "Titanic" opened in theaters
2005
Edna was 68 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2010
Edna was 73 when Apple's iPad went on sale
2022
Edna was 85 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2023
Passed away October 29, age 86
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Christina Fields
116w
Grammy and me
I just Miss You! Your strength and honesty. Turning into Speedy Gonzales when you would drive. I drive just like you now.
Christina Fields
116w
Grammy and Dylan
Dylan would always make her smile.
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