Euna Idris Jervis Coleridge

Euna Idris (Jervis) Coleridge, 83, of Bloomfield, beloved wife of Bishop Clarence Coleridge, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, November 25, 2017. Born in Guyana to the late Benjamin and Frances (Lamaison) Jervis, she came to the US at the age of 21 and lived in New York, Bridgeport and Trumbull before settling in Bloomfield over 12 years ago. Euna earned her Bachelors of Science from Hunter College, her Masters from Teacher’s College, Columbia University and an honorary Doctorate from the Yale Divinity School. She taught chemistry at Central High School in Bridgeport for 28 years, retiring as the Head of the Science Dept. Euna was a member of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Bloomfield and Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford, and was very active in many organizations including, honorary vice president of the Episcopal Church Women, Union of Black Episcopalians, The Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross New Haven and Hartford Chapters, Seabury Resident Assoc. Scholarship Program, Fairfield County Community Foundation, and Les Treize where she was responsible for securing the Herzog Foundation Funds. An accomplished and dedicated woman, wife, mother and friend, she will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Besides her husband Clarence of Bloomfield she is survived by her daughters, Cheryl Coleridge of Silver Spring, MD and Carolyn Coleridge of Los Angeles, CA; and her brother James Jervis, his wife Addie of Larchmont, NY and their daughters Astrid Jervis and Coco Jervis-Spitzman. Besides her parents she was predeceased by her sister Una Garnett. A Requiem Eucharist will be held on Saturday, December 2 at 11:00 am at Christ Church Cathedral, 45 Church Street, Hartford, CT. Gifts in thanksgiving for the life and ministry of Euna may be made to: The Bishops’ Fund for Children, c/o The Episcopal Church in Connecticut, The Commons, 290 Pratt Street, Meriden, CT 06450 with “Euna Coleridge Memorial” in the memo line. Expressions of sympathy may also be sent to the Coleridge Family, 333 Seabury Drive, Bloomfield, CT 06002.