Adelaide P. Bridges

BROCKTON Adelaide P. (Stefanowicz) Bridges, 95, lifelong of Brockton, died Jan. 21, 2009. She was employed in local shoe manufacturing then at Kings Department Store for many years, until retirement. Adelaide was devoted to her family and enjoyed sewing. The wife of the late Samuel W. Bridges, Adelaide was the loving mother of Janet Bridges-Clancy and her husband Jack Clancy of Brockton and Bette Bridges-Brody and her husband Kenneth Brody of Sharon; beloved grandmother of Kathryn B.H. Clancy and her husband Brendan Harley and Elizabeth B. Clancy and her fianc Allan Lerner; dear great-grandmother of Joan Adele Clancy-Harley; aunt of many nieces and nephews; and sister of the late Joseph, Charles, George and William Stefanowicz-Stephens. All are welcome to a calling hour Saturday, 9-10 a.m., and service at 10 a.m., in Belcher Chapel at Waitt Funeral Home, 850 North Main St., Brockton, and burial at Melrose Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to National M.S. Society, 101A First Ave., Suite 6, Waltham, MA 02451, or American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701. Call 508-583-7272 or visit www.waittfuneralhome.com.