Edna P. Bugge

"Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know, fills my every longing, keeps me singing as I go."
"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5-6 (KJV)
Edna P. Bugge, 96, of Willow Street, and formerly of Boca Raton, FL, Trumble, CT, and Staten Island, NY, passed away on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at The Glen at Willow Valley. She was a resident of Willow Valley Communities at The Lakes and The Glen for 20 years.
Born in Manhattan, NY, she was the daughter of the late Knut and Anna (Birkelund) Petersen.
Edna was a graduate of Washington Heights High School in Manhattan, class of 1943. Following high school, while on a vacation to Camp of the Woods in Speculator, NY, she met Thor Daniel Bugge, whom she married 1948. They shared 64 ½ years together at the time of his passing in 2013. Edna made a career as a secretary, being employed by several law firms and doctors, retiring from the Greater Bridgeport Mental Health Center.
Edna was a member of The Gideons Internation Auxiliary, a past member of Calvary Evangelical Free Church of Trumbull, CT, and she most recently attended Grace Community Church of Willow Street, PA. She led her life as an example of her dedication to Jesus Christ, always putting others before herself and being a loving Bestemor to her family.
She is survived by her daughters, Maureen Lewis, wife of Robert Joseph, of Pittsburgh, PA, Barbara Lynn Narbe, of Orchard Park, NY, and Karen Ruth Harsche, wife of Edward Francis, of Bethel, CT; grandchildren, Victoria Lewis, Robert (Christine) Lewis, Laruen and Christina Narbe, Sarah Harsche, Sue (Nancy) Harsche, Amanda Harsche; and four great-grandchildren, Dakota, Ava, Ruby, and Eliza Lewis. In addition to her husband and family, she was the last of her siblings, predeceased by a brother, Peter Petersen, and sisters, Marie Petersen Maffie and Anna Petersen Bugge.
Services will be private. Private interment will take place at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Pittsburgh, PA.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Edna's memory to The Gideons International Processing Center, P.O. Box 97251, Washington, DC 20090-7251, or online at https://www.gideons.org/donate.