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Bertha Faulkner Obituary
Born in Kittery, Maine, on January 7, 1929, she was a daughter of Raymond and Dorothy (Mountford) Furbish, she attended local schools graduating from RW Traip Academy with the class of 1946. In 1948 she married Carl J. Goodwin and made her home in Kittery until his sudden death in 1977.
Bertha enjoyed a career at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard first as a telephone operator and later in the payroll department.
She was an avid reader, loved to play and win at cards and cherished time at camp on Raymond Pond.
Bertha and her late husband David Faulkner enjoyed many summers in Maine and more than thirty years at their home in Zephyrhills, Fla., where they had many friends and she was very active socially.
Her first love was her family.
She is survived by her children, Elaine Wormwood-Boston and (Ken), Eileen (Thomas) Brown, Ellen (Steven) Robinson, Carla (Bill) Robinson, Carol (Clifton), Locke, Judson Goodwin, Andrea Burton. She was also survived by a special daughter in law and caregiver, Paula Searles. She also is survived by 14 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
She was predeceased by five siblings. She is survived by sister, Gwendolyn Damon, and brother, Bruce Furbish.
SERVICES: Friends are invited to visit with her family on Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. in the JS Pelkey Funeral Home, 125 Old Post Rd., Kittery Maine. A funeral will be celebrated on Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Eliot United Methodist Church on Route 236 in Eliot with the Rev Sue Frost officiating. Online condolences may be made by visiting www.jspelkeyfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the NH SPCA PO Box 196 104 Portsmouth Ave, Stratham, NH 03885. Care for Bertha's family has been entrusted to the JS Pelkey Funeral Home.
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Sara Schoedinger
May 23, 2019
Miss you beautiful lady.
Carmen Serre
June 30, 2017
Sorry to hear of Bertha's passing. She was a great woman. Loved by us all in Forest Lake. We will miss her dearly.
Deepest sympathy to her family.
God bless you Bertha. I'm sure you'll have a great place in Heaven. Love you.
June 8, 2017
Bertha, was a very special lady, She loved playing cards at the clubhouse. It was my pleasure knowing her she was loved by all of us. God bless Bertha.
Phyllis Gamble
ANNE MARIE DOVE
June 5, 2017
So sorry to hear of Bertha's passing - what an awesome lady - will miss her smiling eyes at cards in Zephyrhills - so glad she passed through my world in Forest Lake. She will be missed. Sending deepest sympathy to her family and friends. RIP my Lady Bertha.
Marilyn Bolduc
June 4, 2017
My deepest sympathy to Bertha's family. She will be missed but not forgotten.
Sara Schoedinger
June 4, 2017
Beautiful service for a beautiful lady. Forever in our hearts.
Randy Louk
June 3, 2017
Deepest sympathy.
Angela Siegel
June 3, 2017
Deepest condolences to friends and family. The precious memories that are shared by everyone will continue to live on.
June 2, 2017
So sorry to hear that my friend Bertha has passed. My sympathies to the family.
Pat Beal
June 1, 2017
Our Deepest Sympathy.
Bob and Nancy Todd
Pauline and Ned
May 31, 2017
Her family and friends have lost a very special woman. Sympathy to all of her wonderful Grand
Children especially mine Caitlin and Seth who undoubtedly miss her already.
Sara Schoedinger
May 31, 2017
Heartfelt condolences to the family
Kathleen M Girard
May 30, 2017
Elaine, and family, so sorry to hear of the passing of your beloved, Mother, Grandmother,sending prayers, she is in Heaven with the Angels...
Steven and Deborah Mears
May 30, 2017
Our sympathies to Carol, Andrea, and all of Bertha's family. We recall our association, during the 1980's and early 90's, while attending church with her, at the Advent Christian Church in Portsmouth. I believe she also sang in the choir at one time? Bertha was one of the two surviving members who, as a young child, was pictured in the Dedication book which was published when the new church building on Summer St. was completed in 1941. I believe the only other person now living who was pictured in that book, is John Morgan. God bless you all, and may she rest in peace.
Barbara O'Brien
May 29, 2017
To Bertha family, my deepest sympathy, I know how much she loved by all. Will miss her, talking about our great grandchildren. Love to all.
Wayne and Faye Jewell
May 29, 2017
Our deepest sympathy to Eileen and Ellen and their extended families on the loss of your loved one.
May 29, 2017
Deepest sympathy from a friend at Traip, class of '46. Hazel (Hamm) Standeven
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