Edith Birt Dalsimer

BERLIN Edith Birt Dalsimer, 98, passed away Saturday evening, June 16, 2012, at the Coos County Nursing Home in Berlin. Mrs. Dalsimer was born in Berlin, NH on January 6, 1914 daughter of Temple and Mary (Bass) Birt. Edith was a current resident of Berlin and was a graduate of Berlin High School. Prior to returning to Berlin, she resided in California for many years. She worked in Interior Design and was a member of St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish and a past member of Androscoggin Valley Hospital Auxiliary. Family members include two nephews Clifford Carroll and wife Marie of Rome, NY, and George Carroll and wife Christine of Bradford, MA, three nieces Sue Potter and husband Wentworth of Chesterfield, MO, Elizabeth Roy and husband Vaughn of Berlin, NH and Kathleen Bergeron and husband H. Edmund of N. Conway, NH, two sisters Emma B. Garneau of Berlin, NH and Alice Wheeler of Berlin, NH, 9 grand nieces and nephews and 17 great-grand nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Jack Dalsimer, a brother Leon Birt and a sister Leona Birt. There are no calling hours. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, June 22, 2012 at 10:00 AM at St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery. Donations may be made in her memory to the Ecumenical Food Pantry, 151 Emery Street, Berlin, NH 03570.