Carolyn M. Aldridge, 84, of Olney, died Friday, November 19, 2004, at Richland Care & Rehab in Olney.

Visitation at Stasi-Grove Funeral Home in Olney. Funeral services in the chapel of the funeral home with Reverend Steve Wingert officiating.  Burial in Ebenezer Cemetery in rural Richland County.

Mrs. Aldridge was born on April 17, 1920, in rural Richland County, the daughter of John and Marie (Dummerwuth) Gertsch. She married Henry Aldridge on April 27, 1954, in Olney. He preceded her in death.

She was a member of Free Methodist Church in Olney and was a bookkeeper by occupation.

Mrs. Aldridge is survived by a son, Henry Aldridge Jr., of Jonesboro; three stepsons, John Aldridge, of Kentucky, Thomas Aldridge, and Jim Aldridge and his wife, Kay, of Olney; a daughter, Becky Payne, of Noble, and seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and a brother, Leland Gertsch.

Olney Daily Mail - (Nov/24/2004)