GEORGETOWN — Barbara Bridgham, age 85, of Indian Point Road, died Sunday, June 8, 2014, at Mere Point Nursing Home in Brunswick. She was born in Westbrook on July 7, 1928, the daughter of Henry and Helen Thompson Furbish.

She attended Westbrook schools and was a 1946 graduate of Westbrook High School. She received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Tufts College in 1950.

On Feb. 3, 1951, she married William Bridgham, who died April 11, 2010. They moved to Ridgefield, Conn., where they started their family. The family summered in Georgetown, Maine and moved to Yarmouth in 1976. In 1992, they retired to Florida, but still spent summers at their beloved cottage in Georgetown, returning in 2005 to live there year-round.

She was a wonderful homemaker, great cook and talented seamstress making everything from curtains to costumes. She raised two children and helped her husband with his Graphic Arts business. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, tennis, swimming, sailing, her bridge and book clubs. She was a tireless volunteer in every community where she lived and a member of the Georgetown Working League.

She was predeceased by her sister Elizabeth R Michel.

She is survived by her daughter Betsy Bridgham and her life partner Stephen of Denmark, son William B. Bridgham Jr. and his life partner Connie Jackson of Durham, sister-in-law Jeanette Knight of Gorham and nephews Dan Rice of Fall River, Mass., Bill Rice of Old Orchard Beach, Jim Rice of Gorham, Kenneth Michel, Jeffrey Michel and William Michel of Palos Hills, Ill.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 14 at 3 p.m. at Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal St., Brunswick, where a reception will follow in the Reception Center.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Georgetown Working League, c/o Georgetown Central School, 52 Bay Point Road, Georgetown, Maine.

Condolences may be expressed at stetsonsfuneralhome.com.