SOUTH PARIS – Edna C. Durgin, 100, of South Paris, died Tuesday, Aug. 24, at Market Square Health Care Center.

Born in Turner, Jan. 26, 1904, the daughter of Frank Carroll and Maude E. Ridlon Greenleaf, she attended school in Turner and graduated from Leavitt Institute in 1923. She obtained a certificate to teach school from Gorham Normal School and later got a bachelor’s degree from Gorham State Teachers College in 1955. Over the years she worked on her master’s degree at the University of Maine.

She taught at one-room schools at Millettville in Norway, Pinbrook School in Woodstock and Cape Porpoise. She taught many years at Mechanic Falls and ended her teaching career at Pennell School in Gray. She was interested in everything to do with education.

She married Ralph James Durgin on Sept. 2, 1931. They had one son, Bruce P. Durgin. She had a real passion for life. She liked to travel, driving from Maine to California one summer. She has visited all 50 states, the Virgin Islands, Germany and Italy. She spent many winters in Florida, where she had many friends and attended the First Christian Church in Wauchella, Fla.

She was active in the Poland Community Church for many years. She recently attended the Second Congregational Church in Norway. She was active in the Christian Women’s Group and the Maine Teachers Association.

She is survived by three granddaughters, Nikole Van Beek, of Wisconsin, Jennifer Arsenault, of Lynnfield, Mass., and Renee Nelson, of Gardiner; eight great-grandchildren, Danielle Withey, of South Paris, J. Derek Durgin, of Norway, Marissa Van Beek, Karlee Van Beek, John Patrick Arsenault, William Robert Arsenault, Sarah Nelson and Allison Nelson; and two great great-grandchildren, Kayleen Fellows and Logiyn Withey, both of South Paris.

She was predeceased by her husband in 1975, her son, Bruce P. Durgin in 1972, and a grandson, Dana B. Durgin in 1988.

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