Wadsworth Howland HARDY

1923 - 2015  (92 years)

• Name	Wadsworth Howland HARDY
  Birth	5 Apr 1923	North Berwick, York, Maine
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Apr 2015	Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire   [1]
  Burial	Southern Maine Vet. Cemetery, Springvale, York, Maine   [2]
  Person ID	I17245	bmds
  Last Modified	28 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles W. HARDY,   b. 1888   d. 1974 (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Laura REID,   b. 1894   d. 1973 (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F6967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Vesta Audrey JACKSON,   b. 28 Aug 1923, North Berwick, York, Maine d. 31 May 2011, Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	1944
  Age at Marriage	Wadsworth : ~ 20 years old | Vesta : ~ 20 years old.
  Children	4 sons and 1 daughter
  	1. Lee J. HARDY,   b. 7 Jul 1945 (Age 78 years) + 2. Terry K. HARDY,   b. 4 May 1947 (Age 77 years)   3. Tim Jay HARDY,   b. 31 Aug 1949 (Age 74 years) + 4. Ted C. HARDY,   b. 25 Oct 1955 (Age 68 years)   5. Bonnie HARDY
  Family ID	F6963	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 5 Apr 1923 - North Berwick, York, Maine Death - 25 Apr 2015 - Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire Burial - - Southern Maine Vet. Cemetery, Springvale, York, Maine
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Obituary. NORTH BERWICK, Maine — Wadsworth Howland Hardy, age 92, passed away peacefully Saturday, April 25 after a long period of failing health. He was under the loving care of the nurses and staff of the Edgewood Centre in Portsmouth, N.H.  Born April 5, 1923 in North Berwick, Maine, he was the son of Charles W. and Laura (Reid) Hardy. Graduating from North Berwick High in 1941, he studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Maine where he was a brother in the Phi Eta Kappa fraternity. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1944 and married his high school sweetheart, Vesta Jackson that same year.  He worked at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard from 1951 until his retirement in 1980, including a Temporary Duty Transfer to Guam, M.I. from 1966 to 1969. The couple resided in Kittery, Maine from 1952 to 1971, lived in Cape Neddick, Maine, and moved to Portsmouth, N.H. before retiring to Wildwood, Florida in 1990. They returned to Portsmouth in 2005. “Wad and Vesta” enjoyed camping, square dancing, traveling and especially family get-togethers at Square Pond, in Shapleigh, Maine.  At the time of his death, he was the oldest living Past Master of the Yorkshire Masonic Lodge #179 AF & AM of North Berwick, Maine.  He was pre-deceased by Vesta Audrey (Jackson) Hardy, his wife of over 66 years. She was born August 28, 1923 in North Berwick, Maine and passed away May 31, 2011.  The couple is survived by four sons, Lee & (Roxie), Terry & (Joyce), Tim & (Valerie), Ted & (Rebecca) and a daughter, Bonnie Hardy; twelve grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren.  Following a private service for family and close friends at Johnson’s Funeral Home in North Berwick, he will be interred with Vesta at the Southern Maine Veteran’s Cemetery in Springvale, Maine. Condolences may be made at www.JohnsonFuneralHomeME.com — Fosters, May 8 to May 11, 2015 [S5] Find A Grave, → Memorial ID 146212728.