Edith Harding
July 21, 1932 — September 1, 2015
Dunnellon - Edith Anna Harding, 83, passed away September 1, 2015. Edith was one of twelve children, born on July 21, 1932, in Montreal, Canada, to Charles Edgar Coward and Gertrude Eva LaFountaine. She moved here in 1978 and worked as a switchboard operator in the medical field. She has been a long time member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. She is preceded in death by her parents; brothers, John Coward, Charles Coward, Raymond Coward, Thomas Coward; and sisters, Alice Coward and Ruth Paquette. She is survived by her sons, Peter David Harding (Rosemary), Kenneth Harding, (Linda); daughter, Julie Lynn Costelloe; brothers, Robert Coward, Richard Coward, James Coward; sisters, Ruby Coward, Clarice Neal; five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m., Saturday, September 5, 2015, at Countryside Funeral Home, Anthony, FL. Vigil Service will bgin at 3:00 p.m, with Deacon Eric Makoid officiating. Funeral Mass will be 2:00 p.m, Sunday, September 6, 2015, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Dunnellon, FL, with Father Kevin MacGabhann officiating.