Edna “Edi” Nygard Horton Gilmore
Published February 6, 2005
Longtime Bainbridge Island resident Edna “Edi” Nygard Horton Gilmore, age 83, died Feb. 6 at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle.
She was born Sept. 13, 1921, on Bainbridge Island to Ekoff and Charlotte (Petersen) Nygard.
She was married to Byron Horton for 25 years. She later married a high school classmate, Bill Gilmore.
She was involved with music throughout her life. For 35 years, she played in the “Intensely Vigorous Revolutionary Dixieland Jazz Band” during the annual Fourth of July Parade. She also composed and, with her son, John, played a Jazz Mass at St. Michaels Episcopal Church in Portland during Pentecost.
She participated in the Bainbridge-Row-Across-The-Sound with her daughter, Lisa, and best friend Betty Laes. They were last to finish but proud of their accomplishment. She was a stained-glass artist, musician, dancer and lover of life.
She is survived by her daughter, Lisa Horton of Seattle, and son John Horton of Bainbridge Island.
No services will be held. Remembrances can be made to the Bainbridge Island Fire Department.
Arrangements are under the direction of Kass Funeral Home.