Edna M. Leard

Waltham- Mrs. Edna Morton 'Teddy' (Rideout) Leard of Waltham died Saturday, April 30, 2005 at Maristhill Nursing Home. She was 83. Born in Cambridge on June 11, 1921, a daughter of the late Alfred and Bernice Rideout, she was a graduate of Somerville High School. Mrs. Leard worked as a registered nurse for many years at Massachusetts Memorial Hospital in Boston where she also graduated from nursing school with the Class of 1942. She and her family were members of the Piety Corner Club and enjoyed the activities and friendships that were made there. She was on the Board of Directors at the Leland Home in Waltham and a volunteer at the Waltham Hospital Thrift Shop. She enjoyed time spent in Maine both as a young girl visiting her aunt and uncle, George and Mary Payne, and as an adult with her family and Maine friends at their summer home. She was the wife of the late Samuel E. Leard, M.D. She is survived by her children, Richard W. Leard and his wife Jane of Waltham, Barbara J. Norris of Winterport, ME and John S. Leard and his wife Elaine of Simsbury, CT; her grandchildren, Jennifer, Thomas, Chad, Erica, Kristen, David, Joshua, Brenda; two great-grandchildren, Tyler and Connor; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte.20), Waltham. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. Visiting hours are Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Waltham Police Relief Association, 155 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA 02452.