Background
Bickford, Margaret Wyatt was born on November 3, 1936 in Cleveland. Daughter of Ralph Moore and Virginia Hixon Wyatt.
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GETTING A GRIP ON GRIEF spells out in handbook style what widowers need to accomplish in living through the death of their wives. The first section deals with the time before she dies, when there is a warning, such as in terminal illness. The second part walks a widower through the time of her death, the funeral, and afterwards. So often the survivor needs to know WHAT TO DO NEXT to get through the hardest times. This handbook is candid, specific, and user friendly. Later chapters deal with what the grief process involves and how to rebuild a life without the lost spouse.
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Bickford, Margaret Wyatt was born on November 3, 1936 in Cleveland. Daughter of Ralph Moore and Virginia Hixon Wyatt.
Bachelor, Wellesley College, 1958. Bachelor of Architecture, Boston Architect Center, 1965. Master of Divinity, Episcopalian Divinity School, 1978.
Doctor of Ministry, Boston University School Theology, 1996.
Secretary Bourne & Nichols, Architects, Boston, 1958—1962, Todesco & Associates, Boston, 1962—1963, Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, 1963—1964. Intern Bon Secours Hospital, Methuen, 1976—1977, Massachusetts Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, 1977—1978. Educator Mental Health Center Southern New Hampshire, 1978—1981.
Pastor, counselor First United Methodist Church, Methuen, Massachusetts, 1981—1989. Coordinator bereavement, chaplain Rockingham Hospice, Salem-Derry, New Hampshire, 1983—1989. Pastor Ayers Village United Methodist Church, Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1983—1989.
Intern Tewksbury State Hospital, 1985—1986, Elliott Hospital, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1986—1987. Pastoral counselor, bereavement coordinator Lourdes Hospice, Paducah, Kentucky, 1989—1993. Pastor Grace United Methodist Church, Canaan, Vermont, 1993—1998, Farnham United Methodist Church, Pittsburgh, 1993—1998, Plymouth (New Hampshire) United Methodist Church, 1998—2004, Thornton (New Hampshire) United Methodist Church, 1998—2004, Ashland (New Hampshire) United Methodist Church, 2000—2004, Milan (New Hampshire) Community Church, 2004—2009.
Co-founder, president Rockingham Hospice, Derry, New Hampshire, 1983—1989. Chaplain Pemi-Baker Home Health and Hospice, Plymouth, New Hampshire, since 2001, pastoral counselor, bereavement/aftercare coordinator, since 2001.
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President Plymouth Area Community Closet, since 2007. Secretary United Campus Ministry Plymouth State University, 1998—2006, president, since 2008. Biographer New England conference United Methodist Church, since 1998.
Fellow: Association Professional Chaplains. Member: American Academy Bereavement, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Council Hospice Professionals, Association Death Education and Counseling (grief counselor since 1991).
Married William Edwin Bickford, October 12, 1963. Children: Virginia Musumeci, William Ralph.