Lillian Mae Thorp^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1912 - 2015  (102 years)

• Name	Lillian Mae Thorp
  Born	21 Dec 1912	Wilmington, Delaware
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 Apr 2015	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  Buried	Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I20823	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Howard J. Thorp,   b. 25 Nov 1866, Pennsylvania ,   d. 30 Dec 1925, Delaware State Asylum, Farnhusrt, Delaware  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Clara Charsha,   b. 3 Jan 1889, Cecil County, Maryland ,   d. 8 Oct 1918, Wilmington, Delaware  (Age 29 years)
  Married	14 Nov 1911	Delaware
  Family ID	F7760	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		A Kenneth Eland-Obit The Philadelphia Inquirer Aug 25, 1999
  		Kenneth G Eland-Obit The Philadelphia Inquirer Feb 13, 1998
  		Lillian Mae Eland-Obit LNP Always Lancaster Apr22,2015

  
  

• Notes

  Lillian Mae Eland (nee Thorpe) of Lancaster, Pa. and Ocean City, N.J. Lillian Mae Eland, (nee Thorpe) of Lancaster, Pa. and Ocean City, N.J. died on April 18, 2015. She was the devoted wife of the late A. Kenneth Eland, loving mother of the late Kenneth G. Eland and dear sister of the late Elizabeth Fisher (Samuel) and Edith Thompson. She is survived by her daughter-in-law Kay Eland (nee Antley), three grandchildren, Kenneth (Diane), Beverly King (Jaime) and Stephen (Lynda), seven great-grandchildren and three nephews. Born in Wilmington, Del., she lived in Philadelphia and Media, Pa. before moving to Lancaster in 1986. She graduated from Strayer Business College in Philadelphia and was the office manager of the CPA firm, Gelrod, Fox and Company in Upper Darby for 40 years. Relatives and friends are invited to her viewing, Friday, April 24 at 10 a.m. at the Arlington Cemetery Chapel, 2900 State Rd., Drexel Hill, Pa., followed by the Funeral Service at 11 a.m. Interment in Arlington Cemetery. Relatives and friends are also invited to her Memorial Service, Saturday, April 25 at 1 p.m. at the Willow Valley Manor, 211 Willow Valley Square, Lancaster, PA 17602. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Memory of Lillian can be made to either The Central Ocean City Union Chapel, 100th Anniversary Memorial Fund, PO Box 2182, Ocean City, NJ 08226 or the Grace Church at Willow Valley, 300 Willow Valley Square, Lancaster, PA 17602 Arrangements are being handled by the Frank C. Videon Funeral Home. Published in The Daily Local on Apr. 22, 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145402860/lillian-mae-eland. [S235] Births, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1672&h=146752&ssrc=pt&tid=85582363&pid=36523601143&usePUB=true. Name: Lillian M Thorpe Gender: Female Birth Date: 21 Dec 1912 Birth Place: Delaware, USA Mother: Clara C Thorpe Father: Howard J Thorpe lists mother as Clara Rosell [S211] State Select Marriages, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61381&h=900565112&ssrc=pt&tid=85582363&pid=36523601143&usePUB=true. married Arthur Eland [S61] United States Census, https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6061&h=82124403&ssrc=pt&tid=85582363&pid=36523594587&usePUB=true. All of the sisters were raised in The Children's Home in Wilmington, Delaware... Mother was dead and father didn't raise them...However Lillian told me her father did come to see them. She also told me that her father quit coming to see her, he to was dead.