Wife of Paul Levi Page. She passed away in her sleep at the Christinana Hospice in Wilmington, Delaware at the age of 98 years, 4 days.
She married Ensign Paul Levi Page in Corpus Christi, Texas the day following his graduation from Navy Pilot School at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Chapel, in September 1943. While Paul was at war in the Pacific, she remained in Michigan and worked on the local draft board in Ferry, Michigan. In 1947, the couple settled in Glen Falls, NY where Paul worked for Imperial Wallpaper Company. They later moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where Paul continued work at the Hercules Chemical Company, Inc. She remained busy in local community activities, and with raising their three children: Richard, Elaine, and Lorraine.
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Obituary authorized by the author, Morgan Benson, to be posted here in Find a Grave.
OBITUARY: From the The News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 and Wednesday, 12 June 2019, page 11A.
Mary B. Page, 98, passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Christiana Hospice, on Friday, June 7, 2019. Born in Indiana and daughter of Arthur and Mae King, she attended Ball State University following high school, and later, moved to Michigan, where she met and married Paul L. Page, a Navy Aviator. During World War II, she worked on a rationing board while Paul was a Fighter Pilot in the Pacific. In 1947, they made their home in Glens Falls, NY, where Paul worked as a Chemical Engineer for the Imperial Wallpaper Company and later for the Hercules Chemical Company. They spent eight years in Glens Falls, six years in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, before moving to Hockessin, Delaware in 1967, for the remainder of their lives, working and raising their three children.
Mary was active in the Methodist Church of Hockessin, played on the women's golf team at the Hercules Country Club, and was active in the Big Band Dance Club. She excelled as a mother and homemaker who enjoyed sewing as an incredible seamstress. When her husband retired from Hercules, they travelled throughout the United States and overseas, then started their own business where she served as Vice President. She did extensive genealogy research on both hers and Paul's family trees.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul, by all members of her family and by all of Paul's siblings and parents.
She is survived by her three children, eight grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 22, 2019 from the Chandler Funeral Home, 7230 Lancaster Pake, Hockessin, Delaware at 11 am. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home from 10-11 am. Burial will be the next day and she will rest with her husband, Paul, in the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, in Bear, Delaware. For online condolences, please visit www.chandlerfuneralhome.com.
She married Ensign Paul Levi Page in Corpus Christi, Texas the day following his graduation from Navy Pilot School at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Chapel, in September 1943. While Paul was at war in the Pacific, she remained in Michigan and worked on the local draft board in Ferry, Michigan. In 1947, the couple settled in Glen Falls, NY where Paul worked for Imperial Wallpaper Company. They later moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where Paul continued work at the Hercules Chemical Company, Inc. She remained busy in local community activities, and with raising their three children: Richard, Elaine, and Lorraine.
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Obituary authorized by the author, Morgan Benson, to be posted here in Find a Grave.
OBITUARY: From the The News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 and Wednesday, 12 June 2019, page 11A.
Mary B. Page, 98, passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Christiana Hospice, on Friday, June 7, 2019. Born in Indiana and daughter of Arthur and Mae King, she attended Ball State University following high school, and later, moved to Michigan, where she met and married Paul L. Page, a Navy Aviator. During World War II, she worked on a rationing board while Paul was a Fighter Pilot in the Pacific. In 1947, they made their home in Glens Falls, NY, where Paul worked as a Chemical Engineer for the Imperial Wallpaper Company and later for the Hercules Chemical Company. They spent eight years in Glens Falls, six years in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, before moving to Hockessin, Delaware in 1967, for the remainder of their lives, working and raising their three children.
Mary was active in the Methodist Church of Hockessin, played on the women's golf team at the Hercules Country Club, and was active in the Big Band Dance Club. She excelled as a mother and homemaker who enjoyed sewing as an incredible seamstress. When her husband retired from Hercules, they travelled throughout the United States and overseas, then started their own business where she served as Vice President. She did extensive genealogy research on both hers and Paul's family trees.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul, by all members of her family and by all of Paul's siblings and parents.
She is survived by her three children, eight grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 22, 2019 from the Chandler Funeral Home, 7230 Lancaster Pake, Hockessin, Delaware at 11 am. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home from 10-11 am. Burial will be the next day and she will rest with her husband, Paul, in the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, in Bear, Delaware. For online condolences, please visit www.chandlerfuneralhome.com.
Wife of Paul Levi Page. She passed away in her sleep at the Christinana Hospice in Wilmington, Delaware at the age of 98 years, 4 days.
She married Ensign Paul Levi Page in Corpus Christi, Texas the day following his graduation from Navy Pilot School at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Chapel, in September 1943. While Paul was at war in the Pacific, she remained in Michigan and worked on the local draft board in Ferry, Michigan. In 1947, the couple settled in Glen Falls, NY where Paul worked for Imperial Wallpaper Company. They later moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where Paul continued work at the Hercules Chemical Company, Inc. She remained busy in local community activities, and with raising their three children: Richard, Elaine, and Lorraine.
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Obituary authorized by the author, Morgan Benson, to be posted here in Find a Grave.
OBITUARY: From the The News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 and Wednesday, 12 June 2019, page 11A.
Mary B. Page, 98, passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Christiana Hospice, on Friday, June 7, 2019. Born in Indiana and daughter of Arthur and Mae King, she attended Ball State University following high school, and later, moved to Michigan, where she met and married Paul L. Page, a Navy Aviator. During World War II, she worked on a rationing board while Paul was a Fighter Pilot in the Pacific. In 1947, they made their home in Glens Falls, NY, where Paul worked as a Chemical Engineer for the Imperial Wallpaper Company and later for the Hercules Chemical Company. They spent eight years in Glens Falls, six years in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, before moving to Hockessin, Delaware in 1967, for the remainder of their lives, working and raising their three children.
Mary was active in the Methodist Church of Hockessin, played on the women's golf team at the Hercules Country Club, and was active in the Big Band Dance Club. She excelled as a mother and homemaker who enjoyed sewing as an incredible seamstress. When her husband retired from Hercules, they travelled throughout the United States and overseas, then started their own business where she served as Vice President. She did extensive genealogy research on both hers and Paul's family trees.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul, by all members of her family and by all of Paul's siblings and parents.
She is survived by her three children, eight grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 22, 2019 from the Chandler Funeral Home, 7230 Lancaster Pake, Hockessin, Delaware at 11 am. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home from 10-11 am. Burial will be the next day and she will rest with her husband, Paul, in the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, in Bear, Delaware. For online condolences, please visit www.chandlerfuneralhome.com.
She married Ensign Paul Levi Page in Corpus Christi, Texas the day following his graduation from Navy Pilot School at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Chapel, in September 1943. While Paul was at war in the Pacific, she remained in Michigan and worked on the local draft board in Ferry, Michigan. In 1947, the couple settled in Glen Falls, NY where Paul worked for Imperial Wallpaper Company. They later moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where Paul continued work at the Hercules Chemical Company, Inc. She remained busy in local community activities, and with raising their three children: Richard, Elaine, and Lorraine.
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Obituary authorized by the author, Morgan Benson, to be posted here in Find a Grave.
OBITUARY: From the The News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 and Wednesday, 12 June 2019, page 11A.
Mary B. Page, 98, passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Christiana Hospice, on Friday, June 7, 2019. Born in Indiana and daughter of Arthur and Mae King, she attended Ball State University following high school, and later, moved to Michigan, where she met and married Paul L. Page, a Navy Aviator. During World War II, she worked on a rationing board while Paul was a Fighter Pilot in the Pacific. In 1947, they made their home in Glens Falls, NY, where Paul worked as a Chemical Engineer for the Imperial Wallpaper Company and later for the Hercules Chemical Company. They spent eight years in Glens Falls, six years in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, before moving to Hockessin, Delaware in 1967, for the remainder of their lives, working and raising their three children.
Mary was active in the Methodist Church of Hockessin, played on the women's golf team at the Hercules Country Club, and was active in the Big Band Dance Club. She excelled as a mother and homemaker who enjoyed sewing as an incredible seamstress. When her husband retired from Hercules, they travelled throughout the United States and overseas, then started their own business where she served as Vice President. She did extensive genealogy research on both hers and Paul's family trees.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul, by all members of her family and by all of Paul's siblings and parents.
She is survived by her three children, eight grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 22, 2019 from the Chandler Funeral Home, 7230 Lancaster Pake, Hockessin, Delaware at 11 am. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home from 10-11 am. Burial will be the next day and she will rest with her husband, Paul, in the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, in Bear, Delaware. For online condolences, please visit www.chandlerfuneralhome.com.
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