Mrs. CORNELIA LOUISE (BLEDSOE) MILLS was the daughter of Harold Edward Bledsoe and Mrs. Mamie Geraldine (Neale) Bledsoe.
Obituary
"Social Worker Had Loving And Generous Spirit ---
When 30th District Judge William F. Bledsoe was a little boy, rather than eat his peas or okra, he would dump the vegetables in the lovely linen napkins nd hide the evidence when no one was looking. Only his sister, Cornelia Louise Bledsoe Mills knew the truth. But she never squealed, taking it upon herself to retrieve the hidden napkins, bleach out the pea stains, iron and replace them before their mother suspected. "That was typical of her," Judge Bledsoe recalled Sunday of the sister who went on to become a social worker. "She'd scold you to death, but she'd never rate on you." he said. On Thursday, the loving sister he and others affectionately called 'Miss Corny' died at Henry Ford Hospital. She was 65, and she had emphysema and heart ailments. Mrs. Mills attended Howard University, in Washington, D.C., where she majored in social work. "Her work was always a reflection of her loving and generous spirit." Judge Bledsoe said. Mrs. Mills worked in an early preschool program that became a prototype for Head Start. In the early 1970s, she worked in a program at Ford Motor Company called Project 250 -- designed to help unemployed women acquire job skills. A high point in Mrs. Mills' career was working with adults at the Cyprian Center for the developmentally disabled in Detroit. She retired in 1985 after 10 years at the center. "It was at the Cyprian Center that her compassion, understanding and strength of her generous spirit become most manifest" Mr. Bledsoe said. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Michelle Mills Faison; a son, David Mills; her mother, Mrs. Mamie Geraldine Bledsoe; and a sister, Detroit Recorder's Court Judge, Geraldine Bledsoe Ford. A family hour is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. today at Plymouth United Church Of Christ, 600 East Warren Avenue, Detroit, followed by a 7:30 p.m. memorial service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Detroit Urban League's Youth Program, at 268 Mack, Detroit, Michigan 48201, or the United Negro College Fund, 417 Penobscot Building, Detroit Michigan 48226."
Sources
~ Obituary Published in the Tuesday, September 11, 1990 edition (Page 14) of The Detroit Free Press [the newspaper of Detroit, Michigan]
~ Michigan & U.S. Social Security Death Index Records
~ 1930-1950 census records of Wayne County, Michigan
Obituary
"Social Worker Had Loving And Generous Spirit ---
When 30th District Judge William F. Bledsoe was a little boy, rather than eat his peas or okra, he would dump the vegetables in the lovely linen napkins nd hide the evidence when no one was looking. Only his sister, Cornelia Louise Bledsoe Mills knew the truth. But she never squealed, taking it upon herself to retrieve the hidden napkins, bleach out the pea stains, iron and replace them before their mother suspected. "That was typical of her," Judge Bledsoe recalled Sunday of the sister who went on to become a social worker. "She'd scold you to death, but she'd never rate on you." he said. On Thursday, the loving sister he and others affectionately called 'Miss Corny' died at Henry Ford Hospital. She was 65, and she had emphysema and heart ailments. Mrs. Mills attended Howard University, in Washington, D.C., where she majored in social work. "Her work was always a reflection of her loving and generous spirit." Judge Bledsoe said. Mrs. Mills worked in an early preschool program that became a prototype for Head Start. In the early 1970s, she worked in a program at Ford Motor Company called Project 250 -- designed to help unemployed women acquire job skills. A high point in Mrs. Mills' career was working with adults at the Cyprian Center for the developmentally disabled in Detroit. She retired in 1985 after 10 years at the center. "It was at the Cyprian Center that her compassion, understanding and strength of her generous spirit become most manifest" Mr. Bledsoe said. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Michelle Mills Faison; a son, David Mills; her mother, Mrs. Mamie Geraldine Bledsoe; and a sister, Detroit Recorder's Court Judge, Geraldine Bledsoe Ford. A family hour is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. today at Plymouth United Church Of Christ, 600 East Warren Avenue, Detroit, followed by a 7:30 p.m. memorial service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Detroit Urban League's Youth Program, at 268 Mack, Detroit, Michigan 48201, or the United Negro College Fund, 417 Penobscot Building, Detroit Michigan 48226."
Sources
~ Obituary Published in the Tuesday, September 11, 1990 edition (Page 14) of The Detroit Free Press [the newspaper of Detroit, Michigan]
~ Michigan & U.S. Social Security Death Index Records
~ 1930-1950 census records of Wayne County, Michigan
Mrs. CORNELIA LOUISE (BLEDSOE) MILLS was the daughter of Harold Edward Bledsoe and Mrs. Mamie Geraldine (Neale) Bledsoe.
Obituary
"Social Worker Had Loving And Generous Spirit ---
When 30th District Judge William F. Bledsoe was a little boy, rather than eat his peas or okra, he would dump the vegetables in the lovely linen napkins nd hide the evidence when no one was looking. Only his sister, Cornelia Louise Bledsoe Mills knew the truth. But she never squealed, taking it upon herself to retrieve the hidden napkins, bleach out the pea stains, iron and replace them before their mother suspected. "That was typical of her," Judge Bledsoe recalled Sunday of the sister who went on to become a social worker. "She'd scold you to death, but she'd never rate on you." he said. On Thursday, the loving sister he and others affectionately called 'Miss Corny' died at Henry Ford Hospital. She was 65, and she had emphysema and heart ailments. Mrs. Mills attended Howard University, in Washington, D.C., where she majored in social work. "Her work was always a reflection of her loving and generous spirit." Judge Bledsoe said. Mrs. Mills worked in an early preschool program that became a prototype for Head Start. In the early 1970s, she worked in a program at Ford Motor Company called Project 250 -- designed to help unemployed women acquire job skills. A high point in Mrs. Mills' career was working with adults at the Cyprian Center for the developmentally disabled in Detroit. She retired in 1985 after 10 years at the center. "It was at the Cyprian Center that her compassion, understanding and strength of her generous spirit become most manifest" Mr. Bledsoe said. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Michelle Mills Faison; a son, David Mills; her mother, Mrs. Mamie Geraldine Bledsoe; and a sister, Detroit Recorder's Court Judge, Geraldine Bledsoe Ford. A family hour is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. today at Plymouth United Church Of Christ, 600 East Warren Avenue, Detroit, followed by a 7:30 p.m. memorial service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Detroit Urban League's Youth Program, at 268 Mack, Detroit, Michigan 48201, or the United Negro College Fund, 417 Penobscot Building, Detroit Michigan 48226."
Sources
~ Obituary Published in the Tuesday, September 11, 1990 edition (Page 14) of The Detroit Free Press [the newspaper of Detroit, Michigan]
~ Michigan & U.S. Social Security Death Index Records
~ 1930-1950 census records of Wayne County, Michigan
Obituary
"Social Worker Had Loving And Generous Spirit ---
When 30th District Judge William F. Bledsoe was a little boy, rather than eat his peas or okra, he would dump the vegetables in the lovely linen napkins nd hide the evidence when no one was looking. Only his sister, Cornelia Louise Bledsoe Mills knew the truth. But she never squealed, taking it upon herself to retrieve the hidden napkins, bleach out the pea stains, iron and replace them before their mother suspected. "That was typical of her," Judge Bledsoe recalled Sunday of the sister who went on to become a social worker. "She'd scold you to death, but she'd never rate on you." he said. On Thursday, the loving sister he and others affectionately called 'Miss Corny' died at Henry Ford Hospital. She was 65, and she had emphysema and heart ailments. Mrs. Mills attended Howard University, in Washington, D.C., where she majored in social work. "Her work was always a reflection of her loving and generous spirit." Judge Bledsoe said. Mrs. Mills worked in an early preschool program that became a prototype for Head Start. In the early 1970s, she worked in a program at Ford Motor Company called Project 250 -- designed to help unemployed women acquire job skills. A high point in Mrs. Mills' career was working with adults at the Cyprian Center for the developmentally disabled in Detroit. She retired in 1985 after 10 years at the center. "It was at the Cyprian Center that her compassion, understanding and strength of her generous spirit become most manifest" Mr. Bledsoe said. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Michelle Mills Faison; a son, David Mills; her mother, Mrs. Mamie Geraldine Bledsoe; and a sister, Detroit Recorder's Court Judge, Geraldine Bledsoe Ford. A family hour is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. today at Plymouth United Church Of Christ, 600 East Warren Avenue, Detroit, followed by a 7:30 p.m. memorial service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Detroit Urban League's Youth Program, at 268 Mack, Detroit, Michigan 48201, or the United Negro College Fund, 417 Penobscot Building, Detroit Michigan 48226."
Sources
~ Obituary Published in the Tuesday, September 11, 1990 edition (Page 14) of The Detroit Free Press [the newspaper of Detroit, Michigan]
~ Michigan & U.S. Social Security Death Index Records
~ 1930-1950 census records of Wayne County, Michigan
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