Mrs. W. I. Glover,
Wife of Postal
Official, Dies
Daughter of the Late John Englis, Brooklyn, Active Socially in Washington
Washington, Jan 23(AP)-Mrs. W. Irving Glover, wife of Assistant Postmaster General Glover, died today at her home in the Wardman Park Hotel after a lingering illness.
She was 52 and was born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Englis. Her father was one of the early wooden shipbuilders of the country and once operated the Hudson River night boats between New York and Albany.
Mrs. Glover's home was in Englewood, N.J., but since the beginning of her husband's service in the postoffice[sic] department in 1921 they have lived here.
Funeral services will be held in the New York Avenue Presbyterian church in this city and she will be buried in Greenwood Cemetery at Brooklyn, N.Y.
Active in Washington Social Life
Until two years ago she had taken an active part in the social life Washington, being especially interested always in the activities of the Ladies of the Junior Cabinet. Mrs. Glover attended Dobbs Ferry School, New York, and was an active member of the Dobbs Washington alumni.
An ardent philatelist, Mrs. Glover has been a collector since a girl of 14 years. Her stamp collection of many thousand specimens is considered one of the most interesting in the country belonging to a woman.
She is survived by her husband, W. Irving Glover, and three children, Thomas, Warren Irving Jr. and Frances, and three sisters, Mrs. J. R. Melcher, Mrs. Charles D. Sayre and Mrs. John H. Emanuel, all of Englewood, N. J.
Married in Borough
Mrs. Glover was a member of a prominent Brooklyn family. She was Miss Anna Bell Englis before her marriage in 1908 to Mr. Glover, which took place in the Englis home at 196 Clinton Ave. The Rev. Dr. David Gregg, former pastor of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, officiated.
Mrs. Glover was a daughter of the late John Englis, famous Brooklyn steamship builder, churchman and banker. His firm of John Englis & Sons, in Greenpoint for almost a half century, had practically a monopoly on the building of side-wheel steamers on the Atlantic seaboard. He died in 1915.
Published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, Sunday, January 24, 1932
Wife of Postal
Official, Dies
Daughter of the Late John Englis, Brooklyn, Active Socially in Washington
Washington, Jan 23(AP)-Mrs. W. Irving Glover, wife of Assistant Postmaster General Glover, died today at her home in the Wardman Park Hotel after a lingering illness.
She was 52 and was born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Englis. Her father was one of the early wooden shipbuilders of the country and once operated the Hudson River night boats between New York and Albany.
Mrs. Glover's home was in Englewood, N.J., but since the beginning of her husband's service in the postoffice[sic] department in 1921 they have lived here.
Funeral services will be held in the New York Avenue Presbyterian church in this city and she will be buried in Greenwood Cemetery at Brooklyn, N.Y.
Active in Washington Social Life
Until two years ago she had taken an active part in the social life Washington, being especially interested always in the activities of the Ladies of the Junior Cabinet. Mrs. Glover attended Dobbs Ferry School, New York, and was an active member of the Dobbs Washington alumni.
An ardent philatelist, Mrs. Glover has been a collector since a girl of 14 years. Her stamp collection of many thousand specimens is considered one of the most interesting in the country belonging to a woman.
She is survived by her husband, W. Irving Glover, and three children, Thomas, Warren Irving Jr. and Frances, and three sisters, Mrs. J. R. Melcher, Mrs. Charles D. Sayre and Mrs. John H. Emanuel, all of Englewood, N. J.
Married in Borough
Mrs. Glover was a member of a prominent Brooklyn family. She was Miss Anna Bell Englis before her marriage in 1908 to Mr. Glover, which took place in the Englis home at 196 Clinton Ave. The Rev. Dr. David Gregg, former pastor of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, officiated.
Mrs. Glover was a daughter of the late John Englis, famous Brooklyn steamship builder, churchman and banker. His firm of John Englis & Sons, in Greenpoint for almost a half century, had practically a monopoly on the building of side-wheel steamers on the Atlantic seaboard. He died in 1915.
Published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, Sunday, January 24, 1932
Mrs. W. I. Glover,
Wife of Postal
Official, Dies
Daughter of the Late John Englis, Brooklyn, Active Socially in Washington
Washington, Jan 23(AP)-Mrs. W. Irving Glover, wife of Assistant Postmaster General Glover, died today at her home in the Wardman Park Hotel after a lingering illness.
She was 52 and was born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Englis. Her father was one of the early wooden shipbuilders of the country and once operated the Hudson River night boats between New York and Albany.
Mrs. Glover's home was in Englewood, N.J., but since the beginning of her husband's service in the postoffice[sic] department in 1921 they have lived here.
Funeral services will be held in the New York Avenue Presbyterian church in this city and she will be buried in Greenwood Cemetery at Brooklyn, N.Y.
Active in Washington Social Life
Until two years ago she had taken an active part in the social life Washington, being especially interested always in the activities of the Ladies of the Junior Cabinet. Mrs. Glover attended Dobbs Ferry School, New York, and was an active member of the Dobbs Washington alumni.
An ardent philatelist, Mrs. Glover has been a collector since a girl of 14 years. Her stamp collection of many thousand specimens is considered one of the most interesting in the country belonging to a woman.
She is survived by her husband, W. Irving Glover, and three children, Thomas, Warren Irving Jr. and Frances, and three sisters, Mrs. J. R. Melcher, Mrs. Charles D. Sayre and Mrs. John H. Emanuel, all of Englewood, N. J.
Married in Borough
Mrs. Glover was a member of a prominent Brooklyn family. She was Miss Anna Bell Englis before her marriage in 1908 to Mr. Glover, which took place in the Englis home at 196 Clinton Ave. The Rev. Dr. David Gregg, former pastor of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, officiated.
Mrs. Glover was a daughter of the late John Englis, famous Brooklyn steamship builder, churchman and banker. His firm of John Englis & Sons, in Greenpoint for almost a half century, had practically a monopoly on the building of side-wheel steamers on the Atlantic seaboard. He died in 1915.
Published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, Sunday, January 24, 1932
Wife of Postal
Official, Dies
Daughter of the Late John Englis, Brooklyn, Active Socially in Washington
Washington, Jan 23(AP)-Mrs. W. Irving Glover, wife of Assistant Postmaster General Glover, died today at her home in the Wardman Park Hotel after a lingering illness.
She was 52 and was born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Englis. Her father was one of the early wooden shipbuilders of the country and once operated the Hudson River night boats between New York and Albany.
Mrs. Glover's home was in Englewood, N.J., but since the beginning of her husband's service in the postoffice[sic] department in 1921 they have lived here.
Funeral services will be held in the New York Avenue Presbyterian church in this city and she will be buried in Greenwood Cemetery at Brooklyn, N.Y.
Active in Washington Social Life
Until two years ago she had taken an active part in the social life Washington, being especially interested always in the activities of the Ladies of the Junior Cabinet. Mrs. Glover attended Dobbs Ferry School, New York, and was an active member of the Dobbs Washington alumni.
An ardent philatelist, Mrs. Glover has been a collector since a girl of 14 years. Her stamp collection of many thousand specimens is considered one of the most interesting in the country belonging to a woman.
She is survived by her husband, W. Irving Glover, and three children, Thomas, Warren Irving Jr. and Frances, and three sisters, Mrs. J. R. Melcher, Mrs. Charles D. Sayre and Mrs. John H. Emanuel, all of Englewood, N. J.
Married in Borough
Mrs. Glover was a member of a prominent Brooklyn family. She was Miss Anna Bell Englis before her marriage in 1908 to Mr. Glover, which took place in the Englis home at 196 Clinton Ave. The Rev. Dr. David Gregg, former pastor of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, officiated.
Mrs. Glover was a daughter of the late John Englis, famous Brooklyn steamship builder, churchman and banker. His firm of John Englis & Sons, in Greenpoint for almost a half century, had practically a monopoly on the building of side-wheel steamers on the Atlantic seaboard. He died in 1915.
Published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, Sunday, January 24, 1932
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