Obituary - The Evening Star (Washington, DC), July 2, 1954:
DE VILBISS, GRACE ALTON. On Wednesday, June 30, 1954, at the home of her sister, 110 North Frederick ave., Gaithersburg, Md., Miss GRACE ALTON DE VILBISS, the devoted daughter of the late Rufus W. and Rachel R. De Vilbiss, sister of Mrs. Corrie V. Woodward, Mrs. C. Irene Yancey of Gaithersburg, Md. The late Miss De Vilbiss rests at the Gartner Funeral Home, Gaithersburg, Md., where funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 3, at 2 p.m. Interment Forest Oak Cemetery.
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Obituary - The Evening Star (Washington, DC), July 3, 1954:
Miss Grace A. DeVilbiss, Nurse for 40 Years
Miss Grace Alton DeVilbiss, 75, who was a registered nurse for more than 40 years, died Wednesday at the home of her sister in Gaithersburg, Md.
Born on a farm in Frederick County, Miss DeVilbiss went West with her family in 1887 and settled on a farm in Kansas. Later the family moved to Louisiana and finally to Philadelphia. It was there Miss DeVilbiss became a nurse.
She had been on one of her yearly visits to the home of her sister, Mrs. Corrie V. Woodward, 110 North Frederick avenue, when she died.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today at the Gartner funeral home in Gaithersburg. Burial will be at Forest Oak Cemetery.
DE VILBISS, GRACE ALTON. On Wednesday, June 30, 1954, at the home of her sister, 110 North Frederick ave., Gaithersburg, Md., Miss GRACE ALTON DE VILBISS, the devoted daughter of the late Rufus W. and Rachel R. De Vilbiss, sister of Mrs. Corrie V. Woodward, Mrs. C. Irene Yancey of Gaithersburg, Md. The late Miss De Vilbiss rests at the Gartner Funeral Home, Gaithersburg, Md., where funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 3, at 2 p.m. Interment Forest Oak Cemetery.
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Obituary - The Evening Star (Washington, DC), July 3, 1954:
Miss Grace A. DeVilbiss, Nurse for 40 Years
Miss Grace Alton DeVilbiss, 75, who was a registered nurse for more than 40 years, died Wednesday at the home of her sister in Gaithersburg, Md.
Born on a farm in Frederick County, Miss DeVilbiss went West with her family in 1887 and settled on a farm in Kansas. Later the family moved to Louisiana and finally to Philadelphia. It was there Miss DeVilbiss became a nurse.
She had been on one of her yearly visits to the home of her sister, Mrs. Corrie V. Woodward, 110 North Frederick avenue, when she died.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today at the Gartner funeral home in Gaithersburg. Burial will be at Forest Oak Cemetery.
Obituary - The Evening Star (Washington, DC), July 2, 1954:
DE VILBISS, GRACE ALTON. On Wednesday, June 30, 1954, at the home of her sister, 110 North Frederick ave., Gaithersburg, Md., Miss GRACE ALTON DE VILBISS, the devoted daughter of the late Rufus W. and Rachel R. De Vilbiss, sister of Mrs. Corrie V. Woodward, Mrs. C. Irene Yancey of Gaithersburg, Md. The late Miss De Vilbiss rests at the Gartner Funeral Home, Gaithersburg, Md., where funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 3, at 2 p.m. Interment Forest Oak Cemetery.
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Obituary - The Evening Star (Washington, DC), July 3, 1954:
Miss Grace A. DeVilbiss, Nurse for 40 Years
Miss Grace Alton DeVilbiss, 75, who was a registered nurse for more than 40 years, died Wednesday at the home of her sister in Gaithersburg, Md.
Born on a farm in Frederick County, Miss DeVilbiss went West with her family in 1887 and settled on a farm in Kansas. Later the family moved to Louisiana and finally to Philadelphia. It was there Miss DeVilbiss became a nurse.
She had been on one of her yearly visits to the home of her sister, Mrs. Corrie V. Woodward, 110 North Frederick avenue, when she died.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today at the Gartner funeral home in Gaithersburg. Burial will be at Forest Oak Cemetery.
DE VILBISS, GRACE ALTON. On Wednesday, June 30, 1954, at the home of her sister, 110 North Frederick ave., Gaithersburg, Md., Miss GRACE ALTON DE VILBISS, the devoted daughter of the late Rufus W. and Rachel R. De Vilbiss, sister of Mrs. Corrie V. Woodward, Mrs. C. Irene Yancey of Gaithersburg, Md. The late Miss De Vilbiss rests at the Gartner Funeral Home, Gaithersburg, Md., where funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 3, at 2 p.m. Interment Forest Oak Cemetery.
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Obituary - The Evening Star (Washington, DC), July 3, 1954:
Miss Grace A. DeVilbiss, Nurse for 40 Years
Miss Grace Alton DeVilbiss, 75, who was a registered nurse for more than 40 years, died Wednesday at the home of her sister in Gaithersburg, Md.
Born on a farm in Frederick County, Miss DeVilbiss went West with her family in 1887 and settled on a farm in Kansas. Later the family moved to Louisiana and finally to Philadelphia. It was there Miss DeVilbiss became a nurse.
She had been on one of her yearly visits to the home of her sister, Mrs. Corrie V. Woodward, 110 North Frederick avenue, when she died.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today at the Gartner funeral home in Gaithersburg. Burial will be at Forest Oak Cemetery.
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