Title
Mrs.
Last Name
Mills
First Name
Blanche
Middle Name
Maiden Name
Ellms
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Dexter, ME
Date of Birth
1878?
Place of Death
Kearney, NJ
Date of Death
1935-02
Publication
The Eastern Gazette 2-7-1935, p.1
Obituary
Mrs. Blanche Ellms Mills News has reached this town of the death of Mrs. Blanche Ellms Mills at her home in Kearney, N. J. The funeral services were held in that place Wednesday and the remains will be brought to Dexter Thursday. Prayers will be said at the funeral parlors of Ramsay and Gates Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock and the remains placed in the receiving tomb at Mt. Pleasant cemetery to await burial in the family lot in the spring. Mrs. Mills is the daughter of the late Albert Ellms and Mrs. Louise Ellms of this town, her mother surviving her. She was born in Dexter 57 years ago and after graduating from Dexter High school she married Harry Mills of this town and they lived here for a short time, then went to New Jersey where they have since made their home. Her husband survives her, also a son, Weston Mills of Ripley and a daughter, Mrs. George Smith with whom she and her husband lived in Kearney. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. Charles H. Crawford of Dexter and Mrs. Forest Hutchinson of Sangerville; also four grandchildren in Ripley.