Headline: WILKES, IDA MAE

Hartford Courant
Hartford, CT

  Date:     February 18, 1998       Edition:  STATEWIDE
  Page:     B9                      Type:     OBITUARY
  Section:  CONNECTICUT             Length:   351 words

  Text:
  WILKES, Ida Mae
  Ida Mae (Lake) Wilkes, 82, of Missionary Road, Cromwell, widow of Gerrell
  Wilkes, died Monday (Feb. 16,  1998) at Pilgrim Manor, Cromwell.  She was
  born in Upper Pittsgrove Township, NJ on Feb. 23, 1915,  daughter of the
  late Samuel C. and Bessie Lake, and had resided in Cromwell for several
  years having formerly lived in Clayton, NJ and Bridgeton,  NJ. She
  graduated from Vineland High School and Cooper Hospital School of Nursing
  in 1936. Mrs. Wilkes worked as a registered nurse at both Cooper Hospital
  and Bridgeton Hospital, Bridgeton, NJ, before her retirement. She was a
  member of First Baptist Church, Bridgeton, a member of Shoemaker Post 95,
   American Legion Women's Auxiliary,  Bridgeton, NJ, and a mem- ber of
  Cooper Hospital Alumni Association.  She is survived by a daughter,
  Elizabeth Ann Roberts of East Hampton; a son, Samuel H. and Barbara
  Mullen of Frederick, MD; five grandchildren,  John William Herbst, Peter
  James Herbst, Sharron Mullen Pilson, Timothy Mullen, and Karren Mullen
  Sowell; a great-granddaughter, Kirra Pilson, a sister-in-law, Doris L.
  Lake and a niece Joyce Lake Tanyer. Several cousins, grandnieces and
  grandnephews. She was predeceased by a brother, Horace M. Lake, and a
  sister and brother-in-law, Edith A. and Thomas G. Smith. The funeral
  service will be Thursday (Feb. 19), 10 a.m.  Freitag Funeral Home, 137
  West Commerce St., Bridgeton, N.J. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial
  Park,  Millville, NJ. Friends may call at the Freitag Funeral Home,
  Thursday 9 a.m. until time of service. A Memorial Service will be Friday
  (Feb.20), 2 p.m. at Pilgrim Manor Campus Chapel,  Missionary Road,
  Cromwell with the Rev. John Sandberg, officiating. In lieu of flowers
  memorial contributions may be made to Charity of Donors Choice or
  Benevolent Care Fund C/O Pilgrim Manor/Covenant Village,  Missionary
  Road, Cromwell 06416.  Spencer Funeral Home, 112 Main St.,  East Hampton
  has charge of local arrangements.