Smyrna times., 1918-02-13
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
Mrs. Elizabeth Cloak Wids Wife of
James D. Wilds Passes Away After
Long lllness-Other Deaths

Mrs. Elizabeth Cloak Wilds Wife of
James D. Wilds Passes Away After
a Long Illness-Other Deaths
Mrs. Elizabeth Cloak Wilds, aged
66, wife of James D. Wilds. a retired
railroad man of this town, passed
away at her home on Mt. Vernon
street, at II. 80 yesterday noon after
a lingering illness. A patient sufferer
for more than four years, during " hich
she has had several slight strokes of
paralysis, she has been nearly all
this time confined to her home and
for the last several weeks has been i'll
in bed. Mrs. WIlds was the daugh-
ter of the late Ebenezer and Christiana
(WOlcotr) Cloak and was born, raised
and spent her whole life in the house
in which she died In her early life
she was a prominent member of the
social set and took part in many big
dances, entertainments and the social
affairs of her day. On December 26.
1876, she was united in marriage to
Mr.. James D. Wilds. then in the
employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
and lived life of cevotion to her
home. She was particularly fond of
young folks and their doings and en-
tered into their pleasures and pastimes
with an interest that always made her
look on the bright side of life. She
was member and commitment of
st. Peters Church, a member of the
! D. A. f the Century Club and other
organizations, in all of which she took
an active interest. Patient, uncom-
planning, and with a Christian forti-
tude ever manifest, she lived a life
of devotion and simplicity and leav es
a gOodly circle of relatives and friends
to mourn her death. Besides her
husband she is survived by one daugh-
ter. Eba Cloak, wife of William G..
Anthony of Bannister Hall Poultry
Farm. Funeral services will take
place from her late residence on Mt.
Vernon street on Friday afternoon at
1. 80 o'clock in charge of Rev. Thomas
Getz Hill, rector of St. Peters and
interment will be in the family lot at
St. Peters cemetery.
Richard /. Price of Middetown, Deao
Richard L. Price, aged 81 years, q
lifelong resident of the Middletowr
neighborhood, died Thursday night in
the Homeopathic Hospital in Will
mington, after an illness which haC
lasted several weeks, of heart disease.
Mr.. Price had in his early life fol
lowed farming as a vocation, but hac
for about fifteen years been employed
as salesman by Jesse L. Shepherd
until January l. 1917, when he EN-
barked in the fertilizer business OIL
his own account. He is survived b,
his widow, three brothers and one sis
ter: Edward Price of Merchantsville
N. j.; John Price, New York state
Samuel Price and Miss Mary Price o
Middletown. A brother, George w
l Price, died about one month ago. Tn
, funeral took place Sunday afternoon.
Henry Clay Forkum Dies at Dover
Henry Clay Forkum, aged 81 years
who visited Smyrna on many an occe
sion to cry a sale, died at Dover Fri
day. Had he lived until Tuesday, b
with his wife would have celebrate
their sixty-first wedding anniversary
Mr.. Forkum was an suctionear fC
many years and served as deputy
I sheriff for several times under bot
Democratic and Republican sheriff
{ of Kent county. He is survived
a daughter, Mrs. John w. Foreakel
Il and William P. Forkum, a memb'
Z OF Dover's town council.
It James E. Warrington Dies at Rehobot
i James E. Warrington, aged
u years, died at the home of his son-il
y law. DR.. Walter P. Robinson, at R
hoboth Beach Thursday morning
e pneumonia. The deceased had r
Gently retired from his farm in Coo
> spring. He is survived by two daug
d" ters and one son, Wilbur o. Warrini
ton.