Gladys J. Phillips, 94

SEAFORD - Gladys J. Phillips of Seaford passed away Sunday, July 15, 2007, at Lifecare at Lofland Park, Seaford. She was 94.

Born in Hartford, Conn., she was the daughter of the late A.C. and Minnie (Barbour) Jones.

Gladys and her family moved to Delaware in 1914, where her father built the AC Jones Poultry Farm in Georgetown.

She married Sidney A Jarvis in 1929, and had one daughter, Joanne. Sidney died in 1939.

Gladys went to work at the E.I. DuPont Co. in Seaford in 1939, working for 38 years and 1 day, as she would always say.

She married Paul Phillips on July 11, 1941. They were wed for almost 55 years until Paul died Aug. 13, 1996. They enjoyed many years of camping and traveling, and went to Ireland in 1980 for a wedding. While in Ireland, Gladys got to visit the home where her mother was born, which was still maintained by the family.

Gladys was preceded in death by her brothers, Charles Jones and Harold Jones; a sister, Helen Hudson; and the deep heart ache of her only grandchild, Jody Lauder, in 1982.

She leaves behind her beloved daughter, Joanne Lauder of Seaford, and several nieces, nephews and cousins in Delaware and Ireland.

A funeral service will be 11 a.m. Thursday at the Hannigan, Short, Disharoon Funeral Home, 700 West St., Laurel, where friends may call one hour prior to the service. Interment will take place in Union Cemetery, Georgetown. Pastor Roland Tice will officiate.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in her name to the Delaware SPCA, Sussex Chapter, 22918 Dupont Blvd., Georgetown, DE 19947.