Frances Virginia (Utter) Cornish, 81

BRIDGEVILLE - Frances Virginia (Utter) Cornish of Bridgeville passed away Monday, May 14, 2007, in her home. She was 81.

Mrs. Cornish was born May 2, 1926, in Philadelphia, daughter of the late Otto Garfield and Maria (Craft) Utter. She was raised in Philadelphia, and then moved to Bladensburg, Md., where she resided for more than 40 years.

She worked for the Sears & Roebuck Co. warehouse, Washington, D.C., in customer service for 10 years.

Mrs. Cornish was a member of the Metropolitan Police Relief Association, District of Columbia, Female Branch.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert A. Cornish, in 2002.

She is survived by a daughter, Janet Jones of Bridgeville; two sons, Robert M. Cornish of California and David C. Cornish of Arizona; a brother, Robert Utter and his wife Alva of Florida; a half-sister, Ruth Henderson of Pennsylvania; six grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Chapel services will be held at Cheltenham (Md.) Veterans Cemetery, 11301 Crain Highway, on Friday at 12:30 p.m.

Family will receive friends today in Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Hardesty Chapel, 202 Laws St., Bridgeville, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.