Millicent DeVoe
(4 March 1912 - 27 February 1998)
Date this page was last edited=8 Apr 2016
Millicent DeVoe was born on 4 March 1912.1 She was the daughter of Frank Quinlan DeVoe and Eva Matilda Troup.
Frank Kenneth DeVoe recalled that his family lived for a number of years as caretakers in a large sixteen-room house, the Anderson estate, on Post Road in White Plains. The estate included a barn and orchards. Eventually the estate was settled and the property sold.2,3 Martha (Josselyn) DeVoe recalled the Anderson place as being at the top of a hill on the northwest side of the Post Road; she used to walk past it on her way to the Ridgeview Church. The old house was large and had been subdivided into two parts. She thought it was torn down later.4 A house and outbuilding labeled "Thos. Anderson" appeared in a 1907 atlas; the property was the area enclosed by the New York Post Road, Tibbits Avenue, Ridgeview Avenue, and Midland Avenue, excluding strips of property along the east side of Ridgeview and the north side of Midland.5
Millicent DeVoe appears in a photograph of a fourth-of-July picnic at the Anderson estate on Post Road in White Plains, probably taken around 1918.2
Millicent DeVoe appeared on the census of 19 January 1920 at 53 Rathbun Avenue, White Plains, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her father.6
Millicent DeVoe appeared on the census of June 1925 at 23 Bank Street, White Plains, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her father.7
The Bank Street apartment house was the DeVoe residence before the family moved to Davis Avenue.8 Frank and Eva (Troup) DeVoe lived on one side and Rachel (Walpole) Troup on the other; they were there when Frank Kenneth DeVoe was in college.9 Frank Kenneth DeVoe recalled that Rachel Troup rented the third floor.2 A letter received by Frank Kenneth DeVoe in 1929 was addressed to 86 Bank Street, White Plains, New York, so either the family had moved from one Bank Street address to another or the street was renumbered.10
Millicent DeVoe appears in a photograph of a family picnic taken possibly about 1930.
Millicent DeVoe appeared on the census of 17 April 1930 at 36 Linda Avenue, White Plains, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her father.11
Millicent DeVoe married Frederick M. Funk.
Millicent DeVoe appears in a family photograph taken probably in summer 1943.
Millicent DeVoe appears in a photograph of a family picnic at 36 Davis Avenue, White Plains, New York, probably in summer (4 July?) 1944. She and Frederick M. Funk lived in April 1970 in 11 Greenridge Avenue, White Plains, Westchester County, New York.12
Millicent DeVoe died on 27 February 1998 in White Plains, Westchester County, New York, at age 85. The funeral was on 3 March 1998 at the McMahon Funeral Home, 491 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, Westchester County, New York.13 She was buried on 3 March 1998 in lot 1350 (Walpole plot), Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York.13,14,15
Frank Kenneth DeVoe recalled that his family lived for a number of years as caretakers in a large sixteen-room house, the Anderson estate, on Post Road in White Plains. The estate included a barn and orchards. Eventually the estate was settled and the property sold.2,3 Martha (Josselyn) DeVoe recalled the Anderson place as being at the top of a hill on the northwest side of the Post Road; she used to walk past it on her way to the Ridgeview Church. The old house was large and had been subdivided into two parts. She thought it was torn down later.4 A house and outbuilding labeled "Thos. Anderson" appeared in a 1907 atlas; the property was the area enclosed by the New York Post Road, Tibbits Avenue, Ridgeview Avenue, and Midland Avenue, excluding strips of property along the east side of Ridgeview and the north side of Midland.5
Millicent DeVoe appears in a photograph of a fourth-of-July picnic at the Anderson estate on Post Road in White Plains, probably taken around 1918.2
Millicent DeVoe appeared on the census of 19 January 1920 at 53 Rathbun Avenue, White Plains, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her father.6
Millicent DeVoe appeared on the census of June 1925 at 23 Bank Street, White Plains, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her father.7
The Bank Street apartment house was the DeVoe residence before the family moved to Davis Avenue.8 Frank and Eva (Troup) DeVoe lived on one side and Rachel (Walpole) Troup on the other; they were there when Frank Kenneth DeVoe was in college.9 Frank Kenneth DeVoe recalled that Rachel Troup rented the third floor.2 A letter received by Frank Kenneth DeVoe in 1929 was addressed to 86 Bank Street, White Plains, New York, so either the family had moved from one Bank Street address to another or the street was renumbered.10
Millicent DeVoe appears in a photograph of a family picnic taken possibly about 1930.
Millicent DeVoe appeared on the census of 17 April 1930 at 36 Linda Avenue, White Plains, Westchester County, New York, in the household of her father.11
Millicent DeVoe married Frederick M. Funk.
Millicent DeVoe appears in a family photograph taken probably in summer 1943.
Millicent DeVoe appears in a photograph of a family picnic at 36 Davis Avenue, White Plains, New York, probably in summer (4 July?) 1944.
She and Frederick M. Funk lived in April 1970 in 11 Greenridge Avenue, White Plains, Westchester County, New York.12 Millicent DeVoe died on 27 February 1998 in White Plains, Westchester County, New York, at age 85. The funeral was on 3 March 1998 at the McMahon Funeral Home, 491 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, Westchester County, New York.13 She was buried on 3 March 1998 in lot 1350 (Walpole plot), Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York.13,14,15
Children of Millicent DeVoe and Frederick M. Funk
- Frederick Edward Funk+ (1939-1999)
- Linda Arlene Funk+
- Sandra Rae Funk+
Citations
- [S4] Notes made by Frederick M. DeVoe from bible belonging to Albert DeVoe.
- [S262] Taped interview, Frank Kenneth DeVoe, probably 26 December 1992.
- [S520] Taped interview, Frank Kenneth DeVoe, 26 July 1990.
- [S313] Telephone interview, Martha (Josselyn) DeVoe, 28 March 2004.
- [S376] G. W. and W. S. Bromley, Atlas of Westchester County, 1907, Vol. 1, Plate 22.
- [S50] Frank Q. DeVoe household, 1920 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, White Plains.
- [S574] 1925 New York state census, Westchester County, White Plains.
- [S374] Interview, Martha DeVoe, 12 July 2002.
- [S186] Interview, Gladys (Troup) Stickler, 1 July 2003.
- [S500] Letter, unknown author to Frank K. DeVoe, 6 April 1929.
- [S51] Frank Q. Devoe household, 1930 U.S. census, Westchester County, New York, White Plains.
- [S302] Reporter Dispatch?, 3 April 1970.
- [S92] Personal knowledge of Howard DeVoe.
- [S232] Gravestone inscriptions, lot 1350, Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York.
- [S837] Find A Grave memorial page for Millicent DeVoe Funk (1912 - 1998).
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