Former Summit Resident, Business Owner Dies At 98

SUMMIT, NJ - The following obituary was provided by Sue Corby.

Marjorie Ladd Corby, age 98, died on October 21, 2019 at Birch Hill Terrace in Manchester, NH where she had lived for over 17 years. She was born August 26, 1921 in New York City, the daughter of Harry Westervelt Ladd and Alice Lombard Ladd, and moved with her family to Summit in 1925 where she lived for 77 years.

Marjorie graduated from Kent Place School and attended Connecticut College. After completing a
secretarial course, she went to work for Bell Labs for a short time until World War II took her and her husband, Richard L. Corby, whom she married in 1942, to various military bases. The Corby family owned and operated Corby’s Enterprise Laundry, formerly located at 31 Summit Ave., where Marjorie worked as Secretary for several years. From 1971 until 1993, when she retired, Marjorie served as the Secretary to the Business Administrator/Board Secretary of the Summit Board of Education. She was a member of Calvary Episcopal Church and the Junior League of Summit, where she was an active volunteer for over fifty years. She was also an active volunteer in her children’s schools and with their after-school activities.

Marjorie was the widow of Richard L. Corby Jr., who died in 1980. She was dearly loved by her children and their spouses: Suzanne Corby and Richard Oas of Manchester, NH; Linda Corby and Frank Beal of Chicago, IL; Richard and Justine Corby of Kildeer, IL and also by her nine grandchildren: Jessica Oas Welch (Chuck), Dan Oas (fiancée Bernadette), Clinton Oas (Emily), Emily Oas, David Beal (Kathy Frerichs), Benjamin Beal (Malia), Katherine Beal, Patrick Corby (Marion), Allison Corby Miller (Clayton).

In addition, she leaves her eight greatgrandchildren, two nieces, six nephews and her sister-in-law, Jeanne Walsh Ladd, widow of her late brother, Harry W. Ladd.

Arrangements are under the care of the NH Cremation Society. There will be a service in Manchester, NH on November 7 and Marjorie’s ashes will be interned at Calvary Episcopal Church at a future date.

Memorial donations may be made to Kent Place School, 42 Norwood Ave., Summit, NJ 07901; the
Calvary Church Remembrance Fund, 31 Woodland Ave., Summit, NJ 07901; Birch Hill Terrace, 200
Alliance Way, Manchester, NH, 03102; the Visiting Nurse Association, 1070 Holt Ave., Suite 1400,
Manchester, NH, 03109.

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