William Glasby was probably in declining health when he moved from Putney to Horsham. He was ill before his death, for in Dulcima’s papers there is a bill and receipt presented to the executors of the Glasby estate for £6.15. from Park Lodge London Road, Horsham dated Sept 20 1941.
In August 1941 Dulcima pays a bill to Miss G M Lucas, Chartered Society of Massage and Medical Gymnastics, the Massage and Electrical Clinic, 63 London Road, Horsham, for £4.10. There are other bills for 2 days of (unknown) professional services of £1.15 to Gladys Wieks, July 31, 1941; 30 August 1941 a bill to Mrs Glasby, Three Oaks, Worthing Road, Horsham for taxi fares to Southwick, £17.10, from Sussex County Hospital, Nurses Institution; September 3, 1941, The Sussex County Hospital Private Nursing Institute, £18.00.
Glasby died on 26 August 1941. Death Notices were placed in The Times [1] and The Telegraph. [2] Notices were also placed in local newspapers, The Sussex County Times, August 28, 1941 and the SWW and Son, 29 August 1941. The Southern Publishing Company. The Funeral was undertaken by the “Funeral Furnisher and Undertaker Dr to C F Jenden, 32 Carfax, Horsham at a cost of £19.14.0. William Glasby is buried in Hills Cemetery.
At the archive in The Keep at Falmer there is a newspaper cutting of an Obituary and a photograph in "SDN" dated 29.8.41. We presume this is the Sussex Daily News.
The Obituary states that "the world has lost one who was acknowledged to be its leading artist in stained glass.". He is also called "the genius of the artist".
Notes
[1] In the papers of Dulcima Glasby in the John Collins’ archive, there is a receipt for 18 shillings and eleven pence for the Death Notice, dated 29 August 1941.
[2] In the papers of Dulcima Glasby in the John Collins’ archive, there is a receipt for £1.3.5 for a Death Notice, dated 28 August 1941.
(c) Erika Szyszczak 22 June 2021
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