Milford chronicle., 1915-04-23

scores of families have received medica
t attention in and for miles around Milford
for which no payment was ever made
! other than the loving kindness and re.
spect for their benefactor. which was
! manifested by their loyal support. and
the tremendous attendance of people al
his funeral last Wednesday.
In his service of the people during the
term he served as State Senator, he was
! honored by his fellow senators with the
! position of Speaker pro tempore, and
his close attention to the business of the
sessions brought results in excellent leg
islation, part of which is the Women s
} College at Newark, and the means of
assisting the RefOrmatory for Girls to
get a wider influence in Delaware.
For eight years he was the Insurance
Commissioner for Delaware, and he act
ually organized that department into an
important revenue source for Delaware,
instead of a comfortable office for the
incumbent, and the results of his work
is manifest in the splendid working of
that office today.
In other States and the Capitol of the
Nation. DR.. Marshall had many friends,
and the editorial in the Philadelphia
Record on Tuesday well expressed the
| feeling of all who knew him ; it follows
Delaware suffers a most regrettable |
loss in the death of DR.. George William |
Marshall, of Milford. He did much |
good in that, his native, State; but
meant to do more, and had it in him to |
do more. 1t is pity. indeed, that men
like DR.. Marshall should die at sixty
in the full of their powers, with accu-
mulated experiences and public spirit
unabated-. rather than at eighty after
these experiences and this spirit have
been utilized to the full. To his close
friends, as to the multitudes who knew
well of him, DIR. Marshall was a true
and many-sided man, constantly busy
with plans for the public betterment.
Personally he was of a most lovable
with charm all his'own. Peace
be with him. :
The colored race has lost a friend {
and they will miss his efforts for
as well as for practical and
medical advice. I
The funeral was simple in the ex-
treme; no singing and only the address
IF his pastor at the residence constitu-
ted the entire service there, and the Q
ceremony at the grave marked the close
u a HE Gil Ill WOIh lOI Ills lGlNOW man. |
A special car brought officials of the
pennsylvania Railroad Company. and
ines of automobiles stood along the
treets of Milford which had brought b
riends and officials for many miles dis II
ant to pay their last respects at the If
uneral on Wednesday. ri
The throngs that viewed the remains
nd called to pay last respects amply h,
TESTED the esteem in which DR.. Mar b,
hall was held Among those who ar
azed for the last time upon the face
the kindly physician were many E
'hom he frequently had helped numer- W
US times throughout his busy life, ca
hose in such circumstances who were
nable to compensate him for his ser he
ices and of whom he expected nothing w,
lone mOurned more deeply than they,
nd none aside from his family will miss pa
le departed physician more than those -
no had benefited by his generosity.
The room in which DR.. Marshall's n
Ddy lay was filled with beautiful floral -
ibutes. One of the prettiest designs
as an immense wreath of white roses
I'd lilies, surmOunted by a white dove
caring a card: From the Hebrews of
ilford. - Among the many other de- -,
gns were those from Company B, w
rganized Mi itia of Delaware, of Mil
rd, which DR.. Marshall established; al
ON Temple Lodge, No. 9, A. F. and
M, of Milford from the Kent
)unty Medical Society, and many
hers, including flowers from many of q
e needy families. whom DR. Marshall DC
ID attended without any thought of T
mpensation. 1
Services were conducted at IL. 30 o. n
)ck by the Rev. H. L. Bunstein, pas ~
r of the Presbyterian Church, of
ilfOrd. lnterment was made in Odd
'llows' cemetery. There was a long
of automobiles conveying the
neral party.
The honorary pail bearers included
,vernOr Charles r. Miller, Herbert H. "
ard. former Judge David T Marvil. 4
Wilmington; DR.. Samuel C.. Mithell. th
esident of Delaware College; Henry
Cannon. Bridgeville; Colonel William IN
Denney and D. Miffiin Wilson, of
'ver; DR.. George / McKelway, Dover; nj
:. E. f. Dwight, Smyrna; DR.. Henry "a
Stubbs, Wilmington; j. P. Steward,
Wesley Truitt. John B. Smith. Isaac
Truitt, DIR. James p Lofiand, Colonel 4
eodore Townsend, j. Stanley Short, C0
V. j. l.. McKim, former Senator S.
IN Abbott, John w. Herring, Joseph IN
Holland, DR.. Robert Y. Watson, all 49,
and DR.. Luther Conweli, of m
nden. Al
he active pallbearers were we'll
'wn colore0 men who were friends of -
deceased physician. . wa