Milford chronicle., 1921-03-25

MISS Gertrude Stlll, aged % years
died on Sunday, March 13, 1921. OF
tuberculosis. The funeral was held on
thursday of last week from the resi-
dence OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
George Still, in South Milford. She
was a graduate of the Milford High
School three years ago.
CUYKENDALL
Mrs. E. C. CuykendaIl. aged I'd
years, died at her home in Becon. N
Y, on Friday, March IS, 1921. She was
formerly a resident of Milford and
resided on their farm at the south
slde' now owned by Mrs. Matilda Nc
coy opposite the home of VIM. I.
simpson. She was the mother of J.
Walter Cuykendall, who was one of
the first to operate cannery in Mil
ford, and who now resides in Iowa.
Jacob Cuykendall, another son, is a
prominent stock grower in Illinois.
They were active business folks and
prominent in the Presbyterian Church
of Milford, while in Delaware.
MORRIS
Wilbur Norris, a farmer living near
Houston, died of pneumonia, March
IL, 1921, after a short illness. He was
81 years old and leaves a wife and
two small children. His wife was
Helen Tippett, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Tippett of Harrington. His
father, Alfred Morris, is now living in
He was farming his fa-
theirs farm at the time of his death.
The Red Cloud Tribe of Red Men of
which he was member turned out
in large number for his funeral.
The funeral services were held IN
M. P. Church and were
by congregation that filed ]
me church to capacity, thus bearing
to the great popularity of
he deceased.
CONVICTION
Milford relatives have received no I
ice of the death of Mrs. Emma Dyer !
'ovingtOn, the wife of James H. H.
'Ovington, of Laurel, Md. She was ill l
nth pneumonia and died suddenly in
It. Joseph Hospital, Baltimore, on
thursday, March 3, 1921. The funeral L
erVices were held at her home in
aurel and interment was made at +
arnlardy cemetery, Wilmington, on
unday, March 6. She was a member p
the M. e. Church and a sincere and
evoted Christian. Mrs. Covington was "a
daughter of the late James L. and u
incline Dyer of Lebanon, Del, and
of the late John Red 10
N and Elizabeth Watson of Milford. u
rs. A. H. Matthews and Miss Willie o1
yer of Rising Sun, Del, are her two :.
sters. She was a cousin to Ralston. Ia MIs
I'm R. and George Davis of Milford Ge
ID Mrs. c. c. Mills Of Philadelphia.
PHILLIPS .,
Many of the older residents of Mil liza
I'd will recall Mrs. Martha Bishop
lillips, widow of the late Vim. R. Oh
illips of Trenton, N. J. They lived
Church Hill for thirty years where ne
;. Phillips engaged in the fruit and
rsery business. Mrs. Phillips pass Br
away Saturday, March 12, 1921, at
age of seventy-four, after an ill Ia,
IS of five weeks at the home of her 7
lighter, Mrs. J. H. Pomeroy, 1547 D.
FELTON, street, Overlook, Philadel- \
a. She leaves. two brothers, T. C. We
lcombe, of Goldsboro, N. c.; VIM. I
Holcombe, of Pennington, N. j.; Oui
r sisters, Mrs. Rettie Reed. Mrs.
tie Burd, Mrs. Mary Sebold and ST
). Vetterlein. Funeral services took
'e last Tuesday in the Pennington N
sbyterian Church and she was Shu
at rest by the side of her hus- den
d and two daughters. She was a Mar
nan of a sweet amiable disposition City
a trule follower of her Saviour. rive
m she loved and served. sum
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