Smyrna times., 1935-01-24

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Herbert Wright, Kenton; James,
Clarence, William and Leon
Dempsey, all of Smyrna. Fun
eral services took place from
her late residence on Monday in
charge of the Rev. c. w. Spry of
Stevensville, Md, former pastor of
st. Paul Church, Clayton. Inter
ment was in Odd Fellows Gem
etery.
DR.. Joseph p. Comegys Passes
DIR. Joseph Parsons Comegys, a
scion of a noted Delaware family,
who was post surgeon of the Rock
Island, ILL.,, arsenal during the
World War, with the rank of cap
tain, died Friday at his home, 1926
East Fifty-seventh Street, New
York City, of Pneumonia following
three years of invalidism. He was
born in Covingtou, KY, sixty-nine
years ago, a son of Cornelius p.
Comegys, of Dover, and a great
grandson of the Cornelius P. Com
egys who was Governor of Della
ware in 1888. His first American
ancestor was Cornelius Comegys,
who came from Lexmont, Holland,
to Nieuw Amsterdam in 1854. Af-
ter graduating from the jefferson
Medical College in 1891 DIR. Com
eggs practiced in Rock Island I'M
til he moved to New York after
the armistice. He was a member
of the American Medical Associa-
tion, County Medical Society, Sons
of the Revolution and the Holland
oSciety. Four daughters survive.
They are Miss zelina de M. Com
egys, Mrs. Theodore P. Peardon,
Mrs. John c. Klum and Mrs. H.
Howell Bartlett.
Mrs. Jane III. Clifton of FELTON,
Mrs. Jane H Clifton, 81, widow
of Jehu Clifton, formerly of Eel
ton, died Friday night at the home
of her son, Jehu Clifton, AT West
Twenty-sixth street, Wilmington,
after four weeks illness. Mrs.
Clifton was a native of FELTON, and
was a sister-in-law of the late DIR.
]. w. Clifton of Smyrna. She was
an active member of the Avon
Club of FELTON,, Of which she was
made an honorary member after
moving to Wilmington ten years
ago. She was affiliated with the
women's auxiliary of st. Andrews s
Church in Wilmington. Her son is
her only survivor. Funeral servic-
es were held in Barratt's Chapel
near Dover on Monday at 2 p. m,
with interment in the adjoining
cemetery.
j. Edward Palmatary, Dover, Dead
J. Edward Palmatary, 58 years
old, assistant postmaster of Dover
for the past five years, died We'd
nesday in a Philadelphia hospital
where he was operated upon last
Monday for a tumor on the brain.
He had been in failing health for
several months. Mr.. Palmatary
had been employed in the postof-
flee for the past 25 years. He is
survived by his wife and one broth
er and a sister Funeral services
were held at his late home on
Wednesday afternoon with inter-
ment following in Lakeside ceme-
terry. Mr.. Palmatary was a mem
Der of the Knights of Pythias, I'm
proved Order of Odd Fellows and
the Junior Order United American
Mechanics.
John A. Tobin, Funeral Director
John A. Tobin, So, president of
John A. Tobin and Son, funeral di-
rectors at Middletown and at Mill
ington, Md, died at his home in
Middletown Wednesday night fol-
lowing an illness from complica-
tions. He is survived by his wife
Mrs. Sarah G. Tobin; one son, John
H.Tobin, of Millington; two grand
children, and one brother, George
T. Tobin, of New Castle. Mr.
Tobin was a member of Union
Lodge, A. F. and A. M, of Dia-
mond Council, Jr., o. u. A. M, OF
the Odd Fellows Lodge at Massey
The funeral took place from his
late home Sunday afternoon at one
o'clock, interment at North East
Maryland.
George Scout, Former Smyrnian
George Scout, aged Sc, a former
well known farmer of this vicinity
died suddenly Friday evening al
his home at Summit Bridge, o1
general debility. He was a bach
elor. His only survivors are three
sisters: Mrs. Seth Mills, German.
town, Philadelphia, Pa; Mrs. Will.
liam G. Bowles and Miss Elizabeth
Scout, Elizabeth, N. ]. His re.
mains were inferred in Old Bethe
Cemetery, near Cheswold, Monday
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