Milford chronicle., 1937-01-29
Obituary

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ter, Mrs. Madaline Collect, of Lin
coin and Carl Coverdale of Milford,
and one sister, Mrs. Clarence Welch,
of Milford. Funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon, January "a,
at 3 p. m, at the home. Rev. Handy
OF Lincoln, officiating. Interment in
Odd Fellows cemetery. Milford.
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HARRIS
Georgianna Harris, colored, of Mil
ford, died at her late home Friday,
January %. 1887, age 72 years. She
leaves two sons, Elmer and Clifford
Harris. of Milford. Funeral serv-
ices were held at the John Wesley
Church. Slaughter Neck, Monday,
January 25th, at o'clock The Rev.
Waters. of Milford. and the Rev.
Lockerman. of Lincoln, officiating.
Interment in Hickory cemetery,
/ Slaughter Neck.
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EVANS
l.. W. Evans, age So years, died in
the Milford Emergency Hospital,
Tuesday, January 26, 1887, following
short illness. Funeral services
will be held at his late residence in
Milford. this afternoon, Friday, Jan.
29th at O'Clock. Rev. Frank Her.
son. pastor of the Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church, Milford, will Of
ficiate. Interment in Odd Fellows
Cemetery. Milford. The deceased is
survived by one sister, Mrs. Russell
Evans. and several nieces and neph-
ews.
LOFLAND
John NJ. Lofland. age S5 years,
died at his home in Houston. on
Thursday, January 81, 1887, after a
long illness. Funeral services were
held at his late residence Sunday af-
ternoOn, January "a, at 1870 D. m.
The Rev. H. G. Kohl, pastor of the
Houston Church officiated. Inter-
ment in Odd Fellows cemetery, Mil
ford. Mr.. Lofiand, better known as
Uncle Jack" to Houston and Mil |
ford residents is survived by a wife,
one sister. Mrs. Sallie Laurence, of /
New Jersey and four grand children
and innumerable friends.
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HlGMAN
Mrs. Sallie Mills Higman. wife of
Charles Higman, aged 81 years, died
Wednesday morning, January 9th,
1887, at her late home on East Front
Street, Milford, after an illness of
several months from heart disease.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon friday at 8 o'clock from
the home. Interment in Odd Fell
lows Cemetery. Rev. Bailey, of the
Methodist Protestant Church officiat-
ing. Mrs. Higman is survived by
her husband. Charles Higman; two
Mrs. Benjamin Baylis of
Five Points, Lewes, and Mrs. Arthur
Reed of near town; one brother,
George Mills. of Milford. and four
sisters. Mrs. Ida Hoffman, Mrs. Mat /.
lie MCGOWAN. Mrs. Name Roehm, ;
md Mrs. Laura Searles. Is
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MESSICK
Following an illness of Is months
rom paralysis, DIR. George E. Mes
lick, 81, died at his home last Friday )
morning.
DR.. Messick, who up to the time
# his sickness was active in the =
'ractice of dentistry, was born in 4
Georgetown. He was an ardent
portsman and a member of Temple I
4odge, A. F.. & A. NJ. Milford. +
He is Survived by one son, Edwin b
iessick. assistant cashier and trust
fficer of the First National Bank Il
nd Trust Company of Milford; one
lister. Mrs. Pemberton Wilgus, of D
iillsboro. and one brother. DR., Will O
am Messick of Rehoboth. His wife, II
he former Miss Matte Purnell, h
aughter of the late Charles T. Pur- n,
ell of Georgetown, died about a q,
ear ago. The funeral was held
'om his home Sunday afternoon at
O'Clock. Interment in Odd Eel
'ws' cemetery.
FOSTER
Mrs. FlOssie Mae Foster, SIS years q
ID, wife of the late DR.. Roland H. .
oster. died Sunday afternoon, jan q,
ary "a, 1887, at her home in Will A
ington. after an illness of about ~
Iree months. Born in Milford, Mrs. -
Oster moved to Philadelphia when =,
young woman, where DR.. Foster vi
as practicing dentist for "a years.
fter his death ten years ago she
owed to Wilmington. Surviving 81
IF are two children, Mrs. Ina Mae II
ouffer and Charles H. Foster, both Sc
Wilmington; four brothers, DR.. ar
mes Hallett and DIR. William Hal an
tt, Wilmington; John Hallett, Mil
rd, and the Rev. Robert Hallett,
toona, Pa, and four sisters, Mrs.
,njamin Vinyard and Mrs. George
issell, Milford, Mrs. L. d. Shank, Ill
)ver, and Mrs. Gilbert Armstrong, of
toona. She was a member of the
'llyanna Branch of the Interna- W
NAL Sunshine Society and was act r.
g president of the Northfield Club,
group of graduates of the North ~.
Id, Mass, Seminary who live in ~
and the Tully Memorial in'
Church of Sharon Hill, We
!. Funeral services were held iot
esday night at o'clock at the
ines Funeral Home, Twenty-fourth faI
d Market Streets, Wilmington. Ad- Wis
ional services and interment were Re
Id in the Odd Fellows Cemetery,
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