Milford chronicle., 1940-12-13
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SWANSON

SWANSON
Gustaf A. Swanson, age 81 years,
a well known cabinet maker, resid-
ing in the Shawnee section near Mill
/ ford, died early Sunday evening,
December s. 1910. in the Milford
Memorial Hospital. following a short
illness. Funeral services were held
at his late residence on Wednesday
! afternoon of this week at o'clock
Rev. John Jackson Brown. Jr., pas
tor of the First Presbyterian Church,
Milford. officiated. Interment was
( made in Odd Fellows cemetery, this
city. He is survived by a wife, the
] former Miss Bertha L. Welcome, and
three children, Carl, Charlotte and
! Natalie, and one sister, Anna, of Mil
ford. Mr.. Swanson's parents were
born in Sweden, but arrived in this
country over sixty years ago, sett-
ling at Dubois. Pa, where Mr. Swan
son was born, and lived until 1903,
when he moved to Delaware. A gen.
tleman and a loving husband and
father. Mr.. Swanson, better known
as Gus" to his hosts OF friends was
happiest when he was busy repair
ing and restoring to their former
beauty objects Of antique wood
work
HOUSEMAN
Mrs. John F. HOuseman, aged "a |
years, died at her late residence on |
South Walnut street, Milford, Mon
day, December 8, following a long |
illness. Funeral services were held
at her home, Thursday afternoon, at
two O'Clock, with Rev. DIR. Robert
Hallett, of Milford, officiating. In
terment in Odd Fellows Cemetery,
Milford. She is survived by the fol-
lowing children: Mrs. Alfred H.
Carey, of Milford, Mrs. Howard G.
Sapp and Mrs. Roy Webb. Of Milford,
and John F. Houseman, Jr., of Dover.
WARREN
Funeral services for Mrs. Lydia
Wilson Warren, age 80 years, widow
Of the late James H. Warren, who
passed away at the residence Of her
son, near Glendale, on Saturday,
December z, 1910, were held on We'd !
nesday of this week at 2 o'clock at
her residence near Glendale and
interment was made in the Red
Mems cemetery, Ellendale, with the
Rev. r. Crum, of Glendale, and DR..
R. G. Conner of Kenton, officiating.
Mrs. Warren is survived by two !
laughter. Mrs. Arthur Jones and
Mrs. Marshall Wilson, both living
near Glendale; one son, Webster
Glendale, r. D.; one bro
her, James S. Johnson, Of Milton,
Ind by one sister, Mrs. Allitta JEFF
erson Of Glendale, r. D.
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WILKINS
Robert z. Wilkins, 7S-year-old
armer Of Sussex county at Mills
'oro, departed this life Friday, De- 2
ember s, 1910. Mr.. Wilkins had been
n asthma sufferer for several Z
ears. He had been failing more in
lealth since the Thanksgiving holi-
ays and being unable to recuperate I.
rom an attack, passed away. Mr.. y
Wilkins was a well known and like !
BILE character. He never was with !
ut humorous words and pleasant Z
miles for ones he met. He had been y y
member OF Carey's Methodist Z
hurch for the past SO years and :,
extant for a number of years. He !.
lsO served on the Millsboro school :
oard. He was one Of the Oldest and &
lost widely known holly wreath s;
uyers in Sussex county, having =
Iarted buying when the wreath bus z
less was in its infancy, about SO Y, y
ears ago. He had been a faithful = I.
re warden, having served under y
aber and Goodrich, State Fores- q
RS, Dover, since 1880. ''UncIe Bob"
lie fire fighter, as he was addressed
= his comrades and crew has stop ol
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