Milford chronicle., 1942-03-13
Obituary
DAVIS

Mrs. Mary Z. Davis, wife of for
mer City Councilman George r.
Davis, died at her home ON North
Walnut street, Milford last Thurs
day, March 5, 1912. Funeral SER
vices were held at her late resi-
dence Sunday afternoon at 2 o.
clock, with Rev. DR.. Frank Herson,
pastor of Avenue Methodist
Church, officiating. Mrs. Dicker-
son and Mrs. Swain of the Calvary
Methodist Church choir, sang. In
terment in Odd Fellows cemetery,
Milford. She is survived by her
husband and three children, Roy
Pusey, Dover; Raymond Pusey,
Clayton, and Mrs. Bonnie Herring
ton, of Houston.
MITTEN
Funeral services for Mrs. Della
Mitten. 70 years old. of Frederica.
who died Monday, March 9, 1912,
were held from the Frederica Meth
odist Church at 1:30 o'clock on
Thursday afternoon with interment
at Barratt's Chapel cemetery. The
Rev. N. C. Benson, former pastor
of the Frederick Church, officiated.
Mrs. Mitten, widow of Matthew
Mitten, was born at Glendale, but
lived all her married life at Fred
erica. She is survived by a son,
William B. Mitten, Dover; bro
ther. John Short, Glendale; sis
ter, Mrs. Katherine Short, of Phila-
delphia, and four grandsons.
HARRIS
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret
Harris of Lansdale, Pa, formerly
of Milford, was held from the Huss
Funeral Parlors of Lansdale on
Wednesday afternoon, March 4, in
charge of DR.. Alfred Murry of Lans-
dale Baptist Church, assisted by T.
A. Hall of Milford. Mrs. Harris is
survived by her husband, Elisha H.
Harris and four daughters, and one
son. the Misses Pearl and Myrtle, /
both school teachers in Pennsyl- !
vania; Mrs. Irene Turf, superinten-
dent of Kent Hospital, Dover; Miss
Media, superintendent of Maternity
Ward Hospital, Lansdale, and Fred,
accountant for the Willow Grove
and Heating Supply Com
pany. This family several years ago
were highly respected citizens of
our community, acting both in
church and grange work. Whole
hearted sympathy goes out to all
the family.
HINKIE
Mrs. Elizabeth Hinkie, wife OF
Joseph HinlIie, passed away i'll the
Milford Memorial Hospital on We'd !
nesday, March 4, 1912. Funeral SER I
vices were held Sunday afternoon
1t 2 o'clock from the Lofland Fu-
neral Home with Rev. Clifford c.
Iriener, pastor of First Baptist
Church, officiating. Interment in !
Odd Fellows cemetery, Milford. She {
S survived in addition to her hus- {
,and, by two daughters, Mrs. Leon
Fucker, of Milford, and Mrs. Ella 81
Nae Cannon of Bridgeville; her ia '
her, Burton Walls, of Milford; one |
lister, Mrs. Norman Hammond of
Dover, and five brothers, William, c
Harry, Burton and Roland G
Walls, all Oh MllIOru. l
MEYERS
Daniel F. Meyers, age 40 years, +
led at his home near Magnolia, v
asst Saturday, March Z, 1912. Flu n
eral services were held from his i
ate residence on Tuesday after
oon at o'clock, with Rev. w. E. n
ieckwith, pastor of Magnolia +,
hurch, officiating. Interment in /,
id Fellows cemetery, Camden. He r
survived by his wife and eleven "
William, Joseph, Orville, Il
ma, Ruth, Albert, Wilbur, Leon
I'd, Shirley, Robert, and Mrs. Will
IN Veadson; one sister, Mrs. Fred
after of Dover and two brothers,
arroll, of Wilmington, and Will
am of Roanoke, Va.
TATMAN Il
Wilbert Tatman died uneXpect-
lily of a heart attack March 2 at
is home in Wichita, Kansas. Mr.
a brother of the late c.
D. Tatman, of Milford, and B.
rank Tatman of Harrington, was
)TH Ill OuSSeA COuuly III 1oo1s AAS u
ent to Oatville, Kansas, in 1889.
enter the mercantile business
ith his brother, John. In 1895 he r,
owed to Wichita, Kansas, where ST
} went to work for the Jacob Dold
acking Company. In 1901 he en- Fa
red the grocery business for him no
If. He built, in 1910, the store no
Hiding and residence at 1856 /
1rth Waco street, Wichita. where Sc
was living at the time OF MS l '
ath. In 1925 he retired. He was ne
member of st. Paul's Methodist aw
lurch. in which he was active
It'll he died. Surviving are his IS
fe, Mrs. Elizabeth Tatman; one the
n, Wilbert Cooley Tatman, and Ed
o grandsons; one sister, Mrs. gel
Iarles A. Franklin, also of Wichi- stii
Kansas. Mr.. Tatman made sew ere
al trips to Delaware, the last one the
ing in the summer of 1887, when ser
came to visit the late c. M. shs