Milford chronicle., 1944-04-28
Obituary
TITUS

TITUS
Mrs. Mary f. Titus, age 81 years
of Cedar Neck, Milford, passed
away in the Milford Memorial Hos
pital on Monday morning, April "a
She was the widow of the late j
W. Titus. She is survived by tive
daughters, Mrs. Duane Lynne an'
Mrs. Philip Jacobs, who made theil
home with their mother. Funera
services were held on Wednesda!
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
Lofland Funeral Home. lntermen
was made in the Odd Fellows Gem
etery. Milford Reverend John De
Chant. pastor of the Presbyterian
Church. otficiated.
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MASTEN
Mrs. Wilmina Harrington Mas
ten. g3 years old. widow of William
J. Masten. died Thursday, April 20
at the home of a son-in-law and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
F. Taylor. POLO Van Buren, street,
Wilmington. She had been ill a
week. Mrs. Masten, who formerly
lived in Harrington, which was
named for her grandfather, Ben
iamin Harrington, was the Oldest
member of the Methodist Church
in Harrington. Until about a year
ago. she spent her time reading,
sewing. and knitting for the Red
Cross. Mrs. Masten. daughter of
the late Robert and Mary Anne
Harrington. first married Charles
W. Peck of FELTON,. Seven children
OF this union survive. They alt
Mrs. Harriet W. Dodge and Mrs
Anne P. Martin of Sacramento
Calf; Mrs. Emma Sabitzky. Rob
ert II. Peck. Charles l.. Peck. Mrs
Ruth Heath. all of Harrington. anC
Mrs. Taylor, with whom she lived
Other survivors are two brothers
Daniel A. Harrington OF FELTON,
and Frank Harrington OF Pasaden-
4. Calf: 81 grandchildren and l.
great grandchildren. She later
married Mr.. Hastings. who died
about six years ago. Funeral SER
vices were held at the Boyer Flu
neral Home in Harrington at l:3(
o'clock Sunday. Interment made il
Hollywood cemetery.
LYONS
Charles J. Lyons. a life long res
ident of the Reliance-F -Finchvillt
community of Dorchester County
Md. died very suddenly at hi.
home near Reliance early Tuesday
morning. April IS. He was fount
lying on the steps leading to the
second floor of the house, appar.
emily having suffered a heart at
tack. Mr.. Lyons was 81 years oi
age. the son of the late William
d. and Irena O'Day Lyons. He
spent his life farming. Surviving
are two sisters: Mrs. Earl Con-
nelly of fredericksburg. Md. and
Mrs. William Holmes of Marcus
Hook. Pa; and three brothers
Winnie and Vernon l.. Lyons of
Milford, and Ernest J. Lyons of
Marcus Hook. Pa. Funeral SER
vices were held on Thursday after
noon at o'clock at the Framptom
Funeral Chapel with DR.. Franklin
Is. Baily, pastor of Christ Metho-
dist Church. officiating. Interment
took place in Hill Crest Cemetery.
fredericksburg.
VESSEL
The funeral of John Thomas
Vessel. Sr.. age IS years of near
Wyoming, will take place from the
Berry Funeral Home in FELTON,. this
afternoon Fridayl at . o'clock. In
terment will be made in Odd Fell
lows cemetery at Camden. Mr..
Vessel passed away at his home on
Monday evening. April "a. after an
illness of about a week. He is sur
vived by his wife. Mrs. Wilmina
Vessel; two daughters, Mrs. Roy
Case. of Viola. Mrs. Penuel Jacobs,
of Chester, Pa; two sons. Harry
Vessel of Wyoming and John
Thomas Vessel. Jr., of Dover, also
loul 81 iduuCllluTell, OHe SlSl6T, MIS-.
Amelia Storey of Chestertown, Md. !;
one brother. Bart Vessel of Cen
treville, Md; three half-brOthers,
Walter Vessel of Barkley, Md. /;
Reese Vessel of Camden and The
odore Vessel of Clayton and half
sister, Mrs. Ida Alexander of Do
yer.
WHITE
Funeral services for Charles A.
White. of Philadelphia, president
of the SeashOre Supply and Man
ufacturing Company of Atlantic
City, were held in that city on Mon
day evening at $50 o'clock. Mr..
White died Friday, April 81, at his
home. Connected with the Hajoea
Corporation in Philadelphia he
was a member of the Masons.
Knights Templars, Lu Lu Temple
and Baptist Temple, Surviving is
his wife. Fannie. Interment in
Odd Fellows cemetery, Camden, on
Tuesday of this week.