Milford chronicle., 1944-12-29
OBITUARY
CLEAvER

DR.. Clarence Grant Cleaver' oi
S4-26 10th street, Richmond Hill
New York, former teacher. prin-
cipal. and representative of CHM
and Company. educational publish
ers, died Sunday, December 10. Of
myOcarditis after an eight months
: illness. DIR. Cleaver had been prin-
cipai of high schools in Milton
Lock Haven, and Sharon. Pennsyl-
vania. before becoming manager OF
the Pittsburgh office of CHM and
Company. He went to New York
in 1911 to take charge of the high
school and college department OF
the firm. He retired in 1899. but
took up the challenge of war and
taught physics to Army Aviation
Cadets in the war department of
Dickinson College Tor thirteen
months until March. 1914. Dr. Clea-
yer had been twice president of
the Dickinson College Alumni Club
of New York. vice president of the
Schoolmasters' Association of New
York and vicinity. and a member
of the National Education .Associa-
tion. the Middle Atlantic States and
Maryland Education Association.
and also held separate membership
in the historical division of that
general organization. the French
Association of New York. the SPAN
ish Association of New York. the
German Association of New York
h. IIfCfa,.xr Association Of Nnxrr
York. the Mathematics Association
of New York, the Classical Asso-
citation of New York and vicinity,
and Eastern Commercial Associa-
ton. He was also a member of
the Phi Delta Theta fraternity
which honored him with its scroll
of the Golden Legion last March,
/ He was a thirty-second degree Ma
son and a member of the Shrine of
both Ancient York and Scottish
( Rite. Born in Catawissa, Pa. Sep
I tember 25. 1868. DIR. Cleaver was
a graduate of Pennsylvania State
Preparatory School and Dickinson
I College where he received the de-
gree of bachelor of philosophy in
1894, the master of arts and bach
elor of laws degrees in 1895. He was
admitted to the bar of Cumberland
and Luzerne Counties, Pennsylva-
mia, in 1895. In May, 1914, Dickin-
son College conferred upon him the
honorary degree of doctor of liter
ature in appreciation of "a lifetime
of fruitful service to the education
al interests of America" He serv-
ed as steward and trustee of Trim
ity Methodist Church for many
years. and was also a member of
several committees Of the n. I.
East Methodist Conference. Sur
viving are his wife, Mrs. Ethelyn
Hardesty Celaver. native of Har-
rington. whom he married in 1907
in Washington. d. C.. and four chill
dren. Charlotte. Priscilla. Sergeant
C. Grant Cleaver. Jr., OF the Army
Air Forces at Roswell, y. NJ. and
Mrs Carl A. Lundgren of AnsOnia. 7.
Conn. Services We're held at s p. |
m. Tuesday. December -. in Trim
ity Methodist Church. Interment /
took place Wednesday. December
13. ar o'clock at Barratt's Chapel
cemetery. near Frederica.
FAVINGER
The funeral of Mrs. Willie Hitch
Favinger. IS years old, widow Of
Cyrus B. Favinger. of Frederick.
will be held from the McCreary .
Funeral HoMe. 270O Washington
street, Wilmington. at 10 O'Clock .
this Friday morning. Interment
will be at Barratt's Chapel. Mrs.
Favinger died on Monday. Decem
ber %, at the home of her son and
daughter-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam T. Hitch. Cranston Heights.
where she had been making her
home for some years. She had suf-
fered a stroke. In addition to Mr..
Hitch. Mrs. Favinger is survived by
four other children: James r.
Hitch, Milton: Mrs. Sarah E. Buck
master, Elsmere. and Wilson r.
Hitch. 120 East Twenty-fourth
street, Wilmington. all children by
a former marriage; a sister. Mrs.
Edith Horseman, Vienna, Md; IL
and five great
Mrs. Favinger was
born at Cambridge. Md.
WEATHERLY
Charles E. Weatherly, age II
years, died at his home in Lincoln
on Monday, December 25, after 4
long illness. He moved to Lincoln
from New York 80 years ago. He
is survived by one son. Roscoe c.,
of Long Island City, N. Y, and one
Mrs. Cora Weatherly of
Oneonta, n. Y, also five grandchil-
dren, and seven great-grandchil-
dren. Funeral services will be
held from his late home on Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment
will be made at the Lincoln ceme-
terry. Friends may call at the home
on Thursday evening.
RYDER
Louis Ryder, Sr., age 79 years,
passed away Sunday morning, De-
cember "a, at his late residence in .
Cedar Neck, near Milford. He is |
by his wife, Charlotte, and :
three sons, Henry, Louis and
George, all of Milford. Funeral SER ]
vices were held on Wednesday af- {
ternoon at one-thirty, from the Lof- /
land Funeral Home. Interment was !
made in Odd Fellows cemetery. i
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