Milford chronicle., 1944-12-15
Obituary
TATROE

away December 5th, 1914 at Cur
neys Point, New Jersey. Funeral
services were held at the William
A. Berry Funeral Home in Milford
on Saturday, December 9th with
Reverend DR.. Frank Herson, pas
tor of Avenue Methodist Church
officiating. Interment Oddfellows
Cemetery.
EISENBREY
Funeral services for Miss Mary
A. Eisenbrey. 81 years old, who
died in Dover on Friday. Decem-
ber s. were held from the Torbert
Funeral Home at 1870 o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon with the Rev.
C. Stanley Lowell, pastor of Wes-
ley Methodist Church, officiating.
Interment was made in Hollywood
Cemetery. Harrington. Miss Eisen-
brey was originally from Har-
ringtOn.
DEPUTY
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna
Deputy, rs years old, of l East 44th
Street, Wilmington, were held at
= p. m. Wednesday. from the Hearn
Funeral Home, 1902 Market Street,
followed by interment in Grace
lawn Memorial Park. The Rev. r.
High Adams. retired Methodist
pastor, ofiiciated.
Mrs. Deputy died Sunday morn
ing. December 10. at her home fol-
lowing a long illness. She had
lived in Wilmington for 40 years,
and was a former !, sident of Mil
ford and widow of George II.
Deputy. She is survived by two
children. Mrs. Sallie Manuel and
Mrs. Ethel Summers. both of Will
mington.
SOUTHARD
Harry Carter Southland. age II
years. well-known merchant of
Lincoln, and husband OF the late
Mary Curtin Southard. passed
away Tuesday, December y. 1914,
after long illness Death was due
to a heart condition from which
he had been suffering the past six
months. Mr.. Southland was a mem
Der of an old Delaware and New
York family and the last surviving
grandchild of the late Stephen S.
Southard. who helped in the found
ing of Lincoln. Mr. .Southard had
been in business in Lincoln for the
past AZ years and had established
the longest residence, in the town /.
having been born there. He is sur
vived by seven children: Mrs. JOS
eph A. Unsinn. Washington. d. c.;
Mrs. Earl p. Sheldon. Lincoln.
Del; Mrs. Walter B. COrley. Wash
ington. D. c.; Robert E. Southard.
d. c.: William S.
with the Army Air
Forces somewhere in France; l,
Eugene Southard. Silver Spring.
and Philip c. Southard.
d. c. Also surviving
are five grandchildren and one
great grandchild.
HASTINGS
Robert j. Hastings, age ~ years,
months and 10 days, passed away
1t his home near Bridgeville, ear.
y Tuesday morning, December y.
he had not been well for
he past two weeks he was not SER
ously i'll until he suffered a stroke
IN Monday. Funeral services were
leld at his late home on Friday last
It 2 p. m. Rev. Robert E. Green of
Smyrna, former pastor of Trinity
Methodist Church. and Rev. A. Z.
of Greenwood. were in
-harge of the service. Interment
It Bridgeville. Besides his wife.
Della Layton Hastings, he is sur
lived by the following children:
,lrs. Margaret Welker of Philadel-
,hia. Mrs. Blanche WheatIey of
Mrs. Florence Adams
nd William Hastings of Whining
on. Mrs. Rachel White of near
and Miss Grace +.
hastings and r. Clinton Hastings
L home. One brother. William Has
ings of near Bridgeville; 10 grand
and three great-grand1
hildren. Mr. Hastings had resid- |
ID on the farm where he died for J
he past A years He was life .
ong member of Trinity Methodist S
'hurch and Sunday school super
ntendent for a number of years.
PASSWATERS
Millard H. Passwaters. As years
Id. died Tuesday. December II.
944, in his home on South Street
smyrna. He was the son of Ris-
EN- Passwaters and Lillian Glen Z
aniel Passwaters, both of Della l
fare. Funeral services were held q
n the FAIRIES Funeral Chapel on
thursday, at p. m, with the Rev. :
tobert E. Green. pastor of Asbury {
Church, in charge. In
erment will be made in Odd Eel l
Dw's Cemetery, Smyrna.
Mr.. Passwaters was born in I
Del. and had lived in q
myrna 81 years. He is survived a
y his wife. Mrs. Florence Budd
'asswaters, and the following
hildren: Elmer B. Passwaters, l
amp Stewart. Ga; Millard H. q
'asswaters. Jr., u. S. Army in a
rance; Joseph B. Passwaters. I
myrna; Miss Florence E. Pass Y
Smyrna. J
The following brothers and sis Y
ers survive: Risden Passwaters. !
r., Milford; Mrs. Helen Bennett, v
'orklyn; Mrs. Elizabeth Getty, q
ewark; Mrs. Florence Galloway, t
Mrs. Anna M. Collins, |
harrington: Mrs. Dorothy Shuttle I
over, Harrington; Mrs. Elsie t
Telch, Milford; Thomas Pass ]
'aters, Milford; Harrison Pass
-aters, U. S. Navy; and Eugene o
asswaters, U. S. Marine Corps. S
A veteran of the first World I
lar, having served as sergeant a
rst class in the Quartermaster /
orps, he was member of the 5
avid c. Harrison Post No. IA,
merican Legion, and has been the !