Milford chronicle., 1946-12-27
Obituary

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SCOTT
Miss Anna Drew Scott, aged 46
years, passed away Friday, De-
cember 20, at Elizabeth, New Jersey
after a long illness directly re-
sulting from an accident. Funeral /
services were held in st. Johns K. |
c. Church, Milford, at nine o'clock !
Monday morning. Interment in Odd
Fellows cemetery. Survivors are
H. F. Scott and children of Hous-
ton and Bertha Johnston of Stock
ley. She was the daughter of the
late julius E. and Nellie Scott. Mr..
Scott, with the late Colonel Theo-
dore Townsend, founded the Mil
! ford Chronicle in October 1878. Her
mother was a talented writer. She
taught at one time in Dover High
School but of late years was prin-
cipal of the Carteret High School,
Carteret, New Jersey. She main
tanned an interest in Milford all of
her life and every summer would
open the family home on North
West Front Street.
LEGAR
I Funeral services for Mrs. Helen
Bryant Legar, wife of Jesse F. Le-
gar, of Clarke avenue, Milford,
were held from the w. A. Berry
Funeral Home on Tuesday after
, noon at 2:30 o'clock. Interment in
Odd Fellows cemetery.
, An active member of the Kent
Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star
, and a former member of the state
staff for that organization, Mrs.
Legar died last Sunday, December
? %, at her home following an illness
: of several months. She was also a
member of the auxiliary of the Mil
ford Post, American Legion, and
a member of the First Presbyterian
/ Church.
= In addition to her husband, she
is survived by her mother, Mrs
9 Edward Bryant of Milford, a son
S DR.. Myron Boone of Dover, and q
brother, Myron Bryant of Pitts
; burgh, Pa.
Mrs. Legar was possessed of &
cheerful disposition and was ever
ready with kind deed or helpful
word. She will be missed.
HAMMOND
Miss Ella P. Hammond, S4 years
j, old, died after long Illness las
u Friday, December 20, at her home
;, 307 South Washington street ii
o Milford. She WIS a native of thi
n community.
Surviving are three brothers, w
d F., and E. T. Hammond of Phila
n delphia, and H. D. Hammond O
" FELTON,; six nieces and five nep
II hewS.
f. Funeral services were held froI
le the residence last Sunday afternOo
= at l o'clock, with the Rev. Fran
lie Herson of the Milford Methods
& Church officiating. Interment i
i'd Barratt's Chapel cemetery.
T. FLEMING
IL Mrs. Mary Elvira Fleming, wit
he Of Thomas Fleming died at tn
home of her daughter, Mrs. Ann
Postles in Milford on Wednesda
lg morning, December 25th.
e. Funeral services will be held Z
a. the Berry Funeral Home in Hal
c. rington on Saturday afternoon, d.
ne Cember 2Sth at 1:30. Rev. ], Harl
as Wright will officiate and intermel
will be made in Hollywood Gem
he terry in Harrington.
he She is survived by her husban
d. and three daughters, Mrs. Anr
ry Postles, Mrs. Catherine Lare, bot
'ol of Milford, and Mrs. Elizabe
Ii Richards of Newark, Delawar
In, three sons, William A. Fleming
S. Berlin, Md, John l.. Fleming
nd Milford and Charles E. Fleming
di- Wilmington, 10 grandchildren al
er three great grandchildren.
us Friends may call at the Funer
Home on Friday evening.
L
George H. ID. Pierce, So years o
AK of 261 Lemonte street, RoxborOue
Pa, lumber inspector and buyer
American Bridge Company, static
the ed at Pencoyd, until his retireme
in 1881, died of pneumonia on S;
ire urday, December Ia, at Memor
Hospital in Roxborough, where
IA, was a patient a week. He was
:. five weeks.
the A resident of RoxbOrough for
years, he was born in Milford, d
at For 10 years he and his wife, M
Martha Denges Pierce lived on
the farm at Lincoln City. In Aug
1915, the couple returned to tn
ost Roxborough home.
Mr.. Pierce was member
ost Palestine Lodge, 40, f. and A.
Benjamin Franklin Consistory, E
the levue Council, 148, Sons g
Daughters of Liberty and Wa
the ington Camp so, P. o. S. of A.
In addition to Mrs. Pierce, he
the survived by two daughters, N
John d. Schofield, of Pechin {
lnl- Pensdale streets, Roxborough,
and Mrs. David W. McFadden
home whose husband conducts