Milford chronicle., 1946-12-13
Obituary
KIRBY

KIRBY
James r. Kirby, age 20 years,
passed away at his home on South
East Second Street Sunday eve
ming, December s, 1916 Besides .
his wife he is survived by three .
daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Majors. /
Mrs. Mary Miller of Baltimore,
Mrs. Edna Archbelle of Elizabeth
City, North Carolina, and two sons,
Robert and Frank Kirby, both of
Milford, and three sisters, Mrs.
Anna Kiefer and Mrs. Kate Kirby
of Baltimore and Mrs Nettie STRIP ,
mOrisky; two brothers, Leo and
Arthur Kirby of Baltimore; also
seven grandchildren. Mr.. Kirby
had been with the Torsch Canning
Factory almost all of his life. Flu
neral services were held Tuesday
evening, December 10, 1916, from
the LOfland Funeral Home. Burial
Cemetery near Baltimore The
Rev. John NJ. DeChant officiated.
BRUNING
George L. Bruning of Ceilings
dale, Pa, who was stricken while
visiting his daughter Mrs. Lillian
B. Singer of Wilmington, died last
Thursday, December 5, 1916. in the
Memorial Hospital. A construction
engineer for the Philadelphia Elec-
tric Company, Mr.. Bruning was a
native of Baltimore. In addition to
his daughter, he is survived by: His
wife, Mrs. Mary Milman Bruning, a
son, Lieutenant-Comma James
NJ. Bruning, two brothers, John of
Norfolk Va, and William, of Balti-
more. one sister, Mrs Eleanora
Marvel of Newport News, Va, and
two grandchildren. He was 81.
Funeral ser vices were held at the
McCrery Funeral Home, 2700
Washington Street. Wilmington,
Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
Interment was made in Gracelawn
Memorial Park.
WALLS
Mildred r. Walls. aged 81 years,
passed away at the home of her
sister. Mrs. Bessie Lindale, Mil
ford. Tuesday. December 10, after
long illness. Funeral services will
be held Saturday afternoon at 2
! pm. at the Berry Funeral Home,
Milford. Interment Odd Fellows
Cemetery. Friends may call at
the Funeral Home this evening,
Friday, December 18th, after Z
o'clock. She is survived by her
husband, Homer E. Walls, one sis
ter, Mrs. Bessie Lindale. She was
the daughter of the late Plenty and
Jennie Todd.
WARREN
Isaac Fisher Warren, Sr., died
very suddenly at his home in Ell
lendale on Monday, December ?,
1916, aged 65 years.
Widely known throughout the
county, his kindly disposition and
genial temperament won him a
host of friends to who he always
extended a helping hand.
The funeral in Ellendale Church
was conducted by Rev. Bundick
pastor, and Rev. Wright of Lincoln
an eX-pastor and friend of the de-
/, ceased.
Floral tributes and the large con-
course of friends and acquaintance
es bespoke of the esteem in which
/, Isaac Warren has held.
He leaves his widow, Mrs Mary
, Warrington Warren, one son, Isaac
Fisher Warren, Jr., of Washington
ID. c., an accountant in the Recon.
| structiOn Agency of the U S. gov.
ernment, and who at the time o.
his fathers passing returned by
: plane from Flo, Brazil, South Am
erica. His daughter is Mrs. Mil
: dred Warren Fatzinger, a teacher
: in high school in Albany, n. Y
: Three grandchildren, Virginia ant
, Carl Warren Fatzinger, with Ste
f phen Fisher Warren-these are tn,
= immediate family who mourn thei
4 loss.
Intermont in Odd Fellows Gene
terry, Milford, December Z, 1916.
} POTTER
Funeral services for William I
t Potter, 81, formerly of Wilmington
= were held at the HirZel Funera
S Home, Elmhurst, at 2 o'clock Sat
= urday afternoon. Interment wa
), made in Silverbrook Cemetery, Will
,, mingtOn.
t Mr.. Potter, who died on Wednes
II day, December at his home in De
t troit, Mich, was the son of Waite
'. T., and the late Phoebe Potter. II
t moved to Detroit several years ag(
Surviving are: His father and
d brother. Dushane Potter, both c
d Marshallton; two sisters. Mrs Ma
S Russell, Milford, and Mrs. Esthe
e Reed, Holloway Terrace, an
+ several nieces and nephews.
e Mr. Potter died at tha home Of