Milford chronicle., 1947-12-19
Obituary
BENNETT

Wilbur Parsons Bennett, aged DO
years, a lifelong resident of this
community, passed away suddenly
Wednesday evening, December IL.
Funeral services will be held Sun
day at the Berry Funeral Home in
Milford, with Rev. John NJ De
Chant, pastor of First Presbyterian
Church, officiating. Mr.. Bennett is
survived by wife, Clara Bennett;
three sons, Norman Bennett, of
Newark, Thomas P. Bennett, of
Rehoboth, and Daniel, at home,
and one daughter, Florence, who is
student at Westminster Choral
College, Princeton, N. j. Friends
may call at the funeral home after
seven o'clock on Saturday evening.
BANTA
Guy ]. Banta, native Whining
tonian and a former frequent visi-
tor of Milford and Sussex County
died on Monday, December 1, In
Los Angeles, California, where he
had made his home for the past rs
years. Funeral services will be held
on Tuesday afternoon at 2 p. M, in
| the Lofiand Funeral Home, Milford
with interment following in the Ode
Fellows Cemetery, Milford.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Dorothy S. Banta, one son, Edwin
Banta Of Los Angeles, a sister, Mrs
Mary M. Baker of Fort Collins, Co
dorado and two brothers, Edwin o.
Smyrna and Claude of Elsmere ant
cousin, Stuart Walton.
CULLEN
Funeral services for William S
Cullen, 81, retired farmer of nea
FELTON,, were held Wednesday af
ternoon at the Berry Funeral Home
FELTON,, with the Rev. Robert Hodg
son of Princess Anne, Md, officiat
ing. Interments was made in Can
terbury Cemetery. Mr. Cullen, hus
band of the late Ella Cullen, die
Sunday, December Ia, in Milfor
Memorial Hospital. He is SURVIVES
by daughter, Mrs. w. T. Eliasor
Eelton; two sisters, Mrs. Joh
Davis and Mrs. Sadie Speel, @
Willow Grove, and two grandchil
dren.
: DONOVAN
: Mrs. Lille ]. Donovan, age 6
l years, wife of John Goldey Dono
: van, died suddenly at her hom
E near Milton, on Saturday, Decem
= ber 13. Mrs. Donovan was tn
e daughter of the late Mary and E
e Workman. Funeral services wer
: held on Tuesday at two o'cloc
: from the Wilson Funeral Home i
= Milton. Interment was made i
n Odd Fellows cemetery, Milton. Re-
J. Charles F. Louhoff of Nassau, off
t ciating. Surviving in addition [
: the husband, are two sons, Al
{. thur and Eldridge of Milton; or
It sister, Mrs. Lot Donovan of Mi
i ford and one brother, Arthur Worl
/ man of Canada.
It MARSH
> Funeral services were held c
Wednesday afternoon in the Atkil
!" funeral home, Lewes, for Mrs Ii
lian Thompson Marsh, 50, who die
Monday, December Is, in the hon
of her son, Charles Marsh, ne,
:, = Angola. The deceased was a dire
q descendant of Peter Marsh, yeoma
,f one of the original 18th centu,
~ - land owners around Cape Henlope
G Peter Marsh built the "Mansi,
A. House of the Plantation" on VIII
ot old records refer to as Pag;
ot Creek, which is now known as T,
Homestead, owned and occupied
,g Col. and Mrs. Wilbur S. Corkra
m Mrs. Marsh was born in April, T8t
g. daughter of the late Rhodes a
IL Hetty Marsh Thompson. She W
e. the widow of Charles A. Mar:
re Sussex farmer. Besides her Sc
ch Charles, she is survived by a
a other son, Peter Marsh, of Rel
UT both; one sister, Mrs. c. J. Lyn'
o. of Centralia, Wash; seven graz
do children, including Mrs. Paul Re-
er of Millsboro.. The Rev. DR.. Will;
n Leishman, pastor of the Lew
a Presbyterian Church, conduct
ng the service. Burial was made
the Marsh private cemetery off |
Lewes Rehoboth Highway, M
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