Milford chronicle., 1948-11-19
Obituary
SEYMOUR

Edward F. Seymour, age 81 years
died at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Waitman Ryan, on North Washing
ton street, Milford, with whom he
had made his home for over forty
years on Wednesday morning at
$3.50 o'clock, after an illness of
several weeks. Mr.. Seymour came
to Milford about 1902, and was en-
plOyed by the L. d. Caulk Com
pany for almost a quarter of a cen
tury before his retirement in 1941.
/ Mr.. Seymour was a faithful mem
Der of the Calvary Methodist
Church, and was a member of the
local Jr. 0. U. A. NJ.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs.
Amelia Davis of Washington, D.
c., and a nephew, Seymour Wentz
of New York.
Funeral services will be held at
the Berry Funeral Home in Milford
this (Friday) afternoon at 200 o.
clock. in charge of Rev. David W.
Baker, pastor of Calvary MethO-
dist Church. Interment will be
made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery,
Milford.
WEIGH
Howard Cow Welch. of Garden
City, n. Y, died November 13 and
was buried in Barratt's Chapel
Cemetery on Tuesday. He was
born in Milford in 1882, son Of
James and Jean Welch, merchants.
He graduated from Milford school,
Goldey Institute, Delaware College
and Cornell University. He mar
ried Eta ROat, of FELTON,, and had
two daughters, Agnes and Jean
Louise. His outstanding character
istic was service to humanity. Dur
ing first World War he was known
as Dad" by three million soldiers,
sailors and Marines stationed at
! League Island Navy Yard in Phila-
delphia, where he was a war camp
community service director. His
work was considered so important
that a report of it was included in
philadelphia During the War.
Later, as industrial YMCA secre-
tary at Reading, Pa, the work he
did among the foreign element
reached the attention of Philadel-
phia Commissioner of Welfare, and
: he was asked to become religious
and recreatiOnal director at the
/ House Of Correction and Home fOI
INDECENT at HOlmesburg, Pa, where
: he was instrumental in establish
, ing many reforms and benefits fOl
! the inmates. He was fund
' raiser for many hospitals, schools
Y and private institutions before be
coming medical claims auditor fol
r the Nassau County Department o
d Welfare, a position he held unit
Q his death. He is survived by hi
d wife, Eta; daughters, Mrs. LOui
= Harfin, and Jean-LOuise; grand
= daughters, Jeanne Harfin; sister
:. Mary E. Welch, of Reading, Pa.
9 brother, Eugene Welch, of NewpOr
V News, Va. He was affiliated wit
t Christs First Presbyterian Church
y Hampstead, n. Y, where he was
:. Sunday-schOOl teacher for eightee
e years and an outstanding christia
layman and Bible student. MI
1t Welch was related to Mr.. and Mrs
V Samuel c. Evans, Mrs. SimeO
: Richardson and Mrs. Laura Ennis
h all of Milford.
MITCHELL
q Robert Muir Mitchell, Treasure
# Of the J. B. Van Solver Co, Camde
is Furniture Manufacturers, died las
J. Saturday at his home, 1902 Pelhal
IT Ave. MeechwOOd, HavertOwn, Pi
= He was So, a native Of Scotland. NJ
IS Mitchell came to this county wit
his parents when he was a boy. H
was a graduate Of the University {
Pennsylvania where he became
member Of the Tau Delta Kapp
Fraternity. Mr.. Mitchell became as
Is sOciated with the Van Solver fir
II in 1918 and at the time Of his deaf
was Treasurer and a director of tn
+ company which, in addition to il
n store and furniture factory in Can
ID den, has stores in Allentown, Lar
s. caster, Wilmington and Trenton. II
81 also was a director of the Fidelit
c Mutual Savings and Loan AssOci;
&c ton, 423 Market St, Camden. SUI
t. viving are his wife, Blanch Co
tc Mitchell, a daughter, Jane, thrt
sisters. Mrs. Walter Brown
ne Springfield, Delaware County, Mr.
h. Harry Eby of Haverford and Mis-
Elizabeth H. Mitchell and a brothe
id William, both of Upper Darby, Pr
ne vate funeral services were he
LTnesdaV November 18th