Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
Deaths Of the Week

WIGGIN
Funeral services for Mrs. Zaidee
Beardsley Wiggin, So years old,
known to thousands of Wilmington
residents and former servicemen as
Mrs. Virgins, room directory ser
vice." were held at 2 p. m. on Sun
day in st. Anne's Episcopal Church,
Middletown. The Rev. Kenneth E.
Clarke, rector, Officiated. Interment
was made in the family plot in Old
st. Annes Cemetery.
Mrs. Wiggin, widow of George H.
Wiggin of Townsend, died of a
heart attack Thursday, February
%, at 1915 Washington street,
where she conducted her Office, the
Wilmington Room Directory.
Born at Lincoln, a daughter of
the late Augustus and Katherine
ShOckley Beardsley, she was edu-
Gated in the public schools, and for
a number of years before her mar
Tiage taught school in Sussex and
New Castle Counties.
Following her marriage, she lived
about 20 years at Townsend, where
she was active in the Parent-Tea-
cher Association and other organi-
cations. She went to Wilmington
after the death of her husband.
She was a member of the Cathe-
dral Church of st. John, the Busi-
ness and Professional Women's
Club, and the Chamber of C"m-
merce.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. P. L. McWhOrter, Jr., Odessa,
and Mrs. E. Merritt Savin, Town
send; a son, George B. Wiggin,
Newark; six sisters, Miss Ethel J.
Beardsley, Mrs. H. 2. Clendaniel,
and Mrs. Myrtle Kibler, all of Lin
coin; Miss Nell A. Beardsley and
Mrs. M. L.. Mills of Milford, and
Mrs. J. Osborne Willis of Dover.
and six grandchildren.
GORDY
Harold Benton Gordy, age 80
years, of Ocean City, Md, died of a
heart attack in Miami, Florida, last
Thursday night.
Born in Georgetown, he was a
son of Mrs. Ida Gordy and the late
Harvey J. Gordy He is survived
by his mother, who lives near
Georgetown; his wife, Mrs. Eliza
beth Strohecker GOrdy and two
children, Harold Benton GOrdy, Jr.,
and Betty Showell Gordy, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Orlando King, Stevens
vile, Md. Mrs. Kathryn Gordy Ba-
ker of Wilmington, and Miss Alice
Gordy of Georgetown, are half-sis-
ters.
Mr. Gordy was a graduate of the
Georgetown High School, class of
1885. He attended Goldey Business
College and the University Of Del
aware, graduating from the Univer-
sity in 1941. He was a member of
the Theta Chi Fraternity. For a
year he taught a class in agricul-
ture in the Georgetown High
School, In July of 1912 he was
inducted into the U. S. Coast Guard
and sent to the Coast Guard Acad-
emy, at New London, Conn, grad
uating from there in November of
the same year with an ensign's
commission. He was stationed at
Cape May, Lewes, the University
of Ohio, and at Manhattan, N. Y,
then going on sea duty. He was
released on inactive status in No
vember of 1945, with the rank of
lieutenant, senior grade. A member
of the Coast Guard Reserve, he had
expected to be recalled to service
this spring.
After release from the service.
Mr.. Gordy located at Ocean City,
Md, where he was a member of
st. Paul's By-the-Sea P. e. Church.
being member Of the choir and a
teacher in the Sunday school, He
was a S2nd degree Mason.
Funeral services were held in ST.
Paul's P. 3. Church, Ocean City, on
Monday afternoon of this week, at
two o'clock. Rev. DR.. De Wees,
rector Of the church officiated and
Masonic rites we're conducted by
the Masonic lodge of Ocean CITY,
His body was taken to Georgetown
and Inferred in st. Johns Metho-
dist Cemetery, about five miles
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