Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23
OBITUARY

Milford, was buried last Sunday.
He had been living at the Adams
home since the death of his wife
five years ago.
He was a son of Thomas and
Emmaline Farens. Besides his
daughter he is survived by a son,
]. Davis Farens of Slaughter Neck .
and two foster-sOns, John Finnity /
and Raymond Svchurman, both of
Milford.
! Mr.. Farens was a charter mem /
ber of the Jr. o. U. A. NJ, No. 8,
of Milford, and a member of the
/ official board of the Slaughter
Neck Methodist Church.
Funeral services were held in
Slaughter Neck, Methodist Church
at p. IN. with the Rev. William
H. Revelle, pastor of the charge,
officiating.
ROGERS
Alton Parker Rogers, age As, of
613 Washington avenue, Niles, Ohio,
president and general manager of
. the Niles Transit Lines, died on
Thursday, November Is, at $3.50 D.
m. in Trembull Memorial Hospital,
Warren, Ohio, after a three day
illness following a stroke. Mr..
Rogers was born in MillsbOrO on
, December 10, 1905, the son OF
Charles and Martha McAllister
Rogers. He was a member of the
First Methodist Church, Kiwanis,
and the Fraternal Order of Police
t Associates. He leaves his wife,
, the former Hannah Belle Cecil; a
+. son, Alton, Jr., at home; two sis
ters, Mrs. WinfOrd Brittingham of
: Millsboro, and Mrs. Wilson Porter
of Milford, and three brothers,
! Floyd of Frankford, Addicks of
: Georgia, and Harvey Of Hyatts-
vile, Md
Funeral services were held on
= Sunday. November Is. at p. m
). from the Reese Funeral Home in
? Niles, Ohio. The body was taken
to MassilOn, Ohio, for burial.
WILKINSON
Louis Ermen Wilkinson, "A, hus-
band of Mrs. Priscilla Harper Will
: kinson of Milton, died early last
Saturday morning following sew
eral years of failing health.
Born in Princess Anne, Md, Mr.
Wilkinson was the son of ErmeI
l. and Estella Ball Wilkinson. HC
: went to Milton in 1881, and con
Quoted a barber shop there since
that time.
In addition to his wife, he is sur
vived by two sons, Morris Wilkin
. son of Salisbury and Alfred Ra!
" Wilkinson, of Milton; a grandson
Gary wilkinson of Salisbury, WHIT
is on his way home from the KOr
= can battlefront; and a sister, Mrs
D Estella Henry of Salisbury.
Mr.. Wilkinson was a member o
St. John the Baptist EpiscOpa
- Church in Milton, where funera
services were held at IL a. m, Ol
- Monday, with the Rev. L. Wad
- - Hampton, rector, officiating. Inter
" ment was made in Odd Fellow
=, Cemetery in Milton.
MITCHELL
Mrs. Katie T. Mitchell, age
years, formerly a resident O
Georgetown and widow of Curti
g F. Mitchell, died late Saturday al
ternoon, November 10, at the hom
!, of a daughter, Mrs. Kathryn Nit
~ chell Baker, in Millsboro.
Il, A native and lifelong residen
o of Kent County, she was a daugE
n ue ter of the late Henry and Margare
y Matthews LittletOn. Besides he
II0 = daughter, Mrs. Baker, she is SUI
- vived by another daughter, Mr.
- Elsie Ulmer, of Philadelphia, an
~ - two sons, Louder Mitchell (
u" Lewes, and James H. Mitchell (
East Orange, N. j. There are ais
ne eight grandchildren and ten grea
II! grandchildren.
Ill Funeral services were held @
es' Wednesday afternoon of last wee
&C. at 1870 o'clock, in Christ Methodi
We Church in Dagsboro. Rev. E.
,er Graham, pastor of the church, CO..
De Quoted the services assisted by Il
Is Rev. William T. Archer, also
IS Dagsboro. Interment made mat
&C. in Union Cemetery, Georgetown.
IN
ne WAGAMON
-, Ben Lands WagamOn, age
I'LL years, native and former reside
of Georgetown. died of a heart a
'ou ment at his home in Wilmingto
elr North Carolina, on Sunday, Mover
lei ber IL.
ray A son of the late John B. a
TN Sally Burton WagamOn. he l.
eet here a number of years ago 10 e
le'' gage in the lumber business
North Carolina.
He is survived by his widow, M
.oI Cora Wagamon; two childrt
ga Jack and Jeanne, of WilmingtC
N. c.; a brother. John Burton We
and anon, Jr., Georgetown; a sist
Mr.. Mrs. Marion Fluery. of Trenton,
rd; j., and a half-brother, Henry
les, WagamOn, of Milton.
Funeral services were held
and the Andrews Mortuary in Wilmir
-irl, ton, N. c., on Tuesday afternoon
yer, last week and interment made
DOL the cemetery in that city.
and HOWARD
TO- Charles Gardner Howard, age
anu wears. died suddenly of a heart