Milford chronicle., 1952-09-26

1n N. w. Front Street on Thurs
lay, September 18th. Funeral serv-
ces were held Sunday, September
21st at 2 p. m, from the Lohand
Home. Interment was
made in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Rev. Edwin Tull Officiated. Mrs.
Smith is survived by two nephews,
william Foulk of Princeton, N. j.,
and Wheeler Kern of Bloomfield,
N. j.
KIRBY
Alexander Kirby, IS, a retired
farmer, died last Friday, Sept. 19,
at his home on Northeast Front ST.,
after short illness. Mr..
Kirby had farmed in the Milford
Neck section until coming to Mil
ford 26 years ago. He was a mem
ber of Milford Neck Methodist
Church. Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Carrie Kirby; a daughter, Mrs.
Albert Walls of Phoenix, Ariz.; 4
sons, Paris and Russell of Milford !;
Joseph of Dover and Wilbur of Mi
ami, Fla; a sister, Miss Mary E.
Kirby and a brother, Frisby Kirby,
both of Milford Funeral services
were held in the Berry Funeral
Home, Milford, on Tuesday at 2:3O
pm. The Rev. Roy L. Tawes, pas
tor of Avenue Methodist Church Of
ficiated. Interment in Odd Fellows
Cemetery.
CARPENTER
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Carpenter,
aged 81 years, widow of Burton D.
Carpenter of. Lincoln, died in Mil
ford Memorial Hospital last Fri
day morning after a long illness
A native of the Georgetown section
she was a daughter of the late
Isaac and Mary Lizzie Hastings
Jester. Surviving are three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Edgar Short, Milford
Mrs. John R. Kitchens, George
town; Mrs. John E. White, Will
mingtOn and one son, Walter Como.
way, Georgetown. There are also
Is grandchildren, 80 great-grand.
children and great-great-grand.
children. Funeral services were
held in the Carey Funeral Home
on N. Bedford Street, Georgetown
on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
Rev. DR.. Thomas c. Mulligan, pas
tor of Grace Methodist Church
Officiated. Interment in Union
Cemetery, Georgetown.
COVERDALE
James H. Coverdale, age 8,
years, husband of the late Saral
COverdale, passed away at tn,
home of his daughter, Mrs Emor!
Lynch near Milford. Funeral serv
ices will be held at the Pilgrim
Holiness Church on Saturday after
noon at o'clock. Rev. Leon Hyn
son, minister of the Church ant
Rev. Charles Baker of Baltimore
former minister, will Officiate. In
terment in Odd Fellows Cemetery
Milford. Friends may call at tn
Berry Funeral Home Friday eve
ming. He is survived by thre
daughters: Mrs. Oscar Griffith, an
Mrs. Floyd Millman, both of FREQ
| erica; Mrs. Emory Lynch, MilfOr
and sons. Arthur. Clifford, Free
man. Wilbur, all of Milford, an
Albert Of Lincoln, 20 grandchi
dren, 28 great-grandchlldren,
Observation-Disclosures, 2 sister
Mrs. Margaret Pearson, Cheste
! Pa, and Mrs. Ella Guee, Odess
Del, and one brother, John Cover
dale, Lincoln. Mr.. COverdale wa
a retired farmer.
JONES
Mrs. Lucy L. Jones, 68 year
died at her home on the corner {
Clark and Dickerson Streets, Hal
ringtOn, on Tuesday, SeptembC
23rd. She was stricken with cerC
bral hemOrrhage and lived only
few hours. Born in Wilmington
Delaware, daughter of the lat
William and Lydia Street Conn;
way, she married Lorenzo T. JOnC
and they moved to Harrington
1912, where he was manager Of IL
l. d. Short Lumber Company unit
his death in 1916. She was a 10y
member of the Asbury MethOdi
Church, Harrington, and We
teacher of the Booster Glass, whiC
was comprised of all men, for
years. She was a charter membt
of the w. S. G. S. and also a meI
Der of the Official Board, a meT
ber of the Harrington New Ce
. tury Club and had served as Mai
tenance Treasurer for many year
> She was also corresponding seer
tary of the w. S. c. s. of Dow
District, Peninsula Conference. 81
is survived by two nephews,
: Earle Witsil of Bridgeport, Com
and Andrew w. Jones of GeOrg
town and a sister-in-law, Mi
4 Elizabeth NJ. Jones of WilmingtO
> Funeral services will be held
her late residence Friday, Septel
2 ber 26th, at one o'clock with t
Rev. Robert VanCleaf in charge
the services. Interment will
made in the Hollywood Cemetel
Harrington.
BRENNAN
= William J. Brennan, of BroOkly
I N. Y, died in a Brooklyn HOspit
Y Thursday afternoon, September
e He suffered a paralytic stro
j, about a year ago from which
Y never recovered. Born in Dubli
Ireland, he came to America VIII
f q voung man and became a citiZe