Milford chronicle., 1953-02-13


and. spent much of his early years
as a farmer in Prime Hook and Mil
ford Necks He married the late
Mary Elizabeth Webb and moved
to their own farm at Roe's Corner,
near FELTON,. His retired years
were spent in Frederick. Services
were held at the Berry Funeral
Hume on Sunday at three o'clock
with interment at Odd Fellows
The Reverend Roy L.
Jones Of1ciated. Mr.. Cain was the
brother of the late John H. Cain.
He is survived by his sister,
Mrs. Sallie C. Reynolds, Of Mil
ford.
LORD
Edwin P. Lord, 72, died last Sat-
urday, February z, of a heart all
ment in a barn on his farm near
Milford.
Mr.. Lord, a native of the area,
had been i'll two years.
He is survived by his widow,
Elsie; five daughters, Mrs. Marga-
ret Tatman of Lincoln, Mrs. Irene
Webb of Milford, Mrs. Ethel Ra-
don of New York City, Mrs. Lily
Mccartney of Victoria, Texas, and
Mrs. Marie Smith of Harrington;
two sons, Edwin L., at home, and
Norman of Lexington, Va; a bro
thGr, Harry, Ellicott City, Md, and
six grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on
afternoon at 2 o'clock
in the Berry Funeral home at Mil
ford, with interment in Hollywood
Cemtery, Harrington.
SMITH
Mrs. Mary Smith, "a, of Milford.
died Sunday, February 8, at the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital, where she
had been a patient since last
Thursday, She had been i'll for
some time.
She is survived by a brother,
Herbert Baer of Claymont, and six
sisters: Mrs. Joseph Auge of Lans-
dOwne, Pa, Mrs. Boyd Hendrick of
Spring Haven, Pa, Mrs. Earl Shol-
ley of Malverne, Pa, Mrs. Albert
Hamilton, of Brook Haven, Pa.
Mrs. George Hamilton of Spring.
field, Pa, and Miss Lillian Baer, of
Chester, Pa.
Funeral services were held at the
Berry Funeral Home in Milford on
Wednesday at 5 p. m. Interment
in Lebanon, Pa.
FRASHER
Milton T. Frasher, 66, of Willow
Grove, clerk in the Receiver of
Taxes Office, Dover, and former
state senator, died Tuesday morn
ing at the home of his son, Milton
c. Frasher, Wilmington Manor. Mr..
Frasher, Democratic leader in VIII
low Grove for many years, opera
ted a general store there until his
election to the state senate in 1898.
He served four years. At the time
of his death, Mr. Frasber had been
in the Receiver of Taxes office
having been appointed to that post
in 1850. He had been i'll eight
months. He was born at Peters
burg, near Dover, but had lived in
Willow Grove nearly all his life
In addition to his son he is surviv-
ed by his wife, Mrs. Mae FrasheT
and two grandchildren. Funeral
services will be held at p. m.
Saturday at the Berry Funeral
Home, FELTON,, with interment in
Odd Fellows Cemetery, near Cam
den. Friends may call at the FUN
eral home Friday night.
AYERS
Funeral services for Irving Ay-
ers, age SO years, were held last
Thursday afternoon in the Bap-
tist Church in Georgetown, with
Rev. C. B. Ingram, pastor of the
church, officiating. Interment was
made in the Baptist Cemetery.
Mr.. Ayers died at his home in
Georgetown on Monday night of
last week, after a two weeks ill
ness. , Formerly of Glendale, he
was a son of the late Irving and
Rosa Range Ayers and is survived
by six children; II grandchildren
two brothers and two sisters. The
children are: Chester Ayers, Cape
Charles, Va; Thomas Ayers, Cam
den, N. j.; Mrs. Mabel Seasons, OF
Trenton, N. J.; Alexander Ayers
James Ayers and Mrs. Odessa vii
liams, all of Philadelphia.
FLANAGAN
James Flanagan, age 81 years
died Monday, February 2, at The
home of Isaac Oliphant, near Mills
bOrO, after a short illness.
Mr.. Flanagan was a native o.
Ireland and came to America g.
years ago. He became a citizen o.
this country in 1927 and had LIVED
in the Oliphant home for the pas
10 years. There are no known sur
vivors in Delaware.
Funeral services were held in st
Edmund's Catholic Church, in Re
hOboth, on Thursday morning o.
last week at $3.50 o'clock, with Fa
ther F. J. Desmond, officiating. In
terment in the Catholic Cemetery a.
| Georgetown.
STEELE
William P. Steele, age 80 years
of near DagsborO, died at his home
last Friday, February 6, following
a long period of failing health. HI
was a son of the late Thomas M
and Mary Quillen Steele, Of neal
DagsbOro. Surviving are a son
Elisha A. Steele, near Dagsboro
six grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren.
He had been a member of st
Georges Methodist Church il
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