Milford chronicle., 1953-01-09
OBITUARY
HALL

0Y only i've udyS Ludb OF u6E DIulA-
er, Charles D. Abbott, retired mer-
chant, banker and real estate
broker, who died Monday, Decem-
Der %, 1852 in the Milford Memoir
ial Hospital, at the age of 80. AL
though her health had not been
good for some time, she was not
seriously i'll, and her death was
She was a member of I
Avenue Methodist Church, Milford, I
and of the Milford New Century [
Club and the Milford Sunshine So I
ciety. She had been prominent in /
civic affairs for many years. Her
first husband was DR.. J. T. v.
BlOcksOm, a Wilmington physician. (
whom she married in 1890. Follow
ing his death in 1902, she and her
daughter Blanche came to Milford.
Her second husband was Robert G.
Hall of Saratoga, N. Y, and Mil
ford, whom she married in 1906.
Following the death of Mr.. Hall,
she made her home most of the
time with her daughter and SON
in-law. Surviving in addition to
Mrs. Pierce are two granddaugh-
ters and five great-granddaughters
Funeral services were held in the
Berry Funeral Home, Milford, at
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, with the
Rev. Roy TaWes, pastor of the Ave
nue. Church, officiating. Interment
was in Wilmington and Brandy
wine Cemetery, Wilmington.
REED
J. Vernon Reed, so, Milton fu-
neral director, was found dead in
the bedroom of his home at noon
on Wednesday from gunshot
wound in the throat. The body was
found by his son, J. Vernon Reed
Jr. A 12-gauge automatic shotgun
was near the body.
Other members Of the family
had been away from home since
Monday and DR.. Thomas J. Tobin
who was summoned by the son.
said Mr.. Reed is believed to have
died sometime Sunday night. add
ing that the wound apparently was
self-infiicted.
Coroner VOllie c. Gray of Mills
boro will hold an inquest into the
death tonight at 1880 o'clock in
Milton Town Hall.
Mr.. Reed was born near Lin
coin, son Of the late Elias G. and
LYDIA Brittingham Reed. He is sur
Ylved by his wife, Mrs. Mary Blake
Reed; their two children, Nancy
and Diane; two children by a for
mer marriage, Barbara and ]. v.
Reed, Jr., and two sisters, Mrs
Minnie Carlisle, and Mrs. Maysie
Henderson, both of Fairfield, Pa.
He was a graduate of Milford
High School and the Echels Col
lege of Mortuary Science in PhiIa-
delphia. He was a member OF
! Crystal Fount Lodge, I. o. o. F. anC
Temple Lodge, A. F. and A. M.
both of Milford.
Funeral services will be held ol
Saturday at p. m. in the Rec,
Funeral Home. The Rev. Harolr
Davis, pastor of Goshen Methods
Church, will Ofiiciate, assisted b
the Rev. William Daniels, of Mil
ton. Interment will be made il
Lincoln Cemetery.
HOBBS
Funeral services for DAME
Hobbs, 66, of near Bufrsville
whose body was found in a iunke,
automobile in the rear of Mar
shall's Restaurant last Tuesday af
ternOOn at the Boyer Funera
Home in charge of the Rev. Miltol
: Elliott, pastor of Trinity Methods
Church. Interment was in Wesle
Church, Burrsville CemeterJ
. Death was due to natural cause
according to the Delaware Stat
Police. He was a World War vet
, eran and his papers showed he wa
born in Kansas City, Mo-, but n
!. survivors could be located.
SHULTIES
William Shulties, So, of Wyomin,
died suddenly at his home, Thur,
/ day, January 1st, following
: heart attack. He is survived b
|, his wife, Susan; four sons, FlOyt
: Cornelius and Smith Shulties,
) home, and Barber Shulties
\ Woodside. Also four grandchildre
and brother, Henry Shulties
Greensboro, Md. Funeral service
were held at the Berry FuneTi
Home, FELTON,, Sunday afternoon
/, 2 o'clock. The Rev. J. J. Won Hagt
4 pastor of Wyoming Method
! Church, officiated and intermei
= was in Odd Fellows Cemeter
I. Camden.
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