Milford chronicle., 1955-08-19
OBITUARY
BENNETT

and four brothers, Elwood, Horace,
Seth. and John, all of Bridgeville.
Funeral services were held on
Thursday afternoon at O'Clock at
Union Methodist Church, Bridge
Vile. The Rev. Howard Davis, re-
tired Methodist minister of Lewes,
officiated. Ihterment in Bridgeyille
Cemetery.
REED
Mrs. Anna B. Reed, rs, died Mon
day night, August Is, at her home in
Milton, following a long illness.
Surviving are one son, Edward
P. Reed, Milton; three daughters,
Mrs. Lille M. Russell, Mrs. Huldah
T. Panuska, both of Milton, and
Mrs. Nora E. Todd, Marshallton;
four grandchildren; four great
grandchildren; and four brothers, |
David and Ira Birmingham, both of |
Lewes: Theodore Birmingham, Lin
coin, and Greensboro Brittingham |
of Milton.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day at 2 d. m. at the William NJ |
Short Funeral Home, Milton. The
Rev. Elwood Coursey, Grace pastor,
will officiate Interment will follow
at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milton.
NAPLES
Mrs. Mary Emma NAPLES, 80, wild
ow of George E. NAPLES, of near
Rehoboth, died Tuesday, August 16,
at the home of daughter, Miss
Margaret NAPLES of Lincoln Park,
RehOboth.
Surviving are five sons, James,
Eugene, Augustus, Hurley, and
Lawrence, all of Rehoboth, and
five other daughters, Mrs. Cora Wa
ters, Lewes; Mrs. Hannah Martin,
Miss Florence NAPLES, Mrs. Cath
crime Hall, and Mrs. Dorothy Mar
tin, all of Rehoboth; 81 grandchil-
dren, and 81 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day at Mt. Pleasant Methodist
Church, Rehoboth, with the Rev.
j. o. Griffin, the pastor, officiating.
Interment will follow at Peoples
Memorial Park, on the Lewes-Reho
both Highway.
CLENDANIEL
4 Mrs. Mary M. Clendaniel, age 80,
widow of Willard H. Clendaniel,
passed away at the home of her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Derrickson, of Lin
coin early Friday morning, August
12 after a long illness. Funeral
services were held at the Berry
Funeral Home, Milford on Sunday
afternoon at 1870 o'clock. Rev.
William H. Revelle of Lincoln
Methodist Church officiating. Inter
ment was made in Lincoln Gene
terry.
In addition to her daughter she
is survived by granddaughter
Mrs. Marie Coverdale, of Lincoln.
Mrs. Clendaniel was a member of
Lincoln Methodist Church and was
an honorary member of the WSCS
of the Church and the Friendship
Bible Glass.
HAINES
Edgar S. Haines, Sc, native of
West Chester, Pa, and a resident
of Delaware for the past 20 years,
who died Tuesday, August 8, at the
Governor Bacon Health Center,
were held privately at the conven-
ience of the family from the Wind
sor Funeral Home, Seaford and
the rites were performed by Rev. j.
c. Handy, pastor of Blades Church.
Interment in Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Mr.. Haines was a son of the
late Isaac and Harry Haines. For
the past two years he had made
his home with Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Johnson in Blades. He leaves two
sons, Ralph Haines of Oak Park,
ILL.,; Walter Haines of Chicago, ILL.,;
a daughter, Miss Dorothy Haines,
also of Oak Park, and a brother,
Harry Haines of Coatesville, Pa.
DILLON
Capt. Stewart S. Dillon, So, of
Lewes, died suddenly Monday, Aug
ust Is, at Beebe Hospital, where he
had been a patient for only six
hours. He was the operator of
party boat at Indian River Inlet.
Captain Dillon was stricken az
his home on Pilot Town Road, Lew
es. Sussex County Coroner Vollie
G. Gray held an inquest at the At
kins Funeral Home, and said death
was caused by a heart attack.
The captain had lived in Lewes
for the past several years, and was
the son of Harry and Emma Steffy
Dillon of near Reading, Pa.
Besides his parents, he is surviv-
ed by his widow, the former Viola
Reber; two daughters, Mrs. Lindy
McAllister, Middletown, and Mrs.
Mark Brown, Reading; a son, DON
aid. of Lewes, and two grandchil-
dren.
Removal was made to Werners-
Vile. Pa, Thursday, for funeral
services and interment there.
KONSCHAK
Funeral services for John Kon-
schak, 76, were held at 2:30 p. m.
Sunday in ST. Johns Lutheran
Church with the pastor, the Rev.
Theodore Hafner, officiating.
Mr.. Konschak died Friday morn
ing at his home at Cooper's Cor
ner. near Dover, after a long ILL
ness. He was born in Poland and
came to the United States in 1908.
Since that time he had been a far
nler in the Dover section.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Alma Konschak; four sons, Gus
and william Konschak, both OF
Philadelphia; and Albert Kon-
schak of Hartley; six daughters,
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