Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26

were held at BarraItS Chapei, II
Frederick, on Tuesday morning,
August 23rd, at 1900 o'clock. Rev.
c. NJ Elderdice, pastor of Magnolia
Methodist Church officiated. In ad
dition to its parents he is survived
by grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cas-
per Powell of Magnolia and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Ross of Magnolia and
his great grandfather, Milford's
Chief of Police, Samuel Powell. Ar
rangements were made by Rogers
Funeral Home, Milford, Del.
MORGAN |
Benaiah Morgan, 5S, poultry
farmer of Redden, near here, died |
Tuesday morning, August %, at his
home after a lengthy illness.
Mr.. Morgan was born near Green
wood but had lived in the Redden |
one time he operated a grocery
store, in addition to farming.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lii
liam Morgan, a daughter, Mrs. |
Gladys Daisey; three brothers, Lo-
renzo, of Georgetown; Frank of
Harrington and Norman, with the
u. S. Signal Corps in Oklahoma;
three sisters, Mrs. Jammie Day, |
Harrington; Mrs. Bessie Hand !
loser, Greenwood and Mrs. Edna
Fleischauer, Pennington; and a |
grandchild, Sandra Nadine Daisey. |
Funeral services will be held at
2 .. m, Friday at McColley's Meth
odist Church with interment at st.
Johnstown Cemetery, Greenwood.
SCHMIDT
William F. Schmidt, Jr., 81 years
old, former Dover official, died Sat
urday morning at his home, 24O6
Market Street, Camp Hill. Pa. He
suffered a heart attack several
months ago while visiting near
Dover and was under treatment
at Kent General Hospital in Dover.
Mr.. Schmidt was born in Phila-
delphia April 2. 1898, son of Will
liam F. and Margaret r. Schmidt.
His family moved to the Dover
dl WhCh tlC W Noo q oiiidAA Sias'-'
His father was tailor in Camden,
Del, for many years.
Educated in the public schools |
in Camden, he attended Wesley
Collegiate Institute in Dover now
Wesley Junior College.
For "a years he was employed
by the State Department of Public
instruction in Dover. Following |
that he was city clerk of Dover.
He moved to Camp Hill in 1850
and had been employed in the
auditor generals office of the State
of Pennsylvania.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs. |
Louise McCommons Schmidt: one
son William ]. Schmidt, Woodland; |
two sisters, Miss Margaret Schmidt
of Dover and Mrs. Laura Grower
of Chester and three grandchildren.
His son is a member of the Journal |
Every Evening news staff.
EGAN
August % in st. PauPs Episcopal
Church, GEORGETOWN, for Mrs. Clara
Wilson Egan of 33 Maryland Ave
nue., Rehoboth Beach who died
last Saturday night at the Beebe
Hospital in Lewes.
She was the widow of John J. |
Egan, former secretary of the
Philadelphia Maritime Exchange
and had been making her home
in Rehoboth since her husband
died in 1945.
Born in Georgetown, she was the
daughter of the late Samuel and
Elizabeth Wilson. Mrs. Egan had
been in failing health the past
three years. She had been fire.
quent patient in the Beebe Hos
pital during that time and was re-
turned to the hospital on Aug. IL.
Surviving her are two sons, j.
Hal Egan of Rehoboth, and Capt
William R. Egan. Lewes pilot; a
daughter, Mrs. Walter G. Viohl
of Louisville, Ky; three grand
daughters, Ann Egan of Lewes, and
Mizzie and Sally Viohl of Louisville |
and one sister, Mrs. Howard G. |
Stewart, with whom she had been |
living at Rehoboth.
The Rev. Richard S. Bailey, rector |
of All Saints Episcopal Church of
Rehoboth, conducted the rites, and
surial was in the Union Cemetery, |
at Georgetown.
WEBB
Walter JAMES Webb, SO, died on
Saturday, August 20, at the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital where he
had been a patient for three days !
after having suffered a paralytic
stroke at his home on the Harring
ton-Milford Road near Harrington.
He was the son of the late Alfred
and Sallie Williams Webb, was
born near Harrington, and had
lived in this vicinity all his life. !
In his earlier days he was en-
ployed in the Signal Department
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, but
later was employed by l. d. Short
Lumber Company of Milford un-
til his retirement about three years
ago. He was a member of the
Nazarene Church of Harrington,
served as superintendent of the
Sunday School for several years and
also was a member of the official
church board.
His wife, Mrs. Ella Sullivan
Griffith Webb, died in 1914.
He is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Lester Hastings of Ellendafe,
and a son, James Webb of Harr-
ington; five grand children, Pfc