Milford chronicle., 1955-07-15
OBITUARY
STEELMAN


Capt. John and Matilda Smith
Steelman.
He is survived by three sons.
Harry of Rehoboth Beach; Rich
ard of Bethel; Howard of Cali
fornia; six grandchildren. and 4
sisters. Mrs. Alice S. Palmer of
Bear; Mrs. Mae S. Davis OF Laurel;
Mrs. Anna Palmer and Mrs. Lille
Stodgen. both of Milton.
Services were held SUNDAY al
2 D. m. in the William nj. Short
Funeral Home, Milton. The Rev.
Ellwuod Cursey, pastor or Milton
Methodist Church officiated. In
terment in Reynolds Church Gem
etery near Milton.
MINNER
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Minner, GA, OPP
orator of tourist home on State
street. Dover, for many years, died
Monday morning, July IL, in the
Kent General Hospital.
Mrs. Minner was stricken with
a heart attack on July 3. She was
a member of the Order of the Eas-
tern Star and of Wesley Methodist
Church.
Surviving are her husband,
Frank Minner; a son, Donald Min
ner. Ne- London, Conn, and a
grandson, Donald Minner, Jr.
Funeral services were held at z
D. M. on Thursday from the Berry
Funeral Home, with the Rev. John
A. Trader, pastor of Wesley Meth
odist Church, officiating. Interment
was made in Lakeside Cemetery.
TOWNSEND
George Clarence Townsend, 70
formerly of Millville, died Sunday
morning, July 10, at his home III
Upper Darby, Pa, after a long i'll.
ness. He was auditor for the Sea
brand Supply Company of Phila
delphia. He was the son of the late
George H. and Danniedelle Ham
mond Townsend.
Surviving are his wife, Char
lotte Bishop Townsend; son
George H. Townsend, II, Philadel
phia, and daughter, Mrs. Barbar;
Moss, Sewell, n. j.
Services were held in the Wat
son and Gray Funeral Home il
Frankford on Wednesday at 2 p. M
The Rev. Howard Warren, retiret
Methodist minister, officiated. In
terment was made in st. George
Cemetery, Clarksville.
STEVENSON
Charles R. Stevenson, so,
prominent farmer in the Milfor'
area until his retirement severa
years ago, died Tuesday, July
1866. at his home at Prime Hoo
Neck.
Mr.. Stevenson was born in thi
section and had lived here all hi
life. His wife died about eigh
years ago.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs
Layton Bennett, Milford; a so1
Percy Stevenson, Milton; a siste
Mrs. Sallie Rothermel, Houston
10 grandchildren and 16 grea
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held a
1870 p. m. Sunday in the Lofian
Funeral Home, Milford, with tn
Rev. William Revelle of Lincolr
officiating. Intermen in Slaughte
Neck Cemtery.
WHITE
Mrs. Georgiana Tilney White, 76
died Sunday evening, July 10, al
Beebe Hospital, Lewes, following
a brief illness. She was the widow
of j. P. White, founder of the
White Company Of Mills
boro, and had been a lifelong
member of st. Marks Episcopa
Church, of Millsboro.
Mrs. White was the daughter O
the late Jacob r. and Mary Anne
Tilney Goodwin.
She is survived by two children
]. Reese White, Sr., and Mrs. vii
liam H. Ayres, both of Millsboro
three grandchildren and four great
grandchildren.
/ Funeral services were held ol
Wednesday afternoon at o'clocl
at st. Marks Episcopal Church
with the Rt. Rev. Arthur r. Nc
Kinstry, retired bishop, officiating
Burial was made in Mechanic
Cemetery in Millsboro.
TEAL
Mrs. Elizabeth Poynter Teal, 7f
widow of Captain William Teal
Lewes pilot, and mother of Cap
tain William Teal, Jr., died Sunday
July 10, at the Abingdon (Pa.) Me
mortal Hospital
A native of Lewes, she was th'
daughter of the late Thomas Poyn
ter and Katherine Mccormick
Poynter. She had been making he
home the past five years with ;
daughter, Mrs. Mitchell p. Miller
in Jenkintown, Pa. Her HUSBAND
died in 1850.
+. In addition to her son, Captain
Teal of Lewes, and her daughter
Mrs. Mitchell Miller, she is sur
vived by two other daughters; Mrs
Albert Fisher of Philadelphia, ant
Mrs. Leon Huzzard of Royersford
Pa; another son, Howard Teal OF
Dover, and sister, Mrs Sarah }
Conwell of Philadelphia.
Private funeral services were
held on Wednesday morning at IL
O'Clock at the Atkins Funeral
Home in Lewes, conducted by the
Rev. DR.. William Leishman, pas
tor of the Lewes Presbyterian
Church.