Milford chronicle., 1955-12-02
OBITUARY.
ELLIS

ELLIS
John w, Ellis, 76, was sIund
dead in his home on Saturday. No
ember rs. Funeral services were
held at the Berry Funeral Home in
on Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Rev William Tull of the
Of God, Milford, officiated.
was made in Barratt's
Chapel Cemetery, near Frederick.
He is survived by a brother, Harry
Ellis, Of Newark. n. J.
GORLICH
Funeral services for Warren Ps
GOrlich, 19, of Glendale and Cliff
ton. N. J., who was killed Satur-
day evening near Lewes in an au-
tOmObile accident. were held from
the st. Johns Catholic Church in
Milford on Wednesday morning Of
this week at 10 o'clock, with the
Rev. John J. Corrigan in charge.
Interment was made in the Odd
Fellows Cemetery in Milford. The
Rosary was said on Tuesday eve
ming at 8 o'clock in the Lofland
Funeral Home in Milford.
He is survived By his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Gorlich; three
brothers, Alfred, Jr., Michael, and
two sisters, NOela AID
Alice Gorlich, all Of Clifton, N. j.
SMITH
Mrs. Fora Virginia Webb Smith.
40, formerly of Dover, died We'd
nesday, November %, in Meadow
brook Hospital, Long island City,
N. Y. She had been living in Los
Angeles, Calf, for the past five
years and had been visiting her
sister in Long Island City when
she entered the hospital for treat
ment.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Bruce, of Los Angeles; her
father, Thomas w. Webb, Dover ;
one brother, William Webb, Mary
del, and her sister, Mrs. Ruth Cliff
ford, Long Island City.
Services were held last Satur-
day at 2 p. m. in the Trader Funer-
al Home IL Gvvcv. The Rev. J. M
Jones, pastor of the Church OF
God, Willow Gfpee, officiated. In
terment WIS made in the Odd Eel
lows Cemetery in Camden.
EVANS
Funeral services were held in
Lewes last Saturday at 1 p. m. in
st. Peters Episcopal Church for
Nathaniel II. Evans, Jr., 20-year-
old son Of Captain N. H. Evans,
Lewes pilot, and Mrs. Annabelle
Evans of Iewes Beach. He died
Tuesday, November %, as the re-
suit Of serious injuries received in
an accident last June IL, near
Newport.
The Rev. Frank Z. Moon, rec
tor, of1ciated, and burial was IN
the Evans family plot in the
churchyard.
Young Evans, an only child, was
struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad
train while walking on the tracks
about 1000 feet north of the New.
port station. For some time after
wards he was a patient in the vii
mingtOn General Hospital for mul
tiple fractures and decorations.
His parents are his only imme
diate survivors.
rOTT-C0NT
Clarence G. Collision, So, died a
his home in Burrsville, near Har
rlngton, Thursday morning, No
velnber "a, after long illness
He operated a garage and also
was a salesman for farm machin.
cry. He was born near Denton
son Of John w. and Susie Slaugh.
ter Collision, but had lived in anC
near Burrsville for many years.
Surviving are his wife, Mary
Smith Collision; three sons, vii.
liam N. and Lawrence E., both Oi
near Denton; Albert r., Greens.
boro, Md; a daughter, Rita Jane
Collision, at home; six grandchil.
dren, and a brother, John NJ Col
lison, Denton.
Funeral services were held OF
Sunday at 2 p. m. in the Boyer
Funeral Home, Harrington. The
Rev. OmrO Todd of Goldsboro, Md.
former pastor Of Burrsville Meth
odist Church, officiated and inter
ment was made in the DentoI
Cemetery.
TODD
Mrs. Blanche Layfield Todd, 76
teacher of organ and piano anC
active Methodist Church worker
died Thursday, November "a, il
the Milford Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Todd was born Decembel
28e 1873, the daughter Of the lat,
Rev. and Mrs. L. W. Layield. Sh'
spent her childhood in parsonage
of what is now known as the Pen
insu1a Methodist Conference.
Widely known in Delaware anC
Maryland as a music teacher, Mrs
Todd had lived in Greenwood since
her marriage in 1920 and was ac
tive in affairs of the Methods
Church and Sunday School there
until her health failed about si1
months ago.
The widow Of John W. Todd
she leaves no immediate survivors
Funeral services were held at
p. m. last Saturday at the Fleis
chauer Funeral Home, Greenwood
with the Rev. J. E. Layton of Lau
rel and the Rev. George Moore o
Greenwood officiating. Intermen
rroc veado IN fho parraffss Tshnun