Milford chronicle., 1955-02-04


Richard Cary, Jr., and a son. Rich
ard Cary; her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gardner G. Rogers, and three
brothers and three sisters, Gardner
A. Rogers, in the U. S. service sta
toned in Missouri; Mrs. Phyllis
Rash, of Laurel, and Shirley, Jean
cite, Roland and Walter Rogers. all
of Greenwood.
Funeral services were held at the
Episcopal Church, in Bridgeville.
Tuesday morning with services in
charge of the Rev. Victor Kusik.
Interment was in Brdigeville
Cemetery.
STEPHENS
John M. Stephens, 70, a retired
farmer, died Monday, January 81.
at his home in Ocean View after
an illness of four years.
He was the son of the late Cur
tbs and Nan Tyre Stephens. Mr.
Stephens was a member of Sound
Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife. Mrs
Allie Stephens; four sons, William
and Milton of Ocean View, and
Horace and Herman of SelbyviIle:
two daughters, Mrs. Helen Tingle
of MillsbOrO. and Mrs. Lola Collins
OF DagsbOrO; a brother, Harvey
Stephens of Selbyville, and a sister.
Mrs. Belle Lynch of Selbyville: Is
grandchildren and a great grand
child.
Services were conducted at 2
p. m. Wednesday from the Watson
Gray Funeral Chapel in Frankford
with the Rev. James Langrell, pas
tor of GumbOrO Methodist Church.
oficiating. Burial in st. Georges
Cemetery in Clarksville.
MILLER
Mrs. Ellen Miller, &c, died Mon
day, January 81 in Milford Memo
rial Hospital after a short illness.
The wife Of Ira Miller, she was a
member of the Greenwood Men
monte Cuhrch.
In addition to her husband, she is
survived by three children, Philip
Samuel, Mary Lou and Jonathan
Lee, all at home; her mother Mrs.
Lucy M. Swartzendruber Of KalOna.
Ia; three brothers, Owen, Joseph
and William Swartzendruber, liv-
ing in Iowa, and two sisters, Wilma
SWartZendruber, KalOna, and Mary
Lois YOder, Greenwood.
Funeral services were held
Thursday at 2 p. m. in the Mem
MONTE Church. The Rev. Norm
Bender Oficiated. Interment in the
church cemetery.
CLIFTON
Funeral services were held in the
Nelson Funeral Home in Lewes
last Sunday at 1 p. m. for Charles
E. Clifton, RehobOth Beach car
penter, who died last Thursday,
Jan. q at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Cathryn Lewis in Wilm-
ingtOn. He was "A.
Born in Lewes and RehobOth
Hundred, a son of George and
Sara Clifton. he lived in RehObOth
until the death of his wife in 1945.
He was active in the Republican
party, but had never held Office.
Three other daughters survive
him. They are Mrs. Myra Sheldon,
of Philadelphia; Mrs. Clara Archa-
dipane of BridgetOn. N. j.; Mrs.
Beatrice Salvatore of Wilmington.
and three sons, George Clifton of
Seattle, Wash; Martin and Edward
Clifton, now serving with the Army
in Germany. Two brothers also
survive, William and John Edward
Clifton, of near Lewes. He leave II
grandchildren and one great grand
child.
Rites were conducted by the Rev.
/ A DOugherty, pastor of Bethel
Methodist Church of Lewes, and
burial was in the RehObOth MethO-
dist Cemetery.
DICKERSON
Miss Alice r. DickersOn, "a. for
mer Philadelphia seamstress, died
Sunday morning at the home of
nephew, Raymond ShOckley, of
Frederick.
Until two years ago Miss Dick
ersOn had lived in PHILADELPHIA
where she was employed as
seamstress for so years. Nieces
and nephews survive.
Funeral services were held at 2
p. m. on Wednesday from the
Berry Funeral Home, Milford. The
Rev. Richard S. Gibson, pastor of
the Frederick Methodist Church.
Oficiated Interment was made in
the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Mil
ford.
BASTIAN
Charles d. Bastian, so. retired
farmer, died Sunday afternoon at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth B. Killen, 20 Elm Ter
race, Dover.
Mr.. Bastian, husband of the late
Molly A. Bastian, had been a resi-
dent of Dover for II years. He is
survived by another daughter.
Miss Rachel Bastian, Dover; a son.
James Bastian, Dover; a brother,
Harry Bastian, Greensboro, and
one grandchild.
Funeral services were held at II
o'clock Wednesday morning from
the Berry Funeral Home in FELTON,.
with the Rev. J. E. Parker, retired
Methodist minister, officiating. In
terment was made in Hopkins
Cemetery, near FELTON,.
GLOVER
Services for William U. Glover,
SO, retired pOultryman, who died
last Saturday, January 20 in PENN
sula General Hospital, Salisbury,
were held Monday of this week
from the Watson Gray Funeral
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