Milford chronicle., 1955-02-11

nephews. Richmond Lodge No. 66
A. F. & A. M. held a Masonic ser
vice, Monday evening. Interment
Tuesday on Staten Island.
WISE
Funeral services for Miss Sarah
Wise, 85, will be held on Tuesday
at 2 p. m, from the TOrbert Funer-
al Home, Dover, with the Rev.
Robert L. McKim, pastor of the Do
yer Presbyterian Church, Officiat-
ing. Interment in Lakeside Gene
| terry, Dover.
Miss Wise was born in Dover
and lived there all her life with the
exception of the comparatively
short period of a year or so she
had been living in Greensboro, Md,
where she died on Monday. She had
been i'll several years. She formerly
was a clerk in the First National
Bank at Dover until about Is years
ago.
Miss Wise, who was the daughter
of the late James and Henrietta
Wise, is survived by three grand
nephews, James Wise, Denton, Md;
Franklin Wise. Washington, D. c.;
and Paul Wise, New York.
COOPER
Funeral services for Capt. Sam
uel J. Cooper, As, u. S. Merchant
Marine, who was found dead aboard
the tanker S. S. KiaOra, early on
Tuesday, February 1st, were held
in RehObOth at 2 p. m. Sunday in
Epworth Methodist Church. The
Rev. ]. Howard Link, pastor, Off
ciated. Burial i'm the RehObOth
Methodist Cemetery.
Captain Cooper who was the hus-
band of the former Miss Grace
ShOckley of RehObOth Beach was
found in his bunk by fellow mem
beTs of the crew as the ship neared
Jacksonville, Fla. enrOute from a
Texas port. Death was attributed
to a heart attack.
His wife had driven to Jackson
Vile to meet him. She and her
brOther-in-law, Alvin S. Simpler
of RehObOth, are cO-Owners of Cae-
sar Rodney Hotel in Lewes, and
formerly operated the Avenue Res
taurant at RehObOth Upon the
ships arrival at Jacksonville, a
corOner's inquiry was held and
Captain COOper's body was brought
to the Atkins Funeral Home in
Lewes.
Besides his wife. he leaves a two
Year-Old son, Sammy, both of RehO-
both; his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph p. Cooper, of SharptOwn,
Md, and a brother, Lawrence, of
Lake View, Ohio.
JONES
Mrs. Nancy w. Jones, 80, widow
of Theodore Jones, died Sunday,
February 6, at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. J. D. Robbins.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday at 2 p. m, in the Slaughter
Neck Methodist Church. The Rev
William H. Revelle, minister. and
the Rev. John E. Jones, of Will
mingtOn, Officiated Interment in
the Slaughter Neck Cemetery.
In addition to Mrs Robbins, Mrs
Jones is survived by two other
daughters, Mrs. Hubbard ArgO
Milford, and Mrs. Albert Clayville
ChTistiana: one son, Robert G.
Jones, Milford; eight grandchil-
dren; is great-grandchildren and
four great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Jones spent all her married
life in the Prime Hook section
r moving to Milton in 1886.
SHAIN
Funeral services for Mrs. Ida T
P. Shain Of 43 Delaware Avenue
, RehobOth Beach, were held at II
: a. M, Tuesday, at the c. Everett
) Kelley Funeral Home, Twenty
third and West Streets, Whining
ton. Interment at Riverview Gene
; terry. The Rev. j. Howard Link
pastor of RehobOth Methods
D Church, Officiated at services.
Mrs. Shain died Friday, February
4, 1855, in Beebe Hospital, Lewes
after a sudden illness.
Born and raised in New Castle
she was a charter member of st
; Johns Chapter No 4, Order Of thu
= Eastern Star, Wilmington, and be
longed to RehobOth Methods
] Church.
In addition to her husband sh,
is survived by a daughter, Mary S
Orth of Wilmington: two brothers
Frank VanPelt, Audubon, N. j.. anC
Joseph VanPelt. Clayton a sister
:. Mrs. John Jordan, Philadelphia
and one grandchild.