Milford chronicle., 1955-09-02
OBITUARY
MARVEL


vate funeral services were held at
The Berry Funeral Home Milford
on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock.
Rev Robert Green of Avenue Meth
odist Church officiating. Interment
was made in Cold Spring Cemetery
near Cape May, N. ].
He is survived by l sister, Mrs.
Erma A Ebersole, Leola, Pa.
He was a veteran of World War
H.
He was plant engineer at Para
mount Poultry Plant at Harbeson.
MASTEN
Funeral services for Mr.. John
Masten, 81 years, of Milford were
held from the Lofiand Funeral
Home on Monday, August 22nd at
2 p. m. The Rev. Joseph Kinks in
charge, interement in the Barratt's
Chapel cemetery.
Mr. Masten passed away in the
Milford Memorial Hospital on Fri
day, August 18th. He is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Molly Masten, two
daughters, Mrs. Elijah Ryan and
Mrs. Sigurd Tell of Milford, son
Harry McNeal of Chester, Pa, 10
grandchildren, II great grand
children. great, great grand
children and a half brother, Joseph
Davenport, of Baltimore.
SPICER
Mrs. Katie Spicer, II, of George
town died Thursday, August 20 in
Milford Memorial Hospital.
Surviving are her husband, Ed
ward Spicer, Georgetown; three
daughters, Mrs Harry Jefferson,
Milton; Mrs Lillian Fitzgerald and
Mrs. Archie Carey, both of Lin
coin; Is grandchildren, three great
grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs.
Bertha Pusey, Salisbury; Mrs. Nell
lie Wootten, Laurel and a foster
brother, Earl Hudson, Wilmington.
Funeral services were held Sum-
day afternoon at 2 o'clock in Lin
coin Methodist Church. The Rev.
William H. Revelle, officiated. In
terment in Lincoln Cemetery.
NICHOLS
Mrs. Henry Baldwin Nichols, the
former Miss Esther Shears of Hyde
Park, n Y, and granddaughter of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ell
wood Warren of Magnolia, died on
Saturday, August 27, as the result
of an automobile accident. Mrs.
Nichols lived at Durham, N. H., and
is survived, by her husband, her
mother, Mrs. Herbert c. Shears of
Durham, and four children. She
was the niece of William Warren
of Magnolia, Noble S. Warren of
Dover, Victor Warren of Frederick,
Rodney Warren of Lewes, and Mrs.
w. c. Prouse of Rehoboth. inter-
ment was made in Litchfield, Conn.,,
on Wednesday.
HAZARD
Alphonso Hazard, son of the
late Alphonso and Caroline Stew
enson Hazard of Angola, near
Lewes, passed away at his home in
Philadelphia on Saturday morning,
August 20, in his S1st year. While
he had been in poor health for a
long time the end was not expected
so suddenly.
A native of Delaware, Mr.. Haz-
zard went to Philadelphia in. 1890
and worked for time on the sail
ing vessels and in the engineers de-
partment before opening his own
business as haberdasher, the first
store being at Sind street and Hav-
erford avenue, and later others, in
cluding hosiery in Frankford and
on Kensington avenue. He was also
a former president of the Ramey
Tire and Rubber Company.
He was a member of Franklin
Lodge of Masons of Georgetown for
many years, and the lodge held
services for him.
Services were held at / p. m. on
August "a, at Kester's Funeral
Home, 609-11l East Allegheny ave-
nue., Philadelphia. Burial was made
in Fernwood Cemetery.
Mr. Hazard was held in high es-
TEEN by his fellow citizens and al
ways left an impression on people
ny HIS Willy Say luSS.
He is survived by several nieces
and nephews and will be sadly
missed by his widow, the former
Katherine Joseph, who survives.
WILKERSON
Charles Wilkerson, 20, we'll
known Milford carpenter, was
found dead from a self-infiicted
bullet wound in the head on Tues
day morning, August 80.
His wife, Maude, discovered the
body, and found % calibre rife
resting on the floor nearby He
had fired one shot into his head,
according to police.
He lived at 1907 North Walnut
street Officers placed time of the
shooting at about IL a. m.
Mr.. ,Wilkerson was pronounced
dead by DR.. Felix Mick, local phys
ician who was called by police.
Friends told investigators the man
had been in poor health for some
time But he was cheerful when
his wife left home for few hours
and gave no indication that he
planned to take his life.
Mr. Wilkerson was known as
competent mechanic throughout
the Kent-Sussex Counties area and
had been gainfully employed as
carpenter there for many years.
Roland j. Trader, of Dover, the
Kent County coroner. investigated
and turned the body over to Jos
eph S. Lofiand, Sr., Milford funeral
director