Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27

great grandchildren and a sister,
Mrs. Lulu Justice, of New Church,
Va.
Services were conducted at 2
p. m Tuesday from Seminary Meth
odist Church, Laurel, with the
Rev. David W. Baker, pastor, and
DR.. Thomas c. Mulligan, of George
town, officiating. Burial in Me-
chanics Cemetery, Millsboro.
DERRICKSON
Mrs. Emma E. Derrickson, 73,
formerly of Dagsboro. died Thurs
day. July 10, at her home in Phila-
delphia, after a four-year illness.
She was daughter of the late Will
liam and Ella Bunting Short.
She is survived by her husband,
Jehu F. Derrickson, Philadelphia;
son, Jehu Reginald Derrickson,
Cleveland, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs
Ann Payne, Arlington, Va; eight
grandchildren, two great-grandchil-
dren; three sisters, Mrs. Julia Car
ter, Springfield, Pa; Mrs. Stella
German. Philadelphia, and Mrs.
Fayetta Williams, Hatbor, Pa.
Funeral services were held on
Friday of last week at 8 D. m. in
the Oliver B&ir Funeral Home, 1920
Chestnut street, Philadelphia. The
body was taken to Dagsboro on
Saturday at 1 p. m. where there
was a viewing and graveside serv-
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Kirwan, pastor of the Dagsboro
Methodist Church.
WALLER
Edgar Waller, 76, died in his
home at Millsboro on Wednesday,
July Is, after a long illness.
Surviving are his wife, Mary
Lynch Waller; a daughter, Mrs.
Ocelee Eberet, Palmyra, N. j.; a
son, James, Wilmington; four
grandchildren, one great-grand-
child; three sisters, Mrs. Bertha
Lowe, Laurel; Mrs. Mabel Her
cher, Philadelphia; Mrs. Nina
Dukes, Salisbury, and a brother,
Handy Waller, Laurel.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday at 1870 p. m. in the James
Funeral Home at Millsboro. The
Rev. Leroy Jones of Magnolia Off
ciated. Interment was made in the
Laurel Hill Cemetery.
KLECAN
Charles Klecan, 81, died at his
hnT1,a Mo TarVaor 1r1
Friday, July 20, after a several
months illness. His wife, Adelaide,
died in 1912. He was born in New
York City and went to the Harring-
ton area "a years ago to engage in
farming.
Surviving are two sisters and
brother, Mrs. John McMullen, of
Harrington, Mrs. Howard Caldwell
of Montebell, Calf, William Klecan
of Goldsboro, Md, and several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held in the
Boyer Funeral Home in Harring-
ton on Tuesday at p. m. The Rev.
Chester Wilcox, pastor of Trinity
Methodist Church, officiated. In
terment was made in the Hopkins
Cemetery, near FELTON,.
CROOK
Simeon De Witt Crook, 20, died
Friday, July 20, in the Kent Gen.
eral Hospital in Dover, after long
illness. He had a cement block
manufacturing business in Dover
Surviving him are a daughter,
Mrs. John Grace, Rising Sun, with
whom he lived, and sister, Mrs.
Nellie Webb of Rising Sun.
Funeral services were held from
the Torbert Funeral Home in Dover
on Monday at 2 p. m. with inter
ment in the Lakeside Cemetery at
Dover.
McNATT
Howard Bennett McNatt, So, died
Tuesday, July "a, in the Kent Gen.
eral Hospital, Dover.
He was a son of James and Jane
Bennett McNatt and was born in
Leipsic.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Rose Kilgore McNatt; his mother,
Mrs. Jane B. McNatt, and the fol-
lowing children, Mrs. Ruth Burris,
Dover; Mrs. Jane Baxter, of Sud-
lersville, Md, Howard B. McNatt,
Jr., of Smyrna, and Pfc. Stephen D.
McNatt, with the Army in Germ
any; three grandchildren five bro
theirs and sisters, Samuel of Hart
ly, Mrs. Mamie Still of Smyrna,
Mrs. Jennie Warsel of Media, Pa,
Harry McNatt of Dover, and Will
liam McNatt of Kenton.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p. m. on Saturday from the FAIRIES
Funeral Chapel in Smyrna, in
charge of the Rev. w. L. Beckwith,
pastor of Asbury Methodist Church.
Burial will be made in the Glen
wood Cemetery, Smyrna. Friends
may call at the funeral chapel on
Friday night.
JONES
Allan Marshall Jones, So, son
of the late Allan Davis Jones and
Angelina Marshall Jones. died in
the Hinsdale, ILL.,, hospital on Fri
day. July 20, of a cerebral hemor-
rage. Mr.. Jones spent his young
years and early manhood in Mil
ford, graduating from Milford High
School in 1911 and from the Univ
erSity of Delaware in 1915. as an