Milford chronicle., 1956-04-13
OBITUARY

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Mrs. Elizabeth Caroline Dwier,
so, widow of William w. Dwier,
died on Friday. April 6, at the
home of her daughter. Miss Eliz-
abeth NJ. Dwier, of Lincoln.
She and her daughter had lived
in Lincoln five years. She is also
survived by sister, Mrs. Bertha
Powell of Philadelphia
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday at II a. m. in the Berry
Funeral Home in Milford The
Rev. William Tull, pastor of the
Church of God in Milford, ofTici-
ated. Snterment was made in the
Laurel Will Cemetery in Philadel-
phia.
LYNCH
Orlando B. Lynch, 8S, retired
farmer of Selbyville. died in the
Peninsula General Hospital in SAL
isbury on Sunday April 8. after
a brief illness.
He was son of the late David
and Hester Barker Lynch, and is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Nettie
3. Lynch. a daughter, Mrs. Lizzie
Gray of Ocean City, Md, and son,
Calvin Lynch, OF Frankford.
He was member of the Sound
Church, Williamsville.
Services were held Tuesday af-
ternoon from the Watson and Gray
Funeral Chapel in Frankford, the
Rev. Guy McWilliams. pastor of
Sound Church, officiating. Burial
was made in the Roxana Cemetery.
FRENCH
Miss Edith French, 70. of Mil
ford died last Friday, April g.,
while on an uptown shopping trip
She collapsed in the street of a
heart attack and was dead on ar
rival at the Milford Memorial Hos
pital.
Daughter of Nathaniel French
and Sarah Mills French, she was
a retired employee of the L. D.
Caulk Company and is survived
only by cousins.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday at p. m. in the Berry
Funeral Home, Milford. The Rev
Robert Green of Avenue Metho-
dist Church, officiated. Interment
was made in the Odd Fellows Gem
etery, Milford.
REED
Services for Homer Reed, 81, of
Wyoming, who died Monday morn
ing, April 8, in the Kent General
Hospital, after a lengthy illness,
were held from the Torbert Funer-
al Chapel in Dover on Thursday
at 2 D. m.
1nterment was made in Barratt's
Chapel Cemetery, near Frederick.
Mr.. Reed, farmer, is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Mary IL Reed:
four sons. Robert A. Reed of Flor
ida and Russell T. Herman H., and
Wilson M. Reed, Wyoming: a step
son, Frank Thorp, Lewes; two
daughters, Mrs. Alice M. Jones of
Dover, and Mrs. Anna Jane Lane
of Wyoming; and two brothers.
Leonard Reed of Dover, and Lin
dale Reed of Wyoming.
SHORT
Ralph S. Short, II. retired farm
er, of Gumboro, died Saturday,
April z, in the Milford Memorial
Hospital after an illness of five
days.
He was a son of the late Derias
and Anna Pusey Short, and fus-
band of the late Lenora Short who
died II weeks ago.
Survivors include a son, Earl
Short, near Gumboro, two grand
sons, two brothers Harry and
James Short, both of Allentown,
Pa, and a sister, Mrs. Edna Hay
man of Salisbury
Services were held Tuesday af-
ternoon from the Gumboro Metho-
dist Church with the Rev. c. E.
Wilkins, pastor of the Whitesville
Charge, officiating, assisted by the
Rev. James Langrall, pastor Of the
Gumboro Church. Burial was
made in the Mechanics Cemetery.
RATLEDGE
Services for Ernest S. Ratledge,
50-year-old businessman. civic
leader and sportsman of Lewes and
Rehoboth, who died Friday night,
April 6, at the Beebe Hospital fol-
lowing a heart attack at his Lewes
home, were conducted from st
Peters Episcopal Church in Reho-
both at 2 p. m. on Monday with the
REV. Frank L. Moon, rector, Off
iciatiag.
Burial was made in st. Peters
Cemetery on Pilot Town Road It
marked the second modern burial
in the old cemetery since it was
deed to the church in 1850
Last Friday was his 18th we'd
ding anniversary, and he was
watching television at his home
with his family when he suffered
a heart attack. The Beebe Hospi-
tai ambulance was called and he
died at the hospital less than an
hour later.
Mr.. Ratledge was the founder
OF the Henlopen Motor Company
in Rehoboth in 1897. Two years
ago re received a citation from
the Buick Motor Company as
Quarter Century Dealer" He had
started in the automobile business
in the town back in 1929.
He was active in the Lewes
Chamber of Commerce, and
former president of the LeWes
Lions Club. and was a leader in
the Lions drive for funds to Sc
cure an ambulance for Lewes. and
in the Lions annual minstrel
shows for raising money for well
fare work in the town He was