Milford chronicle., 1956-09-28
OBITUARY
HARRINGTON

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the Millard Cooper Funeral Home,
110 East Center street, Harring-
ION. Wednesday at 2 p. m.
The Rev. Richard Gibson, pas
tor of Asbury Methodist Church,
Harrington, officiated, assisted by
the Rev. Milton Elliott of the Sea-
ford Circuit. Interment in Holly
wood Cemetery.
Mr.. Harrington died Friday eve
ming, September 81, in the Milford
Memorial Hospital after suffering
a heart attack. He was a clerk
in Raughley's Grocery Store, Har-
rington.
Surviving are his wife, Sara, of
Harrington, and son, Jack Har-
rington of Bremerton, Wash, two
grandchildren, and one brother,
Lijah Harrington of FELTON,.
GLEASON
Mrs. Elizabeth c. Gleason, 81,
of FELTON,, died early Friday morn
ing at the Jarvis Nursing Home,
FELTON,, following lengthy illness.
Mrs. Gleason was the FELTON,
correspondent for the Milford
Chronicle for many years and kept
up her correspondence for the pa
per until her illness prevented il
a few months ago.
Mrs. Gleason is survived by two
sons, Nelson S. Hill of Milford
and John r. Gleason of FELTON,, and
one grandchild, Miss Helen G. Hill
of Milford.
Funeral, services were held al
the Berry Funeral Home, FELTON,
Sunday afternoon, at O'Clock
with the Rev. Larry Renner, pastor
of the FELTON, Methodist Church anf
the Rev William Kitchens, pastor
of the Clayton Methodist Church
officiating. Interment was at Bar
rats Chapel Cemetery. Frederica
BUNTING
Mrs. Leonora Bunting, SO, a life
long resident of the Millsboro area
died Sunday, September %, at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Ell
wood Sturges, here.
She would have been 81 on No
vember 6, and is believed to have
been the oldest woman in the
area.
She was a daughter of the late
Alfred and Henrietta Hudson.
Besides Mrs. Sturges, she il
survived by another daughter, Mrs
Katie Phillips, Millsboro; fcul
grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren, and brother, Syl
vester Hudson, Millsboro.
Services were held on Wednes
day from the Watson and Ora!
Funeral Chapel, Millsboro, the
Rev. J. P. Kyler, pastor of thu
Selbyville Evangelical Center ant
the Rev. Donald Horner, pastor o
/ Grace Methodist Church, Mills
boro, officiating.
RYDER
William Ryder, age 64 years, diet
suddenly on Sunday evening, Sep
tember %, of a heart attack a
his home at rs Brooklyn avenue
! Rehoboth Beach.
Mr.. Ryder, before moving to Re
hoboth from Milford in 1910, wa
engaged in farming near town ant
later operated two filling stations
on the Rehoboth Highway whicl
he still owned at the time of hi
| death. For the past ten years ht
had been connected with the Blue
| Hen Theatre in Rehoboth as asso
| ciate business manager. He was
born and raised IN Hackensack, n
].
Mr.. Ryder was not married. HI
is survived by one sister, Mis-
Ann Ryder, with whom he made
| his home, and one brother, Georg'
| Ryder, also of Rehoboth.
Funeral services were held at th'
| Atkins Funeral Home in Lewe
with burial in Odd Fellows Gene
| terry in Milford.
SMITH
Services for Samuel Burtol
Smith, "a, who died Sunday af
ternoon, September %, in the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital, were hell
| at 2 p. m. Wednesday from tn
Watson Funeral Home in Seaford
the Rev. Manuel Buarque, former
ly Seaford Circuit Methodist min
lister, officiating. Interment in Od'
Fellows Cemetery, Seaford.
A son of the late Charles an
Matilda Dickerson Smith of nea
Seaford, Mr.. Smith was formerl
an employee of the State Highwa.
| Department in Sussex County.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Annie
Helen Smith of Blades, he leave
a daughter, Mrs. Carl d. Carlisle
three grandchildren, Shirley, Bob
bic and Linda, all of Seaford;
brother, Charles Smith of Bridge
Vile, and five sisters, Mrs. Jan
Taylor, Mrs. Ella Fleetwood, Mrs
Russell Milligan, Mrs. Waltor Tod
and Mrs. Sallie Morgan, all o
Seaford.