Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27
OBITUARY
CROSSLEY

April 20, in Milford Memorial Hos
pital
Surviving are three daughters
Mrs. Claudia Keller, of near Mag
nolia, with whom she lived; Miss
Pearl Crossley, Chester, Pa; Mrs
Carmen Green, Hughesville, Pa
two sons, John L., Doylestown, Pa.
Jesse A, Miami. Fla; six grand
children, two great grandchildren
and a brother, James Collins, OF
Prairie Grove. Ark.
Services were held in the Berry
Funeral Home. FELTON,, Sunday
April p, at 4 o'clock. Interment
was made in the cemetery at Boal-
burg, Pa, Monday, at 2:30 p. m
SHORT
Ira Short, 81, died at Beebe Hos
pital Tuesday morning after long
illness. He had been a mechanic al
the Newton Company plant in
Bridgeville. Mr.. Short was the sor
of the late John H. and Ida C
Mumford Short and is survived by
his wife, Lola; a son Eugene S
Short; a daughter, Mrs. Elias B
Hill;six grandchildrezs, two broth.
ers, John M. and Fred Short, an6
a sister, Mrs. John E. Short, al
of Georgetown.
Funeral services were helC
Thursday at l p. m. at the Carey
Funeral Home with the Rev. VIM
O. Hackett, pastor of Wesley
Methodist Church, officiating.
Interment was made in Unior
Cemetery.
BAKER
Services for Ollie M. Baker, So
who died Thursday, April 10, in
Milford Memorial Hospital, were
held at Ii a. m Sunday from tht
Windsor and Disharoon Funera
Home, Laurel. The Rev. G. E. Viii
kins, pastor of Whitesville Metho-
dist Church officiated. Burial was
made in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
A farmer, he resided ON Routs
2, Laurel and was a son of tht
late John S. and Nancy Baker.
Surviving are his wife,. Mrs
Winnie F. Baker, a daughter, Mrs
Lille E. Birmingham, of Laurel
two sons, Reese M, of Laurel, anC
Calvin s., of Delmar, and the fol
lowing sisters: Mrs. Lizzie Car
mean, of Georgetown, Mrs. Eths
Bailey, of Laurel, Mrs. Sarah Work
man, of Rehoboth, Mrs. Eva Work
man, Georgetown, Mrs. Lilly
Thompson, Laurel, and eigh,
grandchildren.
BOWEN
Services for Dorsey Bowen, 73
husband of the late Blanche Bowen
who died in Milford Memorial Hos
pital ON Friday, we're conducted
from the Berry Funeral Home in
Milford at 2. m. Tuesday, witt
Rev. Donzel p Wildey, pastor o
Calvary Methodist Church officia
ting. Burial was made in Odd Eel
lows Cemetery.
Mr.. Bowen had operated a gener
al store in Milford for more thai
so years. His store was one of th
last of its type in Milford and on
of the last of its type in the gen
eral area
Survivors include a son, Dorsey
Jr.; daughter, Mrs. Frances Ann
Graves, of Lewes; three sisters
Mrs. Fred Ruhf and Mrs. Nelli
Uhler, of Philadelphia, Mrs. Evi
Lacey, of Wilmington, and tw'
brothers, Stokes and Harry Bowen
of Milford, also three grandchi1
dren.
LARSEN
Graveside services for Mrs. Thel
ma B. Larsen, 40, of near Kittl
Hummock. were held in Matthew
Cemetery, Poweilsville, N. c., OF
Tuesday, according to arrange
ments made through the Trade
Funeral Home, Dover.
Mrs. Larsen died of self -infiic
ted bullet wound at her trailel
home on the Kits Hummock Roas
ON Friday night, April 10th. Shi
is survived by her husband, Rob
ert Larsen; a son, Wayne Larsen
Baltimore; her father, James Ell
lis, Powellsville, N. c., and ST,
sisters, Mrs. Edne Henley. Soutl
Norfolk, Va; mrs. e. F. Hender
son, Portsmouth, Va: Mrs. c. W
McKelvey Albuquerque, N. M
Mrs. F. M. Marshall, Japan; Mrs
Ralph Beauregard, Chicotee, Mass.
and Mrs. J. H. Goodman, Frederick
Md.
The Larsens had been living a
the trailer court for about a yeaI
SLAUGHTER
Edward Slaughter, IA, who il
recent years was a clerk at the Ho
tel Bayard, Dover, died Saturday
April 81, at the Jarvis Nursini
Home, FELTON,. He lived practicall
all his life in the Dover area, am
was retired farmer and also ha
been in the electrical. contractin
business.
Mr.. Slaughter had been a pa
tient in the nursing home tn
past FIVE months. He is survive
by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Slaugh
ter; a son, Ned Slaughter, Dover
two daughters, Mrs. Robert StroEn
beck, Hancock, n. H., and Mrs
Milton Seward, Ann Arbor, Mich
two sisters, Mrs. Wilbur Wild:
Dover, and Miss Susan B. Slaugh
Ter, Philadelphia, and two grand
children.
Services were held at p. n
Tuesday from the Trader Funera
Home, Dover, with the Rev. G. "
Spry officiating. Interment wa
made in the Slaughter burial pic
in West Dover.