Milford chronicle., 1956-08-03
OBITUARY
KITCHENS

area, died July 30th i'll The Mill
ford Memorial Hospita after a
lengthy illness.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ell
sic NJ. Kitchens; two sisters, Mrs.
Eva G. Culver and Mrs. Lille E.
Massey. and a brother, Claude Hit
chens. All are of the Laurel area.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday at 2 p. m. in Laurel's
Windsor-Disharoon Funeral Home
with Rev. Lee Elliott of the Laurel
Methodist charge officiating. In
.erment was made in Mt Pleasant
Church cemetery.
BLIZZARD
James n. Blizzard, SO, retired
farmer and poultryman, died July
31st in Milford Memorial Hospital
after long illness. His wife.
Sally, died five years ago.
He is survived by a son, John,
of Georgetown, and several nieces
and nephews.
The funeral will be Friday at 2
p. r.. at the James Funeral Home,
Millsboro, with the Rev. Frank
Lucia, pastor of the Georgetown
Methodist Circuit, officiating. In
terment will be in Mechanics Gem
etery, Millsboro.
Relatives request that in lieu
of flowers money be sent to some
worthy cause.
WATERS
Funeral services for Samuel o.
Waters, so, of near Harrington,
were held Tuesday at l p. m. in
the j. Millard Cooper Funeral
Home, Harrington. The Rev. Edwin
Tull, pastor of the Milford Church
of God. officiated. Interment was
made in Bethel Cemetery, near
fredericksburg. Mr.. Waters died at
his home on July 28th
He was born in New Jersey and
came to this area Is years ago.
He engaged in farming until ill
health forced him to retire.
| Surviving are his wife, Laura
Antrim Waters; a son, John, of
Newport; a daughter, Mrs. Miriam
Mystrom, Seaford; five grandchil-
dren; and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
| Naylor, Ashland, N. Y.
SHAW
Miss Elizabeth H. Shaw, rs, sup
erintendent of st. Margaret's Hos
pital in Pittsburgh, Pa, for 25
years, died On July % in the Univ
ersfty of Pennsylvania Hospital,
Philadelphia, after a short illness.
A native of Harrington, Miss
Shaw was the daughter of the late
William and Sarah NJ. Harrington
| Shaw. She was a graduate of the
| University of Pennsylvania Hos
pital School of Nursing and was
recognized as one of the most able
hospital administrators of her time
She had been retired for several
years.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. Wednesday at the Berry
Funeral Home, Harrington, with
interment at Hollywood Cemetery.
RASH
Mrs Clara B. Rash, 80, daughter
of the late Samuel and Hester
! Bennett of Leipsic and widow of
the late Edward Rash, died at Smy-
rna on July 20. She was a member
of Asbury Methodist Church.
The funeral was held in Matt
hews' Funeral Home, Smyrna, on
Thursday at 2 p. M, with the Rev
Walter L. Beckwith, pastor of the
Asbury Church, officiating. Inter
ment was made in Leipsic Gene
| terry.
Surviving are 10 children: Frank
M. and George E. Rash, of Smyrna;
Samuel B. Rash and Harry C. Rash,
of Dover; Willard j. Rash, of Mi
ami, Fla; William C. Rash, of
Camden; Charles S. Rash, who
lives in Michigan; Mrs. Sarah R.
Reed, of Colts, Md; Warren S.
Rash, of Washington, D. c.; and
Mrs. Mary r. Collins, of Smyrna;
18 grandchildren, five great grand
dren, and two sisters, Mrs. jamie
McNatt, of Smyrna, and Mrs. Elsie
Ebright, of Franklinville, N. j.
IRELAND
! Mrs. Losetta Jester Ireland, 81,
died on Thursday, July 26, at her
home in Glendale after a long
illness. She was a daughter of the
late Harry w. Jester, lumbernan
and banker, and the late Mrs.
Jester, of Glendale She was a
graduate of the University of Del
aware and the Peabody Conserva-
tory of Music, Baltimore, and was
a member of the Milford New Cen
tury Club.
Surviving are her husband, Fred
Ireland: two daughters, Mrs. Fred
eta Mccormick, West Chester, Pa;
Miss Rhea Ireland, one of Della
wares Representatives at Girls
Nation, of Ellendale; a sister, Mrs.
Olga Clayton, Baltimore; two bro
theirs, Otis and Harry Jester, both
of Milford, and one grandchild.
Services were held Sunday at
IL p. m. in the Rogers Funeral
Home, Milford. The Rev. Olin
Shockley, pastor of Ellendale Meth
fodist Church, officiated, and inter
ment was made at Odd Fellows
Cemetery.
WILEY
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
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