Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
OBITUARY
KIRBY


Mrs. Bertha C. Kirby. 81. 4 reg
istered nurse, died Thursday AFTER
noon. April 20, following a long
illness.
A graduate of Memorial Hospi-
tai in West Chester, Pa, she had
worked for the old Marshall Hos
pital, the old Milford Emergency
Hospital, and for Milford Memorial
Hospital.
Surviving are her husband, Rus
sell r. Kirby; six sisters Mrs.
Roy Justis, Sr., Horntown, Va.
Mrs. Martin Ardis and Mrs. Nelson
Collins, Greenbankville, Va; Mrs.
Vaughan White, Wilmington; Mrs.
William Kelley, Philadelphia, and
Mrs Marie Alien, New Castle;
three brothers, George William
Colbourn, Philadelphia; Charles
Colbourn, Jr., Stockton, Nd, and
Lawton Colbourn, Philadelphia,
and her stepmother, Mrs. Charles
E. Colbourn, Stockton, Nd
Funeral services were held on
Sunday at 1:30 p. m. in the Berry
Funeral home in Milford.
The Rev Joseph Kinks, rector
of Christ Episcopal Church, Mil
ford, officiated. Interment was
made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery
in Milford
BURRIS
Mrs. Martha L. Burris, "a, widow
of William T. Burris, died Thurs
day, April 26, at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. John L. Smith,
with whom she lived.
She is also survived by four
other children, Mrs. Mary VOL
leyhan, Smyrna; Elmer and Clar-
ence Burris and Mrs. Bertha Rey-
nolds, all three of Middletown; %
grandchildren, and 80 great-grand-
children.
The Rev. w. L. Beckwith, pas
tor of Asbury Methodist Church
in Smyrna, officiated at the funeral
services on Sunday at 1:30 p. M,
in the Farie Funeral Chapel in
Smyrna. Interment was made in
Brenzion Baptist Cemetery, near
Kenton.
WATSON
William Boone Watson, 79, for
mer Dover businessman but a resi-
dent of Milford for the past Is
years, died on Saturday at Milford
after an illness of several months
He was a son of the late A. A
and Alice Boone Watson of Dover
While Mr.. Watson had never held
political office, he had always TAX
en- an active interest in Republican
Party activities.
He was the husband of the late
Junie Fink Watson.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs
Sarah. Graham Hopping, Port Clin-
ton, Ohio; a half brother, Marvel
o. Watson, Dover; several nieces
living in Dover and several nieces
and nephews living in Toledo, Ohio
Services were held at the Fergu.
son and Hayes Funeral Home, Do
yer, on Tuesday, with burial in
Lakeside Cemetery, Dover.
BUNDICK
A military funeral with a firing
| squad from Fort Miles was helC
Saturday, April %, in BelltowI
Methodist Church at p. m. fol
a World War l veteran, Hezekial
| Bundick, Sc, of Lewes, who die,
Tuesday, April "a, at the Veteran
Hospital in Brack-Ex.
Members of the American Leg
ion Post IL, of Lewes and Reho
both, were pallbearers and con.
Quoted the military rites, assisted
by the church pastor, the Rev. j
o. Griffin. Burial was made in
Peoples Memorial Cemetery on
the Rehoboth Highway.
Until his illness of the past six
months, the veteran had been Gus
todian of the Lewes Presbyterian
Cemetery, and had worked on the
Town of Lewes maintenance truck
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Hattie
Bundick; six daughters, Mrs. Dor
othy Foreman, Seaford; Mrs. Edit
Bundick, Mrs. Elizabeth Blango
and Mrs. Annie Tran1mell, Nassau
Mrs. Virginia Pope, Atlantic City
N. J., and Mrs. OdeHa duffy, Of