Milford chronicle., 1956-10-26
OBITUARY

uCl nOlll6 On DIOOklyu II dNOHuOs Ldu-
rel, on Monday, October %, after a
long illness. Surviving are her
husband, Harvey B. King; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Beulah Perry, Whining
ton; one granddaughter; a sister
and two brothers, Mrs. Ella Lingo,
Laurel; Charles d. Cordrey, Pitts
vile, Md; and Arley Cordrey, Lau-
rel.
Services were held on Wednes-
day morning in the Windsor and
Disharoon Funeral Home. The
Rev. David w. Baker, pastor of
Centenary Methodist Church, Off
ciating. Interment in Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Laurel.
CHANDLER
Funeral services for Capt. Ebe T.
Chandler, retired sea captain and
former mayor of Bethany Beach
were held Monday. October Is at
l p. m. in the Watson and Gray
Funeral Chapel here. The Rev. DR.
Earl Cummings will officiate and
interment will be in Carey's Gene
terry.
Captain Chandler, who died Fri
day, October 18th in the Beebe Hos
pital at Lewes, would have been 9S
years old on October 25. He hat
been a sea-going man for As year;
before retiring in 1918.
He IS survived by six grand chill
dren and 10 great grandchildren.
LYNCH
Howard L. Lynch, so, co-ownel
of the Lynch and Cropper Bag Co.
died suddenly at his home Friday
evening, October 18th. He was {
son of the late Wallace and Sallie
Long Lynch.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Edna
Collins Lynch; a daughter, Mrs
Lima Cropper; two sons, Howard
and Robert Lynch, all of Dabsboro
and two grandchildren Also two
brothers, Manrey and Norman
Lynch, and a sister, Mrs. Brenda
Holder, all of Frankford.
Services were held Tuesday, Oct
16 in the Watson and Gray Funeral
Chapel at Frankford. The Rev
Harry j. Collins, Jr., pastor of the
Christ Sanctified Holy Church al
Columbia, S. c., officiating. Inter
ment in Mechanics Cemetery al
Roxana.
SCHMIERER
Funeral services for Albert F.
Schmierer, 80, vino died Friday
night, October 19 at his home in
Lewes, were held at 2 p. m. on
Tuesday from the Atkins Funeral
Home in Lewes, with the Rev. DR.
William Leishman, pastor of the
Lewes Presbyterian Church, offici-
ating. Burial in the family plot
in Midway Presbyterian church.
yard on the Lewes-Rehoboth High
way. His nephews served as pail.
bearers.
He had been around Lewes dur.
ing the day and was stricken with
a heart attack on returning home
For many years he had beer
! employed as junk dealer in bht
town.
Born of German parentage neal
Merchantville, N. j., he was the
son of the late John p and Caro-.
line Kimerlin Schmierer.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs
ClaI ence Edgens of Lewes, anC
Mrs. John o. Dayton of Harring
ton, as well as number of nieces
and nephews in the Lewes vicinity
STEVENSON
Lloyd E. Stevenson, 5S, a nativ,
of Sussex County, died October 20tl
at the Underwood Hospital il
Woodbury., n J. of a heart attack
He had been living at Pittman
N. j., the past three years wher'
he was employed by the Baldwin
Lima-Hamilton Corporation.
Mr.. Stevenson was born ant
raised in the Fairmount section o
Eastern Sussex County. a son o
the late IRA Stevenson and Nor;
Johnson Stevenson.
He was a member of the Unit!
Methodist Church of Fairmount
| and a member of the Thomas r
Patton Lodge. A. F. & A. NJ 659
of Philadelphia.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs
Alva Prettyman Stevenson of Pitt
man. brother, Ralph of Ceilings
wood, n. J.
Services were held Wednesda!
from the Atkins Funeral Home
Lewes, conducted by the Rev. DR.