Milford chronicle., 1956-07-27
OBITUARY
LONG

Il B. Long, formerly of Selbyyille, and
Virginia Lloyd Long, formerly of
| Medford, Mass. The Rev. Harold
Mowen. rector of St. Martins-in-
the-Field Episcopal Church, Selby-
vile, officiated
The infants parents are station
ed at Guantanamo Bay Naval Bay.
He is survived, in addition to his
parents. by a brother, Thomas, and
a sister, Janice; his paternal grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William T.
Long, Selbyville, and his maternal
| grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
McMahon of Medford, Mass.
MINNER
Mrs Laura NJ. Minner, 92, died
July 81 in Harrington Nursing
Home in Milford.
Mrs. Minner was the widow of
Samuel Minner, widely known con-
tractor and builder of Magnolia
who died in 1945.
She is survived by son. Dawson
c. Minner; a granddaughter, Mrs.
Marjorie Minner Lane, and a great
grandson, Thomas J. Lane, Jr., all
of Magnolia; a sister, Mrs. Edna
Dodd, of Dover, and several nieees
and nephews.
/ Services were held from the
Conner Funeral Home at 1:30
p. m. Tuesday with burial at Bar
rats Chapel Frederica.
WALLS
Lawrence A. Walls, 46, a self
employed trucker, died suddenly
on July q of a heart attack at
his home here.
Mr.. Walls was born in Della
ware and had lived in Milton for
number CT years. He was a
past member of the Delaware Ma
tional Guard. His only immedi-
ate survivor is his wife, Mrs. Emma
j. Walls.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. M Wednesday at the Will
liam NJ Short Funeral Home, Mil
ton, with interment in Harbeson
Cemetery.
HILL
Mrs Emily Elizabeth Hill, 6S, of
FELTON,, died Thursday, July 10, in
the Milford Memorial Hospital. She
was the wife of Oscar Hill.
Other survivors include daugh-
ter, Mrs. George Hill, Jr., of Fell
ton; a granddaughter, Mrs. June
LeKites of FELTON,; two sisters, Mrs
Margaret Good of Milford, and Mrs
Edgar Hill, of FELTON, There are
also two brothers, Arthur Holden
| and Wilson Holden, both of Har-
rington, and two great-grandchil-
dTen.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday at 1870 p. m. at the Berry
Funeral Home in FELTON, with the
Rev. Larry Renner, pastor OF the
FELTON, Methodist Church, officiat-
ing. Interment was made in the
Hollywood Cemetery, near Har-
rington
HUDSON
Mrs. Lille Evans Hudson, 80,
died July % at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Elsie Bennett, Days
boro.
She was the widow of Wilma
more Hudson, and daughter of
the late George and Sarah Eliza
beth Williams Evans.
Beside her daughter, Mrs Ben
nett, she is survived by two other
daughters, Mrs. Pearl Quillen,
Dagsboro, and Mrs Sylvia Johnson,
Selbyville; a son, Winamore Hud-
son, Berlin, Md; six grandchildren,
seven great grandchildren, three
sisters, Mrs. Harvey F. Wilgus,
Roxana, Mrs. John J. Middleton,
Long, Ocean City, Md, and two
brothers, William, Ocean City and
Harold Chester Evans, Ocean View.
She was a member of the Frank
ford Methodist Church.
Services were held at 1:30 %. m.
Tuesday from the Watson Funeral
Home
WHELAN
William L. Whelan, 40, died sud
denly from heart attack July %
at his home on Kesselring Road,
Dover. He had operated a type
writer, adding machine, and book
keeping machine business in Dover
since 1916. His territory included
Kent County and the Eastern
Shore of Maryland. Before coming
to Dover he was associated with
Remington Rand in Wilmington.
He was a native of Connecticut.
He was a member of the Camden
Wyoming Lions Club.
Surviving are his wife, Ann M.
Whelan and a daughter, Betty Ann.
Services were held Wednesday
at 2 p. M. in the Trader Funeral
Home. The Rev. Albert M. B.
Snapp, pastor of Wyoming Metho-
dist Church, officiating. Interment
in Odd Fellows Cemtery, Camden.
WILSON
: Mrs. Naamah Hill Wilson, 73,
teacher in Sussex County schools
for 46 years, died Friday, July 20,
at her home in Glendale
Widow of Ebe T. Wilson, she
last taught at the Milton School
and retired eight years ago.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs.
Helen H. Warner of Dover. Mrs.
Cora e. Calhoun of Greenwood, and
Mrs. Huda V. Messick of Moores-
town, n. j.. and two brothers, Roy
G. Hill of Georgetown, and Logan
Hill of Philadelphia.