Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16
OBITUARY
DONOVAN

DONONAN
Cove Donovan, lifelong farmer of
the houston area, died Tuesday,
March IS, in the Milford Memorial
Hospital after a long illness. He
is survived by two sons, Ralph and
Leon. OF the Houston area, and one
sister, Mrs. Cassie Henderson OF
Newark
Services will be held u the Ber-
ry Funeral Home in Milford today
trrluay1 al D. IN. me hev. J b.
Vaughan, pastor of Houston Meth
oulsI Cnalcn, win onciate ana IN
terlnenI VIII be maze III the family
ploI IN BarraIl Chapel Cemetery,
near freuerlca.
PALMER
Mrs. Adolphus L. Palmer, 81, died
on nlonday, luarcn II, at lne nome
OF her son, George X. Palmer, of
Milton. Sne was the wife of the late
Aooiphus K Palmer ana the daugn-
ter Oh the late John and Matilda S.
SteeEman.
Besides her son, George, she is
survived by laughter, MRS. Ar
thur Macklin of Newport; two sis
ters, Mrs. Carl Davis Oh Laurel, ana
Mrs. Frank Stogoon of Milton !;
three grandchildren, Mrs. Arthur
Dagenir of Newport, Walter p.
Mackiln OF Newport, and ElDert l..
Palmer OF Wilmington; two great
granachildren ana TWO great-great-
granacnildren.
Funeral services were held on
THURSDAY at q. M from the Viii
liam M. Snort Funeral Home in
Milton with the Rev. William A.
Mcdaniel and the Rev. Elwood Ker-
sey officiating. Interment was
made in odd Fellows Cemetery at
miIlon.
LARE
Services for Mrs. Sally A. Lare,
43, wife of j Palmer Lare, who
died at her home in the Wooden
hawk section near Greenwood, on
Sunday, March II, were he'd at 2
p. m. on Wednesday from the
Bloomery Methodist Church near
fredericksburg with the Rev. O. g.
Brewer, pastor, officiating, assisted
by the Rev. G. j. Abbott of Bridge
vile, and the Rev. Milton MilIiner,
Reliance. Interment was made in
the Bloomery Cemetery.
Born in Wicomico County, Md,
she was a daughter of Mrs. Eliza
beth Eecords Willin of near Fed
eralsburg, ard the late Thomas II.
Willin.
Besides aes stg gsband and mo-
ther, she is survived by a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Harold Arner, Greenwood
a son, John Fl. Lare. et home; and
the following brothers and sisters:
Harvey Willin, of fredericksburg,
Mrs. Dallas Boyce of Federals-
burg, Mrs. parreIl Wheatley of Sea-
ford, Mrs. Samuel Mackert of Fed
eralsburg, Clarence Willin of
Sharptown, Thomas H. WilIin, Jr.,
of fredericksburg Elwood Willin of
Georgetown, and a half-sister, Mrs
H. c. Austin of Harrington.
McLEAN
a requiem mass was held Mon
day, March II, at 10 a. m. at St.
Edmend's Catholic Church, Reho-
botn Beach, for Frank J. Mclean,
59, u. S. Navy, retired, who died
Unexpectedly Thursday, March g.,
from a heart attack at his home
on Lewes Beach.
A former resident of Upper Dar-
by, Pa, he was the son of the late
James H. Mclean and Margaret
Green Mclean of Philadelphia. He
and his wife, the former Miss Sara
Murphy of Lewes, had been living
at Lewes Beach the past three
years.
The services Monday were fol-
lowed by interment in the family
vault in the Lewes Methodist Gem
etery.
Mrs. Mclean found her husband
lying unconscious on the floor of
his bedroom, and he died before
medical aid could be secured. He
was educated at Notre Dame Acad-
emy and ST. Joseph School. Phila-
delphia. He served in the Navy in
both world wars, after which he
received disability discharge.
Besides his wife he leaves a
son, Charles James Mclean of
King OF Prussia, Pa; two sisters,
Miss Kitty Mclean of Phoenixville,
Pa, asformer All-American hockey
star. and Mrs. Joseph A. McDevitt
OK Wynnewood, Pa; brother,
tIenry ]. Mclean of Bala-Cynwyd,
Pa, and two grandchildren.