Milford chronicle., 1956-11-23
OBITUARY
KEEL


William A. Keil, age II years,
passed away Wednesday, Novem-
Der IA. Funeral services were held
at the Berry Funeral Home, Mil
ford, on Saturday morning at II
O'Clock. Rev. William Tull of the
Church of God, Milford, officiated
Interment was made in Odd Eel
lows Cemetery, Milford. He has nc
known survivors.
BiLDERBECK
Mrs. Mary Matilda BiIderbeck
age SO years, wife of the late Ches-
ter w. Bilderbeck of Bowers, Del.
passed away Tuesday, November
10. Funeral services were held al
the Berry Funeral Home, Milford
On Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock
Rev. Robert Green of Avenue Meth.
odist Church, Milford, officiated
Interment was made in Barratt's
Chapel Cemetery, Frederick.
She is survived by one brother
Alexander Fleming, Bowers; two
sisters, Mrs. Joseph Frederick, o
Haddon Heights, N j., and Mrs
Lloyd Remington, Allentown, Pa
RICHARDS
Mrs. Anna Belle Richards, 81
widow of Charles F. Richards, dice
Wednesday, November IA, at the
home of a son, Earl Richards, o.
Wyoming, after long illness.
Mrs. Richards, who was great
at-grandmother, was born il
Ohio and moved to Delaware from
North Dakota 35 years ago. In ad-
dition to her son, she is survived
by two daughters, Mrs. Franz
Haas, Harrington, and Mrs. Gladys
Smith, FELTON,; IL grandchildren
IA grandchildren; and five
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held a.
the Berry Funeral Home, FELTON,
at 2 p. M, Sunday, with interment
at Barratt's Chapel Cemetery
Frederick.
STRATMAN
Mrs. Phyllis E. Stratman, 18
wife of Walter G. Stratman, dice
Wednesday, November z, in Del
aware Hospital, in Wilmington.
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by a daughter, Char
lotte Marie; her parents, Edward
and Emma Wiley; a sister, Miss
Doris Wiley; three brothers, Will
liam Edward, Richard, and James
Wiley, all of Milford.
She had been in the hospita
since the birth of her daughte
early last month.
| day at 2 p. m, in Pilgrim Holmes
Funeral services were held las
Monday at p. m, in Pilgrim Holi
ness Church, Milford, with inter
ment in Odd Fellows Cemetery
The Rev. Leon Hynson, pastor
! officiated.
NICKERSON
John G.. Nickerson, 80, retire'
pharmacist, died at his home il
Wyoming, Tuesday, November 13
after a short illness.
Born in Delaware, Mr.. Nicker
son attended Wesley College at Do
yer formerly Wesley Collegiat
Institute) and was a registereI
pharmacist in New York City for ;
number of years.
On his retirement IL years ago
Mr.. Nickerson returned to Wyom
ing.
Surviving are his wife, Henriet
| ia: a brother, Homer Nickerson
Wyoming, and a sister, Mrs. By
ron Slaughter, Philadelphia.
Funeral services were held at
O'Clock Saturday at the Berry Flu
neral home, FELTON,, with the Rev
Albert NJ. Snapp, pastor of tn
Methodist Church, Wyoming, off
ciating. Interment was at Odd Eel
lows Cemetery, Camden.
KESSLER
Mrs. Mary Smith Kessler, daugh
ter of the late John B. Smith who
for many years, was cashier of tn
First National Bank and Trus
Company, Milford, and SalIie An
derson Smith, died November 20t
in Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia
She was born and raised in Mil
ford
After graduating from the Mil
ford Academy, Mrs. Kessler wen
to Moravin Seminary, Bethlehem
Pa, from which she was graduated
William Lofiand of Lewes wa
her first husband. His death cam
soon after their marriage.
Some years later she marie
Comdr. Robert w. Kessler, USN
who also preceded her in death.
Mrs. Kessler is survived by a
invalid brother, Dale, with whoI
she resided on South Walnut Stree
Milford, and a granddaughter, Mr.!
Robert Baynum of Milford.
Services will be held at p. n
FRIDAY, from her late home TIL
Rev. Harry Jaeger, pastor of Firs
PRESBYTERIAN Church, here, wher
Mrs. Kessler was a former Sunda