Milford chronicle., 1956-07-20
OBITUARY
HATCHER

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Burton Hatcher, "a, native of
Lewes, who died last week at her
summer home at Lake Dunmore,
VT, were held Saturday at Atkins
Funeral Home in Lewes Burial
was made in the Lewes Presbyter-
ian churchyard.
Mrs. Hatcher was the Daughter
of former Mayor of Lewes, the
late Alfred Lee Burton, and the
widow of Robert A. Hatcher, pro-
fessor of pharmacology at Cornell
University Medical School. Sur
viving are son, Robert Lee Hat
cher of Douglastown, n. Y, and
two grandchildren.
KING
Funeral services were held at 2
p. m. on Wednesday from the At
kins Funeral Home in Lewes for
Mrs. Emma j. King, sc, who died
Sunday. July Is. in the Milford
Memorial Hospital.
She leaves three sisters, Mrs.
Delema Outten of Georgetown,
Mrs. Jennie Stogner of Washing
ton, ID. c., and Miss Mary Reed of
Milton.
The service was conducted by
the Rev. III. Frederick Truitt of
Sharptown, Md, assisted by the
Rev. Mr.. Dickey, pastor of the Zion
Whites Chapel Circuit. Burial
was made in the Odd Fellows Gem
etery at Milton.
BURN
Wallace Burn, 20, 201 S. E. Front
Street, Milford, died Monday eve
ming, July 16, in his, home at
Slaughter Beach. He was born in
Milford where he had lived all of
his life.
He was member of the First
Presbyterian Church, Milford.
He is survived by his wife. EN-
ma Sipple; three children, Thomas
Wallace, a son; and Mrs. Hugh M.
Miller of Dover, New jersey, and
ftrs. William j. Watson ef Mil
lord. daughters; and niue grand
children. He also leaves one sister.
Mrs. Arthur Webb of Wilmington.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday at TWO O'CLOCK from the
Berry Funeral Home in Milford by
the Iiev. Douglas Milbury, with the
Rev. Hugh NJ. Miller of Dover, New
Jersey, assisting. Burial was in the
Odd Fellows Cemetery. Milford.
JACOBS
Wilbur Il. Jacobs, 73, of Har-
rington, formerly active in civic,
political, church, and business cir
cles, died Thursday, July II, at his
home following long illness. He
resided in Harrington the greater
part of his life and for AZ years
owned and operated mercantile
business in that town.
Mr.. Jacobs was a former state
senator, a former state auditor,
and for 20 years was Kent County
jury commissioner. AT one time he
was mayor of Harrington.
At the time of his death he was
a member of the board CT trustees
of Trinity Methodist Church; a di-
rector and first vice president of
the Peoples Bank of Harrington; a
director of the Kent and Sussex
Fair Association, and was a mem
ber of the Rotary Club and the
Harrington Better Business Asso-
ciation
He is survived by his wife, Geor-
gia Jacobs; son, Lyman, of Will
mington, and a brother, Arlie Ja-
cobs of Harrington.
Funeral services were held in
Trinity Methodist Church, Harring-
ton. on Sunday at p. m. in charge
of the Rev. Milton Elliott and the
Rev. Chester Wilcox.
VINEYARD
Mrs. Lillian Sapp Vinyard, wife
of Wilson c. Vinyard, president and
owner of the Vinyard Shipyard at
Milford, died Wednesday, July IL.
at the Johns Hopkins Hospital at
Baltimore.
Mrs. Vinyard was a graduate of
the Harrington High School and
of Beaver College at Jenkintown,
Pa, where she served on the fac
ulty for four years. She was an
active member of the First Pres
byterian Church of Milford, where
she was assistant superintendent
and teacher in the Sunday School.
She was a past president of the
Milford New Century Club and a
past vice president of the Della
ware Federation of Women's Clubs.
In addition, she was an active mem
ber of Women's Christian Service,
of the Wilmington Club. She also
served two years on committee
to select the mother of the year.
Surviving her are her husband,
and two sisters, Mrs. Horace Quill
len of Harrington and Mrs. t. Car
Isle Collins of Milford.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. Saturday from the Rogers
Funeral Home, Milford. Interment
was made in the Odd Fellows Gem
etery, Milford.
TRUITT
Funeral services for DR.. Ernest
A. Truitt, 20, pharmacist in Della
ware for 48 years, were held at 2
p. m. on Wednesday at the Nichols
Funeral Home, 21O North James
street, Newport. Interment was
made in st. Anne's Cemetery, Mid
dletown.
DR.. Truitt died Monday, July 16,
at the Maple Crest Nursing Home.
He retired three months ago be-
cause of illness. For Is years prior
to this he was at Tingle's Drug
Store, Delmar. Before that he was
with Moore's Drug Store at Reho-
hoth Raaab for fOur vaars