Milford chronicle., 1957-07-26
OBITUARY
SYLVESTER

SYLVESTER
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie
Wright Sylvester, sc, wife of the
late George Sylvester, were held
from the Palmer Home on Wednes-
day with interment in Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Camden.
The Rev. DR.. John A Trader,
pastor of Wesley Methodist Church,
officiated.
Mrs. Sylvester died July q at the
Palmer Home where she had been |
a guest since March l, 1916. She /
leaves no immediate survivors.
HINkEY
Funeral services for Mr.. Joseph |
Hinkey, who died at the home of !
of Cheswold, was held from the
LOfiand Funeral Home on Satur-
day, July goth, at p. m. Interment
in the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Rev
Olin Shockley of CheswOld, officia-
ted
Mr.. Hinkey died very suddenly
on Wednesday, July II. He is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs. Leon
Tucker of Cheswold and Mrs Ella
Mae Cannon of Seaford and 3
grandchildren.
MORRIS
Edward L. Morris, 90, died
July 81 in Peninsula General Hos
pital, Salisbury, after a brief ill
ness.
He was a retired chicken dealer.
He was a member Of Covert Lodge
No II, AT & AM of Omaha and a
member of the Scottish Rite.
He was the son of Alice Turner
Morris and the late Earney Morris
Besides his mother, he is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Minerva Morris
The funeral was held Wednes-
day at p. M, at the Watson and
Gray Funeral Chapel, Frankford
Interment in Odd Fellows Gene
terry. Bishopville, Md.
HEATH
Mrs. JEANNE B. Heath, 88. died
at her home in Milford Saturday
night, July 20, after a long illness.
Survivors include two sons: Will
bur E., of Milford; and Charles NJ,
of Lincoln; five daughters, Mrs
Fred J. Brown, Mrs. Herbert w.
Murray, Mrs. Howard E. Argo, Mrs.
John w. Massey, all of Milford;
and Mrs. Elbert w. Donovan, of
Lincoln; % grandchildren, and II
great-grandchildre
Funeral services were held from
the Berry Funeral Home in Mil
ford July %, with the Rev. F. Doug
las Milbury, pastor of Calvary
Methodist Church, officiating. In
terment in Odd Fellows Cemetery,
Milford.
HILL
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie
Hill, 73, were held from the Lof-
land Funeral Home, Milford, on
Wednesday at 1O:30 a. m. Inter
ment in the Odd Fellows Cemetery,
Milford. The Rev. Douglas Milbury
of Calvary Methodist Church, Off
ciated.
Mrs. Hill, the widow of the late
Harry Hill, died July 81 in the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital. She and
her husband operated a restaur-
ant in Milford for several years.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Myrtle Reedy, and a son, Harry
Hill, Jr., of Milford; four grand
children, six gFeat-grandchildre
and brother, Harry B. Fleetwood
of Blades.
PATTERSON
July % in the Milford Memorial
Hospital He was a retired rail
road man and a member of the
Brotherhood of Trainmen.
He was a member of Calvary
Methodist Church, Milford, and
of the Mems Bible Glass.
Services were held from the Rog-
ers Funeral Home, Milford, Wed
nesday, with the Rev. Douglas Mil
bury, pastor of the church and the
Rev. Jacob c. Handy, pastor of
Frederick Trinity Church, officia-
ting. Interment in Barratt's Chap
ell Cemetery, near Frederick
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Sarah V. Thompson Patterson, two
brothers, Edwin of Hamilton
Square, Pa, and Willis of Bowers
Beach; and one sister, Mrs. Carrie
Blocksom, Philadelphia.
EGLI
Fred E. Egli, Y, 103 Rodney
Street, RehOboth, a retired mer-
chant of Verona, Pa, who had been
living at RehOboth about 10 years,
died at his home at Rehoboth Sat-
urday night, July 20.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Eleanor Spindler, a profess
ional concert violinist, one bro
ther, Charles Egli, of New Phila-
delphia, Ohio; two sisters: Miss
Anna NJ. Egli of RehcbOth, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Fitzpatrick of New
Philadelphia.
The funeral was held July % in
the Atkins Funeral Home, Lewes,
conducted by the Rev. DIR. w. d.
Gibson, pastor of Westminster
Presbyterian Church of Rehoboth,
where the deceased was a trustee
and a member OF Westminster
Mems Club. Burial in Cemetery of
Barratt's Chapel near Frederick.
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SMOOT
Irwin F. Smoot. 73, former state
representative, died July 18 in the
Nanticoke Memorial Hospital after
long illness. His home was on the
Seaford- -BridgeviIle Highway
A son of the late Luke and Re-
becca Wheatley SmoOt of near
Galestown, Md, the deceased was
a prominent business man of this
section for many years.
He had been in the dairy bust
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