Milford chronicle., 1957-01-18

Smyrna last Saturday, January IL.
She was the daughter of the late
Albert and Fannie F. Sheldon. In
addition to her husband, she is
survived by daughter, Mrs. James
Fernald, Dover.
Services were held at 1 p. m,
Tuesday, in the Matthews Funeral
Home. The Rev. Walter L. Beck
with, pastor of Asbury Church, Off
ciated. Interment in Silverbrook
Cemetery, Wilmington.
SACKETT
George NJ Sackett, age 80, died
after a short illness on January
IL, in the Hubbard Nursing Home
in Atoka, Oklahoma. A former res
ident of Lincoln, he was the son of |
the late Charles H. and Louisa E.
Sackett. He had lived in Atoka /
about 20 years. Funeral services
were held in the Atoka, Methodist /
Church on Monday, January IA, the
Rev. Wayne Segars, officiating. In
terment was made in Atoka Gene
terry. He is survived by one bro
ther, Arthur Sackett, Lincoln, and |
3 nleceS ana nephew.
BLIZZARD
Funeral services were held in |
the William Short Funeral Home on |
Monday, Dec. 81, for Mrs. Delema |
Anna Blizzard, SO, widow of Will |
liam E. Blizzard. She is survived |
by her mother, Mrs. Emma T.
Walls; a daughter, Mrs. Helena M. |
Pusey, Blades, Del F.; a son, James
E. Blizzard, Milton, Del; a sister,
Mrs. Maggie Wilson, Milton; bro
ther, John Steelman, Lewes.
The Rev. w. Earl Watts, pastor
of the Pilgrim Holiness Church, |
officiated and interment was iii the
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milton
PHILLIPS
Services for Mrs. Rhoda Phillips, |
85, of near Pearson's Corner, who |
died Saturday, January Il, were
held at 2 p. m. January 18th, from
the Torbert Funeral Chapel, Dover.
Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery. |
Mrs. Phillips had resided in the |
Pearson's Corner area for prac-
tically her entire life.
She is survived by four sons,
Webster. Dover; Charles, Colds
boro, Md; John, Pittstown, N. J.,
and Olin Phillips, Hartly; two
daughters, Mrs. Carrie Nelson,
Marshallton, and Mrs. Mary Mel
son, Middletown; and seven grand
children.
MCGEE
Milton H. Mcgee, 43, died January
II of heart attack at the home of |
Dr. William Ross Campbell, Beth
any Beach, where he had been
driven after complaining of feeling i
i'll. He was poultryman and farm
er.
He was the son of Handy and the
late Rovaldia Mcgee and is also
survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna
Hudson Mcgee; three children, Ed
ith, Rovaldia and Milton, Jr., all of |
Frankford; half-sister, Mrs. Dor
othy Burton, Milton, and two half
brothers, Ralph Mcgee, Philadel-
phia. and Harold Lynch, Frankford. |
The funeral was held Monday at |
2 p. m. at the Watson and Gray |
Funeral Chapel, Frankford, with |
the Rev. Walter A. Donawav, pas
tor of st. Georges Methodist |
Church, Clarksville, officiating. In
terment in st. Georges Cemetery.
DARLING
William H. Darling, 95, a retired |
farmer, died Saturday, January II. |
He lived on Kesselring Road, near |
Dover
Services were held at II a. m. |
Jan. Is, from the Torbert Funeral |
Chanel, Dover, with the Rev. Rob-
ert w. Duke, pastor of Peoples Con-
gregational Christian Church,@ of
which Mr. Darling was a member
officiating Burial in Lakeside |
Cemetery, Dover.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. 1
Mary J. Darling: two grandchil-
dren, William KNIGHT, Jr., Ocean |
City, Md, and Mrs. Barbara Rorick,
NorristoWn, Pa; and four great |
lie G. Darling of Wyoming, and |
John Darling of FELTON,, both past |
80 years of age.
DUKES
w. Frank Dukes, 81, died Fri !
day morning, January IL, at the |
home of his granddaughter, Mrs. |
Hazel Decker, Dagsboro, where he |
had made his home for the past |
five years.
Before his retirement, he had |
run a general store in Frankford |
for 40 years.
He was the son of the late Hiram |
and Nancy Derrickson Dukes and |
is survived by two daughters, Mrs
Bernice Bunting and Mrs. Stella |
Timmons, both of Dagsboro; IA
grandchildren and "a great-grand-
children.
Funeral was held Sunday after
noon at at the James Funeral |
Home, Millsboro,> the Rev. r. w.
Kirwan, pastor of Bethel Metho- |
dist Church, Dagsboro, officiating /
Interment in Red Mems Cemetery, |
Dagsboro.
POWERS
Funeral services were held Jan. |
II at 10 a. m. for M. NJ. Mike |
Powers, 46, Rehoboth Beach real
TOR, and Navy veteran, who died in
Beebe Hospital on Tuesday, Jan. s /
after long illness. Burial was in
the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery |
in Delmar, where he was born on
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