Milford chronicle., 1957-01-11

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odist Church, Dover, will officiate
and interment will be in Odd Eel
lows Cemetery at Camden. Friends
may call at the funeral home Fri
day evening.
REDEEM
Wallace Jerome Redden, 65.
died suddenly, January 3rd at his
home near Harrington. He was born
in Maryland, son of the late
George and Ella Redden and lived
on farm west of Harrington for
"a years.
He is survived by his wife, Essie
r. Redden; a daughter, Mrs. Louise
Burgess of Harrington; two sons,
Harold w Redden Harrington;
Allan r. Redden Milford; IL grand.
children a sister Miss Sally B.
Redden, Girdletree, Md; two bro
theirs, Harvey S. Redden, Snow
Hill, Md. and James Redden of Cir
dletree.
Services were held at the ].
Millard Cooper Funeral Home no
East Center Street, Sunday at 2
p. m. The Rev. H. H. Schauer of
Rock Hall, Md, officiated. Inter
ment in Hollywood Cemetery.
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BARCUS
Mrs. Daisey M. Barcus, 78, widow
of Peter L. Barcus, died January
3rd in Kent General Hospital after
long illness.
She was a lifelong resident of
the Cheswold area.
Surviving are son, Willard E.
Barcus, Sr.; daughter, Mrs.
Frances B. Arrigone; two grand
children, Mrs. Frieda B. Carey and
Willard E. Barcus, Jr.; five great
grandchildren: sister, Mrs. John
G. Hayes, and a brother. Brady V.
Shahan. all of the Dover area.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at 2 p. M. in the Torbert Fun
eral Chapel, Dover.
Officiating was the Rev Charles
p. Davis. pastor of Trinity Meth
odist Church in Wilmington. as
sisted by the Rev. G. H. Scnires.
nastor nf CheswoId Methodist
Church. Intern4ent in Bethel Gene
terry, near Cheswold.
HIRONS
Mrs. Lizzie Derrickson Hirons, |
70, widow of the Rev. William r. |
Hirons, died Wednesday, January
End at Leewood Lodge, Annondale,
Va. She was born in Sussex County
but had lived in Washington, d. c.,
for 30 years.
She was daughter of the late
Isaiah and Alice Williams Derrick
son. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs
Elizabeth Menke, Washington;
grandson, and a brother. George
w. Derrickson, Frankford.
Mrs. Hirons was a member of
Methodist Ehory Church, Wash
ington. Services were held Janu-
ary 4th in the w. w. Deal Funeral
Home, Washington. The Rev. DR..
Edgar Beery officiating.
The body was brought to the
Watson and Gray Funeral Chapel.
in Frankford, a viewing was hid
from 1870 to p. m. January 5th.
Graveside services followed in Red
Mems Cemetery, Dagsboro, in
charge of the Rev. Guy McWilliams.
SHORT
Burton Prettyman Short, IS, son
Of the late Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Stanley
Short, of Milford died at his home
in Hopewell, Vax on Saturday,
January after long illness. Born
N Milford for the last thirty seven
years of his life he spent in Hope
we'll, where he was the senior
of the firm Burton P.
Short and son, contractors. Mr..
Short was a member of the First |
Methodist Church in Hopewell and
served as chairman of the recent ]
drive. He had served as [
chairman for fourteen years of the {
1opewell School Board and as
chairman of the board of directors .
# the Jordan Point Country Club
lie was a member of the Masonic
'rders there and in Richmond. Sur
living are his wife, Mrs. Ruth
3ortz Short, his son Burton P.
short his daughter Mrs. William
:. Clarke of Charlottesville. Va. |,
me brother George H. Short of I I
dilford two sisters, Miss Lena
'hort of Milford and Mrs. John G.
lunson of Dover and three grand :
hildren. Funeral services were !
in First Methodist Church ;
n Hopewell on Monday January Z, 7
With interment made in Sunset f
1emorial Park, Chester. Va. r