Milford chronicle., 1957-05-10
HOLLENBECK


Wattsville, Va.
HOLLENBECK
Mrs. Eva F. Hollenbeck, 65, wife
of Claude Hollenbeck of 416 North
Walnut Street, Milford, died sud
denly May 2. In addition to her
husband, she is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Jean Hammond,
Fort Plain, N. Y; two sons, Mack
and Lynn Hollenbeck, both of Mil
ford; a sister, Mrs. Iva Whitman,
Ithaca, N. Y, and five grandchil-
dren.
Services were held in the Rogers
Funeral Home Sunday at 2 j. m.
The Rev. Robert E. Green, pastor
of Avenue Methodist Church, Off
ciated. IntermenL in Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Milford.
WILSON
Mrs. Emley R. Wilson, 97-year-
old widow OF Charles B. Wilson,
died May in her home, 500 North
State Street, Dover. The daughter
of the late Robert and Lydia Smith
Raughley of Dover, she was mem
ber of the Dover Presbyterian
Church, the Kings Daughters, and
was an honorary director of the
Palmer Home.
The funeral was held from the
family home Sunday at D. m, in
charge of the Rev. Robert L. Nc
Kim, Presbyterian pastor. Inter-
ment in Lakeside Cemetery, Dover.
Several nieces and nephews sur
vive.
WADKINS
Miss Laura Watkins, Sc, nurse
at the Pennsylvania Hospital for
Mental Diseases who retired after
40 years, died Friday at the JEWELS
Nursing Home, May 8.
Miss watkins had lived in the
Milford area previous to nursing
in Pennsylvania. She is survived
by a sister, Mrs. Lulu Mae Roach,
Philadelphia five nephews, and
one niece.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday at 2 p. M, at the Berry Fu-
neral Home, Milford, with the Rev.
William Tull of the Church Of God,
Milford, officiating. Interment in
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford.
JONES
William Jesse Jones, 70, retired
farmer, died at his home at Frank
ford, May 8.
Mr.. Jones is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Mary @. Ellingsworth Jones;
two daughters, Mrs. Media Bailey,
Millsboro, and Miss Elizabeth Hall,
Ocean City, Md; a son, Milton H.
Jones, Berlin, Md; 10 grandchil-
dren, two at-grandchildren and
brother, Lemuel Jones, Parsons
burg, Maryland.
Services were held at p. m.
Sunday, from the Watson and Gray
Funeral Chapel, FrankfOrd, the
Rev. r. W. Kirwan, pastor of Mar
iner-Bethel Church, DagsbOrO, Off
ciating. Burial in Carey's Gene
terry, FrankfOrd.
MASSEY
Mrs. Margaret NJ. Massey, rs,
widow of Capt. Edward Massey, U.
S. Coast Guard, died in the Beebe
Hospital May 6 after a long illness.
Born in the Long Neck section
of Sussex County, she was the
daughter of the late John and An
ME Hopkins Warrington.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. Hilliard Palmer, Rehoboth
Beach; Mrs. Margaret M. Futcher
and Mrs. Charles Janney, both of
Lewes, and Mrs. Robert Fielder of
Baltimore; three sons, Francis A.
Massey, Rehoboth; John w. Mas
sey of Milford, and Disston Mas
sey, with the u S. Army in Ger
many.
The funeral was Wednesday in
Atkins Funeral Home, conducted
by the Rev. A. E. Dougherty of
Bethel Methodist Church, Lewes.
Burial in the Rehoboth Methodist
Cemetery beside her husband.
SMITH
Charles G. Smith, rs, of Bridge
vile, Del, died at Washington
Sanitarium and Hospital, Takoma
Park, Washington, D. c., May 2.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Adaline Drasher Smith and the fol-
lowing children. Elmer r. Smith,
Greenwood; Mrs Caroline Arner,
Bridgeville; Mrs. Gladys Kaline-
witch, Greenwood; Elwood E.
Smith, Bridgeville; Burton w.
Smith TOnffcf Tny.1 ID
Smith and Howard E. Smith,
Drums, Pa, 35 grandchildren and
70 great-grandchildren.
Services were held at 2 p. In,
Monday, from the Grebey Funeral
Home, Hazleton, Pa, with the FL
der David Miller, pastor of the Har-
rington Seventh Day Adventist
Church, officiating, assisted by FL
der Paul Gernet of Wilkes-Barre.
Pallbearers were his grandsons,
David, Charles and Richard Kaline-
witch and Paul, Harold and Arthur
Arner. Interment was in ST
Johns Cemetery, ST. Johns, Pa.
WILLIAMS
MRS. Bertha Fleetwood Williams,
Is, died at her residence in Reliance
May 8.
She was the daughter of the late
James B. and Lily lien Fleetwood
of Cannon, and widow of Isaac r.
Williams who died in 1851.
Mrs. Williams was operator of a
store in Reliance for AZ years end
was secretary of the Community
House of Reliance. She also was :
member of the Reliance Grange for
29 years, being chairman of its
home economics committee, and
was a member of the Gethsamane
Methodist Church of Reliance.
She is survived by a daughter,
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