Milford chronicle., 1957-04-19

MAILMAN
Services for Mrs. May Taylor
Hallman, II, widow of the Rev. E.
c. Hallman, who died Saturday,
April 13, in NanticoKe Memorial
Hospital, Seaford, were held at
10:30 a. m. on Tuesday from Ep-
worth Methodist Church, Reho-
both Beach, the Rev. Ira Doyle, pas
tor, officiating. Burial in Bethel
Church Cemetery, Chesapeake City,
Md.
Her husband was a retired Meth
odist minister, and her home was
in Rehoboth Beach.
Surviving are two sons, Ray
mond W., of Seaford, Harold G.
Hallman of Milford; three grand
children, two brothers, Roscoe
Taylor of Philadelphia, and John
w. Taylor of Dover, and a sister,
Mrs. Bessie Warren of Wyoming.
PORTER
Mrs. Annie Hammond Porter, 80,
widow of Albert Porter, died in her
home in Harrington Saturday, April
13, after a few days illness. A
daughter of the late Jacob Henry
and Mary Morris Hammond, she
was a lifelong resident of Harring-
ton. Her husband died in 194S.
She is survived by three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Mae P. Jackson and Mrs.
Leslie Simpson, both of Harring-
ton; Mrs. Wilson Gray, Boothwyn.
Pa. son, Harvey, of Harrington;
nine grandchildren, two great
grandchildren, and one great
great granddaughter and a sister,
Mrs. George Porter of Harrington.
Services were held in the Boyer
Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon.
The Rev William H. Miller, pas
tor of Pilgrim holiness Church,
officiating. Interment in Holly
wood Cemetery.
STOKESBURY
Mrs. Suzanne NJ StOkesbCry, So,
widow of w. Arthur Stokesbury.
died in Delaware Hospital, Will
mington, on Saturday, April Is. A
daughter of the late Frank j. and
Jane EllingswOrth Keiffer, she had
spent most of her life in Smyrna
and was active in st. Joseph's r.
G. Church, Clayton, and it's organ
izatiOns.
She is survived by two children,
Mrs. Raymond D. Pusey and W.
Arthur Stokesbury, both &C Smyr-
ma; six brothers and sisters, Frank
and Miss Mae Keiffer, both of Will
mington; Mrs. George Wortz, Del
aware City; Augustus and George
Keiffer, both of Sassafras, Md, and
Mrs. John B. Mood, Smyrna.
Requiem mass was held at ST
Joseph's Church on Wednesday at
a. m, in charge of the Rev.
Charles P. Brown. Interment in
the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Smyr-
ma.
BURRIS
Mrs. Aletto Catherine (Carrie)
Clendaniel Burris, widow of the
late Edward F. Burris died in Jew
ellis Nursing Home on Wednesday,
April II. On March %, she cele-
brated her S8th birthday, having
been born in 1869, and had spent
all of her life in the Lincoln and
Milford area. She was a member
of Avenue Methodist Church. Fun
eral services will take place on
Saturday, April 20, in the Berry
Funeral Home at II o'clock with
the Rev. Robert E. Green conduct
ing the service. Interment will be
in Odd Fellows Cemetery. There
will be no viewing. In lieu of
flowers, it is suggested that con-
tributions to the Carrie Burris
Memorial Fund of Avenue Church
be made.
Surviving her are, her son, John
w. Burris, former State Senator;
grandson, John E. BUrris; four
great grandchildren. Elizabeth,
Robert D., John NJ, and Howard
w. Burris, all of Milford.
SIBITZKY
Mrs Sarah Emma Sibitzky, 76,
widow of Conrad Sitbitzky, died
Saturday, April 13, in the Scott
Nursing Home at Smyrna. Serv-
ices were held Wedne sday in the
Boyer Funeral Home, Harrington,
with the Rev. Chester E. Wilcox,
pastor of Trinity Methodist Church,
of Harrington, officiatiI g. Inter
ment in Hollywood Cemtery.
Mrs. SibitZy was horn near Fell
ton, a daughter of the late Charles
Lyman and Wilmina Harrington
Peck. After the death of her first
husband, Leonard Morris, she NOV
ed to Philadelphia. Following her
marriage to Mr.. Sibitzky, the cou-
pie returned to Harrington and op-
Grated a bakery for over 20 years
Her second husband died in 1945.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Breeding, Harring-
ton; Mrs. Miriam Kirby, Whining
ton; Mrs. Jessie Hearn. New Cas-
tie; Mrs. Anna Jack, Milford; two
sons, Samuel Sibitzky, Baltimore;
Milton Sibitzky, Clayton; nine
grandchildren; great-grandchil-
dren; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie P
Taylor, Wilmington; Mrs. Ruth
Heath, Rehoboth Beach, and a bro
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