Milford chronicle., 1958-06-13
OBITUARY
HARRIS

Neck, Delaware, died suddenly of
heart attack in Atlantic City, N. j.,
ON May Gath, 1858 at his residence.
He was the son of Georganna and
George Harris. He is survived by
three daughters. one son, grand
children and great grandchildren.
Services and burial at the "Old
Hickory" Cemetery, Slaughter Neck,
Delaware.
TOOMEY
Mrs. Henrietta Toomey, sc, died
June 5 at the home of her son, Mar
vel Toomey, near Georgetown.
In addition to her son, she leaves
a daughter, Mrs. May Anderson, of
Georgetown, five grandchildren, IL
great-grandchildr a brother,
Harry Cooper of Milton, and
sister, Mrs. Nora Phillips of Reho-
both.
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday at p. m. at the James
Funeral Home, Millsboro, with the
Rev. Walter Barlow, officiating. In
terment in Mechanics Cemetery,
Millsboro.
WRIGHT
Funeral services for Mrs. Sadie
r. Wright, 81, who died June 6, in
the Milford Memorial Hospital,
were held on Monday, June 9.
Rites in charge of the Rev. Har-
ry Jaeger, minister of the Milford
Presbyterian Church, of which the
deceased was a member, were held
at 10:30 a. M, from the Lofiand
Funeral Home. Interment in Odd
Fellows Cemetery.
Widow of John Wright, she was
a telephone operator in Milford un-
til her retirement and is survived
by one sister, Mrs. Mary Marshall,
Milford; three nephews and one
niece.
CHERRY
Alexander L. Cherry. 81, for 20
years, a resident of fredericksburg,
Nd, died June 8, in Cambridge
after a year of failing health. He
formerly was a foreman in the
engineering division of the West
inghouse Airbrake Company in
Wilmerding, Pa.
Surviving are three children,
Mrs. Ernest Workman and Mrs.
Edward S. Williams, both of Fed
eralsburg, and Howard Cherry,
Los Angeles, Calf; two grand
children, and a sister, Mrs. Marian
Witherspoon, McKeesport, Pa.
Services were held June IL in
the Frampton Funeral Home in
fredericksburg. The Rev. Donald
o. Clendaniel, pastor of Union
Methodist Church, officiating. In i
terment in Odd Fellows Cemetery,
Milford.
Funeral services for William M.
Collins, who died in the Chester
Hospital, Chester, Pa, on June 4,
were held in the Boyer Funeral
Home in Harrington on Sunday at
2 p. M.
The Rev. C. E. Wilcox, pastor of
Trinity Methodist Church, Harring-
ton, officiating. Interment in Hol-
lywood Cemetery, near Harrington.
Mr.. Collins was born at Milford,
son of the late Charles and Mary
Collins. He married Miss
Nancy Lord, who died in 1918. He
is survived by two grandchildren,
Miss Barbara McManus and Air
man &c Arthur McManus of Otis |
Air Force Base in Massachusetts,,
and a step-sister, Mrs. Blanche |
Jester Reid, Lima, Pa.
Mr.. Collins lived in Philadelphia |
where he was a guard at Fair |
Park until five years ago |
when he retired because of failing |
health. He stayed for short time |
in Media, Pa, nursing home.
HASTINGS
Joshua James Hastings, 72, died |
suddenly at his home in Dagsboro |
on Friday, June 6. A son of the |
late Joshua J. and Letitia Lychnn |
Hastings, he was a retired marine |
engineer.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. |
Bessie Brasure Hastings; a son, |
J. Edward Hastings, Philadelphia;
four daughters, Mrs. Myrtle H. |
Sachs, Mrs. Anna HI. Hahn, Mrs. |
Bessie H. Berg, Mrs. Joy Wolfen- |
den, all of Philadelphia; 10 grand
children, seven great-grandchil- |
dren, four sisters, Mrs. Harvey |
Dukes, Georgetown; Mrs. Carrie |
Hudson, Baltimore; Mrs. Vernetta |
Saunders, Philadelphia; Mrs. Mary |
Spear, Philadelphia; two brothers,
George p, Little Creek, and Harry |
H., Philadelphia.
Mr.. Hastings was a member of |
Jerusalem Lodge sos, M, e. b. A. |
Philadelphia and the Church of |
the Open Door, Clarksville., The |
funeral was held Monday at p. m.
in the Church of the Open Door. |
The naStOr the Rev William Low /