Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17
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WALDRIDGE
Warrant Officer Charles Levron
Waldridge, 33, attached to Head
quarters, 945 AAA Battalion, at the
Laurel Armory, died October 10 in
Nanticoke Memorial Hospital after
a heart attack.
Son of Mrs. Della Davis Waldrige
and the late Robert Waldridge of
Louisville, KY, he is survived by
his wife, Madelyn, iMiddleford Road,
Seaford and son, Robert c., of
Louisville.
Military services were held We'd
nesday at 2 p. m, in the Watson
Fuheral Home, here. Interment
in Hollywood Cemetery, Harring
ton.
BRASURE
Mrs. Helen Donaway Brasure, 80,
wife of Clinton Brasure, died in
Peninsula General Hospital, Sails
bury, October 9Th.
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by her father William
H. Donaway, Millsboro; and step
mother, Mrs. Mary Donaway; six
children, Jay. Patricia, Wayne,
Janet, Jerry, Jeffrey, all at home:
three brothers, Merrill, William j.,
and. Reese Donaway, all of Mills
boro. ~
The funeral was held Sunday at
2 p. m, at the James Funeral Home,
Millsboro. Interment IN Red Mems
Cemetery. Dagsboro.
CALLAWAY
Cleveland Galloway, 73 a retired
Laurel, town employe, died Thurs
day, October 8, in the Emily P. Bis
sell Hospital, Wilmington, after
long illness.
He is survived by his wife, Bar
tie H; three sons, Linwood, George
town; Pail w. and Robert and a
daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Bradley,
all of here; seven grandchildren,
and two half-sisters, Mrs. Bessie
Penuel, this community, and Mrs.
Mary LAnk Seaford.
Services were held Monday at
2 p. M, in theS Windsor and Dish
aroon Funeral Home, Laurel. Inter-
ment in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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MARVEL
. Mrs. Matte j. Marvel, Is, of 400
Front Street, Seaford, died October
IL, at the home of her grandson,
A l1fs H.
Manor, Seaford. She was the. wife
of Robert T. Marvel, of, Seaford
and the daughter of the late Miles
and Martha Mason Lloyd of Sea-
ford. ysH
In addition to her. husband and
grandson, she is survived by one
son, Walter T. Marvel of Laurel;
one daughter, Mrs. Beatrice NJ. Hill,
of Minquadale; two brothers, David
Lloyd of Delmar, Md. and Charles
Lloyd of Wilmington; one twin sis
ter, Mrs. Alex Stewart of Seaford,
and another sister, Mrs. Horace
Nibblett, of Milford; two other
grandchildren and two great grand
children.
Funeral services were held
Thursday at p. M, at the Watson
Funeral Home with the Rev. Will
liam o. Hackett, pastor of st. Johns
Methodist Church, officiating. Inter
ment in Odd Fellows Cemetery,
Seaford.
WRIGHT
Wilbur G. Wright, age 76 years,
died at his home on South Wash
ington St, Milford, on Monday.
October 13. He was preceded in
death by his wife, Sadie, by exact
ly 8 months. z.st
Funeral services were held at
the Rogers Funeral, Home on Thurs
day afternoon at p. m. Rev. A.
E. Dougherty, pastor of Avenue
Methodist Church, officiated. Inter
ment in Barratt's Chapel Cemetery.
Mr.. Wright for many years was a
custodian at the Lakeview Avenue
School and was also custodian of
Milford City Hall.
In his younger days, he was an
outstanding amateur baseball play
er in lower Delaware.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Harry Hudson, Wilmington,
and Mrs. Leroy Short, Milford;
seven. grandchildren; one great
grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Mary
Canon, Dover; Mrs. Bessie Harga-
dine, FELTON,, and one brother, Levin
Wright, of Wilmington.
O
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Funeral services were held in
Atkins Funeral Home, Lewes, at
Q D. M, for William E. Walsh, Sr.,
80, one of Lewes' most progressive
citizens and former town official,
who died October s, in Beebe Hos
pital.
Burial in Lewes Methodist Gem
etery.
Born and raised near Lewes, he
was the son of James Walsh and
Margaret Ellen Palmore. He was
a prime mover in the development
of Lewes Beach as summer cot
tage colony. He built one of the first
cottages on the Delaware Bay shore
and several others.
Until his retirement from busi-
ness in recent years he operated
a household appliance business and
once operated a furniture store on
Second Street, Lewes. with the late
Finley Ross. In 1904 he set up the
first automobile agency in Lewes
and also had movie theatres in
LeWes, Georgetown and Milton.
Mr.. Walsh was mayor of LewesI
in 1898 and 1899 and before that
was a town commissioner more than