Milford chronicle., 1958-04-11
OBITUARY
KNOTS

held from the Frederick Methodist
Church on Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Rev. ]. c. Handy of Fred
erica ufficiated Interment was in
Barratt's Chapel Cemetery, Fred
erica, Del. Besides his wife, he is
survived by brothers, Lewis
Knots of Milford and Harry Knots
of Cheswold. Arrangements by the
Berry Funeral Home, Milford.
ARNER
Baby Ronald H. Arner. six-week-
old son of Harold and Bernice Lare
Arner of near Greenwood, died at
Children's Hospital in Philadelphia.
Pa, early last Saturday morning.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by his maternal grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer Lare of
Greenwood.
Brief services were held at the
Williamson Funeral Home in Fed
eralsburg, Monday afternoon, at 2
o'clock with Graveside services at
Bloomery cemetery with the Rev.
Milton Milliner, pastor of Gethse-
name Methodist Church in Reli-
arce, officiating.
LANK
Edwin Lank, 65, retired farmer
and native of the Coolspring area,
died Monday morning, April z, at
the Williams Nursing Home,
Clarksville, after a lingering ill
ness.
He is survived by two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Elsie Robinson, Lewes,
and Mrs. Helen Pettyjohn, Phila-
delphia; four grandchildren; 10
great-grandchildren, and a sister,
Mrs. Anna Lingo, Rehoboth.
The funeral will be Friday at
p. m, at the James Funeral Home,
Mil1sboro, the Rev. Alden Hopkins,
Coolspring, officiating. assisted by
the Rev. Bernard M. Taylor, pastor
of the Coolspring Presbyterian
Church. Interment will be in Cool
spring Presbyterian Cemetery.
RUSSELL
Mrs. Ann H. Russell. age 80
years, wife of the late George G..
Russell, Sr., of Milford, passed
away in the Milford Memorial Hos
pital on Monday morning, April z,
after long illness. Funeral SER
vices were held at the Berry Fu-
neral Home, Milford, on Thurs
day afternoon, April 10, at 1:30 o.
clock. Rev. Harry j. Jaegar, pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church of
Milford officiated. Interment was
in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford.
She is survived by one son, Major
George G. Russell, Jr., with the
U. S. Army Quartermaster, attach
ed to N.Y.M.S.M.C., Brooklyn, New
York; 1 grandchild; 1 brother, DR..
James II. Hallett of Wilmington; l
sister, Mrs. B. B. Vinyard of Mil
ford. She was a member. of the
Presbyterian Church of Milford.
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TRUITT
Mrs. Cora Martin Truitt, SO,
widow of Joseph B. Truitt, died in
her home in Lewes, April s, after
a lingering ilIress.
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Edward and Anna Virdin Martin,
and is survived by a daughter, Mrs
Leah Alberta Fluharty, Lewes,
four sons, Edward, Nassau, Roland
and Martin, both of Lewes, and Nor
man R. Truitt, Fort Lauderdale,
Fla, three sisters, Mrs. Cove Nor
ris, and Mrs. William Wells, and
Mrs. Samuel j. Walls, all of Lewes.
a brother, John e. Martin, Harbe-
son, and IA grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 p. m.
Friday from the William M. Short
Funeral Home, Milton, with the
Rev. Kenneth NJ Dickey of Nassau,
officiating. Burial will be in White
Chapel Cemetery, Milton.
MARTIN
William Orton Martin, II, prom
inent Episcopalian and a former
Lewes postmaster, died April 7 in
Beebe Hospital, Lewes, where he
was taken Sunday following a heart
attack.
In recent years he had been liv-
ing in West Chester, Pa, and he
and his wife were spending the
Easter vacation in Lewes He was
prominent in the; affairs of ST.
Peters Church of Lewes, where he
served as a vestryman. and was
often delegate to the conventions
of the Episcopal Diocese OF Del
aware.
He was appointed acting post
master at Lewes in 1884 by the late
Congressman Wilbur o. Adams,
and became postmaster in 1885.
serving in that capacity until his
retirement on Dec. 1, 1912.
Born in Georgetown on Jan. 5,
1887, the son of the late Theodore
R. Martin and Lizzie Orton Mar
tin, he lived most of his life in
Lewes until his marriage.
Shortly before his birth his IA
ther was killed in a dynamite ex-
plosion while working with a Lew
es contractor repairing the old Do
minion Railroad pier on Lewes
Beach.
In Lewes, Mr.. Martin was active
in the Chamber of Commerce and
Democratic affairs of the town and
county.
Surviving are his wife. the form
er Mrs. Catherine Merkel Hutton
of West Chester, whom ne married
late in life, and two step-daugh-
ters, Dorothy and Elizabeth Hut
ton.
The funeral was held in ST.
Peters Episcopal Church, Lewes,
Thursday at 2 p. m. The rector,
the Rev. Frank L. Moon, officiated.
Burial in st. Peters cllurchyard.
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