Milford chronicle., 1958-09-05
OBITUARY
SLAUGHTER

years, wife of Arlington Slaughter
of Woodside, Del, passed away in
the Kent General Hospital, Dover,
Del, on Tuesday evening, Sept.
2. 1858. Funeral services will be
held at the Berry Funeral Home,
FELTON,, Del, on Saturday after
noon, Sept. 6, at $3.50 O'Clock. Rev.
Albert NJ B. Snapp, pastor of
Woodside Methodist Church, win
officiate. Interment will be in Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Camden, Del.
There will be no viewing on Fri
day evening. Besides her husband,
she is survived by one son, Paul A.
Slaughter of Norristown. Pa; one
grandchild; one brother, John T.
Holleger of Frederick.
MAULL
William A. Maull, 72, retired car
penter and farmer, died in the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital on August
27.
He was the son of the late Ed
ward and Anna Pepper Maull.
Mr.. Maull is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Ella Johnson Maull;
a foster son, Howard E. Butler,
of Wilmington; nephew, Edward
Johnson, of Milton, and a niece,
Anna Johnson, also of Milton.
Funeral services were held Sat-
urday at p. m. in the William VI.
George Funeral Home, Milton. The
Rev. William Mcdaniel, of Grace
Methodist Church, Milton, ofnci-
ating. Interment in Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Milton.
DOWNES
James Harley DOwnes, 36, died
August 31st in the Veterans ADJ
ministration Hospital, Elsmere.
The son of James t. Downes and
Melissa Moore Downes, he was a
veteran of World War II.
Mr.. Downes is survived by his
parents; son, Merrill; his pater-
nal grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Noah Downes; his maternal grand
mother, Mrs. Lizzie Peterson, of
Delmar; brother, Paul Downes,
of Wilmington; and a sister, Di-
anne. All except Mrs. Peterson and
Paul Downes are of Laurel.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday at 2 p. m. from the Windsor
and Disharoon Funeral Home with
the Rev. Lee Elliott officiating. In
terment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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FORAKER
William George Foraker, rs, a
retired farmer, died August 81, at
his home in Persimmon Tree Lane
near Dover. He was a lifelong resi-
dent of this area
Surviving are his wife, Bertha;
seven sons, Richard and William
of Camden; Raymond, New Castle;
James, Lewes; Robert, Townsend;
Hardy, Milford; Elvin, at home;
three daughters, Mrs. Marie Lin
dale, Milford; Mrs. Rebecca Blades,
Frederick; Mrs. Myrtle Voshell,
Dover; three sisters, Mrs. Molly
Murray, Selbyville, and Mrs. Emma
Buckelow, Marydel.
Services were held Thursday in
the Trader Funeral Home, Dover.
Interment in Barratt's Chapel
Cemetery, near Frederick. Rev. Ed
win aTull in charge of service.
HOUSTON
John w. Houston, 68, of Lewes
Road, wel1-known horseman, far
mer, and sheep raiser, died in the
Beebe Hospital in Lewes on Au-
gust 30, from a heart attack suf-
fered on August 4.
He was the son of the late U. S.
Representative Robert G. Houston
of Georgetown, and Margaret Bur-
ton White Houston. He was a mem
ber of Lewes Presbyterian Church
and member of the board of di-
rectors of the Lewes Lions Club.
He was a graduate of the Uni
versity of Delaware, and a mem
Der of Sigma M fraternity.
Surviving are his wife, the for
Der Bernice Packet of Virginia;
two sisters, Mrs. ]. Thomas Rob-
inson, and Miss Elizabeth W.
Houston, both of Georgetown;
two brotners-in-law, w. H. Rice,
Rehoboth, and Rodney Scott, of
Lewes.
The funeral was held on Monday
at 2 p. m. in Atkins Funeral Home,
Lewes, with the Rev. J. A. Mays,
pastor of Lewes Presbyterian
Church, and the Rev. F. L. Moon
of st. Peters Episcopal Church,
officiating. Burial in family plot
in the Lewes Presbyterian Gene
terry.