Milford chronicle., 1958-04-25
OBITUARY

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his wife, four daughters, Mrs. Het-
tie j. Wiley, Harbeson; Mrs. Mary
Joseph, Georgetown; Mrs. Winifred
Savile. New Haven, Conn; Mrs.
Helen Forrest, here; IL grandchil-
dren; A great grandchildren and
two great great grandchildren and
brother Horace Bailey of Laurel
and here.
The funeral was held Monday at
l p m, in the Carey Funeral Home,
with the Rev. DR.. Thomas S. Multi
gan, pastor of Grace Methodist
Church, officiating. Interment in
Union Cemetery.
KING
Last rites for S4-year-old William
James King of Lewes Beach, whose
body was found last Sunday after
search for him since April 6, will
be held Friday at 2 p. m, in Nelson
Funeral Home, Lewes. The Rev. A.
E. Dougherty of Bethel Methodist
Church officiating. Burial in Union
Cemetery at Georgetown.
Mr. King had conducted an auto
mobile agency in Georgetown about
20 years ago. His only known sur
vivor is his wife, Mrs. Laura Will
KRIS King of Lewes, "a years his
junior. :
For two weeks after his disap-
pearance an intensive search had
been conducted by Lewes police,
the Lewes Fire Department, Lewes
Coast Guard and the Civil Air Pa
troll.
His body was found at low tide
on the mud flats near the Henlopen
Yacht Basin at Rehoboth, five miles
from his Lewes home. DR.. Carl G.
Pierce OF Rehoboth attributed his
death to accidental drowning.
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ADAMS
Mrs. Josephine L. Adams, 80,
widow of the Rev. Ziba Adams, a
member of Peninsula Methodist
Conference, died April 21 at Maple
Crest Nursing Home after an ILL
ness of several months.
Mrs. Adams was born in Port Re-
public, N. j., where she had been
making her home before her illness
with a sister, Miss Sophia Adams.
Her husband died about 10 years
ago. Over a period of many years he
served churches in lower Delaware,
Maryland and Virginia.
Mrs. Adams is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Alice Fuhr, IA Nor
way Avenue, Richardson Park; a
son, Lester Adams, Shady Acres
Farm, Milford and three sisters,
Miss Adams of Port Republic; Mrs
Edna Cramer, Pleasantville, N. j.,
and Mrs. Estelle Mathis of New
Gretna, N. J., also nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services were held at 1
p. M, Wednesday at ParseIs Flu
neral Home, Pleasantville. Inter-
ment in Mt Pleasant Cemetery,
Pleasantville.
POSTLES
Mrs. Ethel Postles age rs years,
wife of George. Postles, of Milton,
Del, passed away suddenly of a.
heart attack at her home on April
16.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by three sons and three |
daughters, Ermon Postles of Mil
lersville, Pa; Emory, of Townsend,
DEL; David, Of Rochester, N. Y; |
Mrs. Stanley Hunter and Mrs. Nor
man Grove Of Milford and Mrs. Jas.
R. Snyder of Wilmington, Del; 13
and six great grand
children, one sister, Mrs. Olive o.
Neil, of Laurel, Del, and four bro
theirs, Charles Givens and Oscar of
Laurel, Orion of Concord, and An
drew of Bethel.
She was member of Grace |
Church and WSCS of
Milton.
The funeral was held Saturday at |
80 D. m, in the Shorts Funeral
Home at Milton. The Rev. t. G.
Mulligan and Rev. Milton r. Elliott,
Interment at Odd Fellows Gene
terry, Milton.
TATMAN
Funeral services for Mrs. Mae
Tatman, IS, widow of Geo. Tatman,
Of Viola, who died April 16 in Kent
Hospital, Dover, following
q heart attack, were held Sunday
at / p. m, in the Berry Funeral
Home, FELTON,. The Rev. Larry Rem
ner, pastor of Viola Methodist
officiated. Interment in
Baratt's Chapel Cemetery.
Mrs. Tatman was a member of
Viola Methodist Church and its
WSCS and charter member of the
auxiliary of the FELTON, Fire Com
pany.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Nelson Lockwood, Viola; a sor,
Clifton w. Tatman. Stowe, Pa;
three sisters, Mrs. Dewey Shahan,
Mrs. Owen Shannon,
and Mrs. Harvey Pleas
anton, Dover; four brothers. Sam
lel, Wilbur, Homer, and Herbert
all of FELTON,; two step
children, Mrs. Frederick Yerger,
Pottstown, Pa, and Mrs. Ina Moss,
and seven grandchil-
iren
SIMPSON
Ernest Webb Simpson, II, hus-
band of the late Eugenia Burton
Simpson, died April IL in the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital.
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