Milford chronicle., 1958-12-12
OBITUARY
AfcCOLLEY

December IN the MllIOru memoir
ial Hospital.
She is survived by two sons,
William H. and John w. McCol-
ley. both of Milford, seven grand
children, and seven great-grand
children.
Services were conducted Tues
day at 2 D. m. in the Berry Funer-
al Home, Milford.
Interment in Odd Fellows Gem
etery, Milford.
HANCOCK
Jason Hancock, 81, of Frank
ford, died December at Delaware
Hospital. Wilmington, after long
illness.
He was a son of Mrs. Ida Han
cock and the late Charles Hancock.
Besides the mother. he is surviv-
ed by a sister. Mrs. Lee GOrdy,
Laurel, and brother, Willard, of
Clarksville.
Services were held at p. m. on
December 8 from the Watson and
Gray Funeral Chapel, Frankford,
with the Rev. ". M. Lowry, off,
ciating. Burial in Presbyterian
Cemetery, Ocean View.
WILKINS
Mrs. Edna Wilkins, 81, of Frank
ford, died December 8 in Milford
Memorial Hospital after short
illness.
She was daughter of the late
Levin and Sally Lynch McCabe.
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Marie Ward of Frankfort,
son, Delmar Wilkins of Bishop, Nd,
two grandchildren, two sisters,
Mrs. Ida Murray. Frankfort, and
two brothers, William and Harry
McCabe of Frankford.
Services were held at p. m.
Wednesday from the Watson and
Gray Funeral Chapel, Frankford,
the Rev. William II. Kohl. offici-
ating. Burial in Roxana Metho-
dist Cemetery.
DONOPHAN
Homer Lee Donophan, so. died
December Z at the home of his
mother, Mrs. Rhoda Donophan
Warren in Magnolia. His father
was the late Fred Donophan.
In addition to his mother, he is
survived by three brothers, Lewis,
Frederick; Woodrow w. and
Thomas F., both of Magnolia; five
sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Masten and
Mrs. Ann Farley, both of Camden;
Mrs. Grace Stayton, Lumberton, N.
j.; Mrs. Rhoda Greenlee, Harring-
ton, and Miss Lavinia Warren,
Magnolia.
Services were held in the Berry
Funeral Home, FELTON,, Thursday
at 2 .. m. with interment in Bar
rats Chapel Cemetery.
AIKEN
Mrs. Virginia N. Aiken, "a, wife
of Clement F. Aiken, of the. Shaw
nee Road, near Milford, died last
Friday in the Delaware Hospital,
Wilmington.
She was the daughter of Will
| liam J. and Ella Layton Newton
of Bridgeville. In addition to her
husband and parents, she is sur
viyed by three children, Patsy,
Barbara, and Clement, Jr., and a
sister, Mrs. Ann Newton Mears of
Seaford.
The funeral was held last Mon
day at 2 y. m. in the Milford Church
of God with the pastor, the Rev.
Edwin Tull in charge of the SER
vices. Interment in the Bethel M.
e. Cemetery, near fredericksburg,
Md.
ATKINS
Mrs. Ida Atkins, 81, widow of
Clayton Atkins, died at her home
in Millsboro on December 5, after
short illness.
She is survived by IL children: ::
Marshall E., Lcnola. n. j.; Mrs.
jamie Stephens and Mrs. Lucinda
Atkins, Millsboro; Mrs. Anna B.
Long. Dagsboro; Mrs. Rittia Pu-
sey, Georgetown, Mrs. Myrtle Ba-
ker, Selbyville; Mrs. Kathryn
Lawson, Lanham, Md; Raymond,
Martin, Norval, Medford, and
George R. Atkins, all of Millsboro; J;
"a grandchildren, AZ great-grand-
children, and brother, John II.
Rogers, Georgetown.
The funeral was held in Hickory
Hill Methodist Church, of which
| she was a member, Monday at p.
m. Interlnent in Mechanics Gem
etery.
RYAN
/ Lemuel e. Ryan, 81, of Selby-
vile, died December Z at Darby,
Pa, after six months illness.
| He was a retired trolley car con-
ductor in Philadelphia and had
been a barber in Selbyville for the
past 10 years.
Mr.. Ryan was a member of Woo
/ ster Lodge. No. 13, IOOF, of Bishy
opville, Nd, and POS of A of Phil
| ldelphia.
Survivors include son, Herman
w. Ryan, Chester, Pa, five grand
children and Is great-grandchil-
| iren.
Services were held at p. m. on
"wednesday from the Watson and
l,WhaIey Funeral Home. Selbyville
he Rev. ]. Earl Cummings, pastor
If Salem Methodist Church, offici-
ating. Burial in Odd Fellows Gem
stery, Bishopville.
.
CREADICK
Byron S. Creadick, 79, retired ru-
raj mail carrier and former official
lied at Cheswold on December .
n his home. He was the son of the
ate John and Louise Case Cread-
lick