Milford chronicle., 1958-12-26
OBITUARY
DERRICKsON

ness of two years. He was the son
of the late George T. and Eliza
Murray Derrickson.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Roxie; son, Roland, of Frank
ford; three daughters, Mrs. Doris
Turner, Bethany Beach; Mrs. Helen
Banks, MillvilIe; and Mrs. Violet
Hudson, Clarksville; and five
grandchildren. He also leaves a
brother, Francis Derrickson, Ocean
View; and two sisters, Mrs. Min
ME Ford, Philadelphia, and Mrs.
Cora Quillen, Harrington.
The funeral was held on Monday
at / p. m in st. Georges Methodist
Church. Interment INST. Georges
Cemetery Clarksville.
ID
WORD
Harry G. Word, age 81, died at
his home near Frederick, Thurs
day morning, December 49, Funer-
al services were held from the Ave-
nue. Methodist Church, Milford, on
Saturday at 2 p. m. Interment in
BarTatt's Chapel Cemetery.
Mr.. Word is survived by his wife,
Eloise; four daughters, Mrs. Mar
tin Bernam of Cincinnati, Ohio,
Mrs. Frederick Skewis of Newark,
Mrs. Richard Rollins of Norfolk,
Va, and Mrs. Charles Compton of
Frederick, Md; one brother, Wal
ton Word of Christiansburg, Va.
Mr.. Word was graduate of v.
P. /. and was associated with the
Bank of Virginia until he became
federal bank examiner.
Funeral arrangements were made
by the Rogers Funeral Home, Mil
ford.
EVANS
N. Harry Evans, 68, died Decem-
ber IL at his home in Frankford,
after two-months illness. He was
retired employee of the State
Highway Department and a mem
ber of st. Georges Methodist
Church, Clarksville.
He was the SON of the late Ebe
and Tiletha Mitchell Evans and is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Manolia
Belts Evans; daughter, Mrs.
Pearl Savage, Selbyville; a foster
daughter, Mrs. Audrey Fraley,
Hampton, Va; his stepmother, Mrs.
Ida Evans, Frankford; brother,
Preston Evans, Ellendale; a half
brother, Elmer Evans, Frankford,
and two step-sisters, Misses Elsie
and Nettie Quillen of Frankford.
The funeral was held on Sunday
at p. m. in ST. Georges Methodist
Church with the Rev. Perry O.
Hill, pastor, officiating. Interment
in st. Georges Cemetery.
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ALLEN
Sherman Wilbert Allen, 40, died
Monday, December 81, in the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital after a
short illness. He was a we'll
known farmer in the Bridgeville
area where he had resided all of
his life. He was a member of the
Union Methodist Church of Bridge
vile and the Bridgeville Kiwanis
Club.
He was a son of Howard F. and
ford, and the husband of Marie M.
Allen. Bridgeville.
He is survived, in addition to
his wife and parents, by two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Mary Ellen Toeniskoet-
ter of Camden, Mrs. Norma Lee
Lingo of Millsboro'; one son, How
ard w. Allen of Bridgeville; four
grandchildren; two brothers, Oil
yer E. Allen, of Pennsgrove, N. j.,
Leroy Allen of Seaford, and one
sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Morris
of Salisbury.
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday at p. m. in the Union
Methodist Church in Bridgeville in
charge of the Rev A. Jason Blum
don, pastor, and Rev. Lawrence E.
Wimbrow of Salisbury, a former
pastor. Interment in Odd Fellows
Cemtery, Seaford.
STEINER
Mrs. Clara Sanmons Steiner, So,
wife of Charles Steiner, and daugh-
ter of Mrs. Elizabeth Ward Sam
mons and the late Jacob NJ Sam
mons of Georgetown, died in the
Beebe Hospital, Lewes, on Decem-
Der II.
She was assistant cashier of the
Georgetown branch of the Farm
er's Bank of the State of Delaware
where she had been employed for
40 years
She was a communicate of st.
Paul's Episcopal Church, a member
of the Altar Guild and the Parish
Guild Women's Auxiliary of that
church; a member of Mary Rebek
ah Lodge and a past treasurer and
chairman of finance of the Sussex
County Business and Professional
Women's Club; a member of Sus-
sex Chapter, American Institute of
Banking and the National AssOcia-
zion of Bank Women and of the
Geogetown High School Alumni
Association.
Services in charge of the Rev
David Mulford, rector of st. Paups
Episcopal Church, assisted by the