Milford chronicle., 1958-02-21
OBITUARY
MCBRIDE

Mrs. Pearl Mcbride, wife of John
Mcbride of Frederick, died Satur-
day, Feb. Is, in a Florida hospital
from injuries received in an auto
mobile accident Tuesday, Feb. IL.
The couple was on a vacation trip
at the time of the accident.
Private funeral services were
held at the William A. Berry, Jr.,
Funeral Home, Milford, Wednes-
day at 2 p. m. The Rev. Jacob G.
Handy, pastor of Trinity Methodist
Church, Frederick, officiating. In
terment in Barratt's Chapel Gene
terry.
In addition to her husband, Mrs.
Mcbride is survived by her mother,
Mrs. Alice Shepard, Milford; two
sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Simpson
Wilmington; Mrs. Lydia Mills, Ce-
dar Neck, and two brothers, A. l.. N
Shepard, Wilmington, and Floyd
Shepard, Delaware City.
WYATT
Mrs. Cora Wyatt, 85, the widow
of Frank Wyatt and the daughter
of the late Elisha and Anna Cleaves.
died February u.
She is survived by a daughter.
Mrs. Ernest H. Wahl, Harrington;
a sister, Mrs. Carrie Abel, Har-
rington, and brother, Wilbur H.
Cleaves, Hickman. She was for
merly of Greensboro, Md, but had
been making her home with her
daughter in Harrington the past
four years.
Funeral services were held last
Saturday at l p. m. from the J.
Millard Cooper Funeral Home. Har
rington, with interment in Holly
wood Cemetery.
TRICE
Mrs. Bertha Alice Trice, "a, wife
of the late Wilton Trice, died Feb.
Is in Smyrna where she had been
living for the past eight months.
The funeral services were con-
Quoted Tuesday in the J. Millard
Cooper Funeral Home, 110 East
Center Street, Harrington, with
the Rev. Chester Z. Wilcox, pastor
of Trinity Methodist Church, Har-
rington, assisted by the Rev. T. ].
Huntington, of Denton, officiating.
Interment in Hillcrest Cemetery,
fredericksburg.
Mrs. Trice is survived by three
daughters and one son. They are:
Mrs. Elsie Price, Harrington; Mrs.
Florence E. Spidle, Denton, Md:
Mrs. Virginia Haskey, Santa Moni-
ca, Calf, and Henry Trice, Dem
ton. She also leaves a step-son,
Leonard Trice, of Newark, and
four grandchildren.
PYLE
Clarence ]. Pyle, who began his
newspaper career in 1893 as
copy boy and was director of ad-
vertising and production for the
News-Journal papers when he re-
tired in 1947, died Wednesday morn
ing, February 18th, in the Delaware
Wilmington. He would
have been SO years old next Septem-
Der.
Funeral services will be held next
Monday, at p. m, at the Oh andler
Funeral Home, Delaware Avenue
and Jefferson Street, Wilmington,
with interment at Gracelawn Mem
Orial Park. Friends may call Sunday
night at the funeral home. The
Rev. DR.. Willard G. Purdy, pastor
Of First and Central Presbyterian
will officiate at the services. |
Mr.. Pyle's only daughter, Mrs. |
Richard W. Torbert, is enroute |
from Arroyo Hondo. =. Mex, to |
attend the funeral. His wife, Mrs. |
Jennie Pyle, died a number of years |
ago
Mr.. Pyle entered the hospital on
New Years Day and underwent |
surgery on Jan. 8. A widower, he
lad an apartment at 1910 Delaware
Avenue. and spent many of his
summers at Rehoboth Beach.
When he retired on May %. 1947,
dr. Pyle had been associated with
newspapers for 54
'eaTs. He was director of advertis-
ng ard production for the News
Journal papers for IA years.